# Die Hooggeregshof in Gqeberha het Mzwandile Mahambehlala agt lewenslange vonnisse opgelê vir die massaskietery in 2023 wat agt lewens geëis het op ‘n verjaardagviering in KwaZakhele in die Oos-Kaap. Waarnemende regter Samson Dunywa het ook gelyktydige vonnisse opgelê vir poging tot moord en vuurwapenmisdrywe. Mahambehlala is skuldig bevind op elf aanklagte, insluitend agt van […]
# Standard Bank Africa Regions and Offshore chief executive, Lungisa Fuzile, has urged African leaders and businesses to turn the continent’s challenges into opportunities for growth. Speaking at the Africa Unlocked 2026 conference in Cape Town, Fuzile said the African Continental Free Trade Area, infrastructure investment, energy security and artificial intelligence are vital to economic […]
# The High Court in Gqeberha has sentenced Mzwandile Mahambehlala to eight life terms for the 2023 mass shooting that claimed eight lives during a birthday celebration in KwaZakhele in the Eastern Cape. Acting Judge Samson Dunywa also imposed concurrent sentences for attempted murder and firearm offences. Mahambehlala was convicted on eleven charges, including eight […]
# Gun Free South Africa vra die regering op Vuurwapen-vernietigingsdag om pogings te versterk om die verspreiding van onwettige vuurwapens hok te slaan. Woordvoerder Claire Taylor sê gisteraand se massaskietery in Kaapstad beklemtoon ‘n dringende behoefte om die verspreiding van onwettige vuurwapens aan te pak. Sy sê die regering moet intelligensie-gedrewe wetstoepassing versterk om die […]
# The South African Social Security Agency has warned grant beneficiaries selected for reviews to visit their nearest office after receiving payment on the fourth payment day or risk having their grants suspended. Sassa says the additional payment day is for beneficiaries who must complete grant reviews or eLife certification. Spokesperson Paseka Letsatsi is urging […]
# Die Madlanga-kommissie het gehoor die Polisiediens het die afgelope vyf jaar nie ‘n enkele volledige leefstyloudit uitgevoer nie. Die teen-korrupsie-deskundige, Albertus Schoeman, getuig die polisie het slegs staatgemaak op leefstyloorsigte en -ondersoeke. Hy sê oorsigte vergelyk verklaarde bates met inkomste, terwyl ondersoeke fokus op moontlike onverklaarde welvaart of onregmatige inkomste. Schoeman sê geen sake […]
# South Africans whose identity documents were blocked before November 2022 have until tomorrow, to visit a Department of Home Affairs office and verify their identity. Affected individuals must appear in person with documents including proof of birth, hospital or school records, and certified copies of their parents’ identity documents or death certificates. Failure to […]
# Die munisipale vakbond SAMWU eis dat die Nasionale Tesourie sy besluit omkeer om befondsing aan 69 munisipaliteite tydelik te weerhou. SAMWU se hoofsekretaris, Dumisane Magagula, sê dit sal reeds sukkelende owerhede nader aan ineenstorting bring, met verwoestende gevolge vir werkers, gemeenskappe en noodsaaklike openbare dienslewering. Hy sê munisipale werkers kan nie aanspreeklik gehou word vir […]
# The Madlanga commission has heard the Police Service has not conducted a single full lifestyle audit in the past five years. Anti-corruption expert Albertus Schoeman testified police relied only on lifestyle reviews and investigations. He explains reviews compare declared assets with income, while investigations probe possible unexplained wealth or illicit income. Schoeman says no […]
