# Home Affairs officials say 278 people camping outside the Durban refugee reception centre in KwaZulu-Natal will be transported to the Lindela repatriation centre in Krugersdorp, Gauteng, today. The group has been stranded on Che Guevara Road for three months after fleeing anti-immigration protests. The relocation comes after a tense standoff with the March and […]
# The Nelson Mandela University in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape is on track to source about 80-percent of its electricity from renewable energy by May next year. The institution will receive up to 55-percent from electricity trader Etana, while its own 4.4-megawatt solar project will contribute up to 30-percent. The shift follows severe load-shedding, […]
# The DA says Social Development minister Dina Pule must be held accountable after ignoring the Public Protector’s remedial action. Communications and Digital Technologies minister Solly Malatsi has ordered the recovery of over 15-thousand-rand from businessman Phosane Mngqibisa, who accompanied Pule overseas in 2013 when she was Communications minister. The DA’s Nazley Sharif says Pule […]
# The South African Local Government Association, through its National Women’s Commission, has condemned the continued and brutal murder of women in Kempton Park and across the country. This follows the discovery of six women’s bodies in the Kempton Park area over a two-month period. SALGA’s Nomvuyo Mposelwa is calling for urgent, decisive and coordinated […]
# Die Gautengse polisie het bevestig die liggaam van ‘n sesde vrou is vanoggend aan die Oos-rand gevind. Die omstandighede rondom haar dood is nog onduidelik. Die jongste ontdekking in KwaThema volg op die dood van vyf vroue wie se liggame sedert Julie in Kemptonpark ontdek is, insluitend dié van ‘n vrou gister in Olifantsfontein. […]
# Between February 28 and June 30, the US war against Iran has cost an estimated 545-billion-rand, with 364-billion-rand of that spent on expended munitions alone. This is according to the Defence Department’s inspector general’s report, which reveals that the expenditure of ammunition during the conflict has resulted in strategic inventory shortfalls and industrial base […]
# Tennis: Italian Jannik Sinner has announced a demanding schedule to end the year as world number one. Alexander Zverev of Germany closed the gap on him when winning the US Open, as a knee problem kept Sinner out of the entire North American hard court swing. Sinner plans to play in several tournaments before […]
# Gauteng police have confirmed the discovery of a sixth woman’s body on the East Rand this morning. The circumstances surrounding the death remain unclear. The latest discovery in KwaThema follows the deaths of five women whose bodies have been found in Kempton Park since July, including a woman discovered in Olifantsfontein yesterday. Some victims […]
# Vandag is Internasionale Dag vir Demokrasie met die tema “Fokus op Menseregte”. Volgens die Economist Intelligence Unit Democracy Index is daar ‘n mate van demokratiese klassifikasie in ongeveer 165 lande en gebiede. Die Verenigde Nasies se sekretaris-generaal, António Guterres, sê dis belangrik om mense uit alle gemeenskappe bymekaar te bring om besluitneming te verryk, […]
