# RISE Mzansi leader and the chairperson of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, Songezo Zibi, says the biggest challenge facing local government is a lack of accountability. In a media panel discussion on the future of the metro’s, Zibi said the Auditor-General’s findings are designed to highlight real-world harm caused by poor governance, yet […]
# Vyf mense is dood en 40 beseer toe ‘n Nederlandse toerbus naby die Alpe-dorpie Susch in Oos-Switserland verongeluk het. Die bus, met 45 Nederlandse toeriste aan boord, het op ‘n pad, wat gedeeltelik gesluit was vir onderhoudswerk, omgeslaan. Drie van die beseerdes is in ‘n bedenklike toestand, terwyl sewe matige beserings opgedoen het. Nooddienste, […]
# Die leier van RISE Mzansi en voorsitter van die Staande Komitee oor Openbare Rekeninge, Songezo Zibi, sê die grootste uitdaging waarmee plaaslike regering worstel is ‘n gebrek aan aanspreeklikheid. Zibi het tydens ‘n paneelbespreking oor die toekoms van metro’s gesê die Ouditeur-Generaal se bevindings het ten doel om die werklike skade weens swak bestuur […]
# The DA says the projected 33-billion-rand shortfall at the National Student Financial Aid Scheme by 2029 shows that the current funding model is no longer sustainable. The party is calling for the scheme to be decentralised, with universities and TVET colleges taking greater responsibility for managing student funding. The DA’s Delmaine Christians says the […]
# Amerika herdenk vandag 25-jaar ná die 11 September 2001-aanvalle, waarin bykans drie-duisend mense dood is. Herdenkingsplegtighede word in New York, Washington en Pennsilvanië gehou, waar die name van slagoffers voorgelees word en oomblikke van stilte gehandhaaf word. Vanjaar is ‘n bykomende oomblik van stilte ingesluit ter nagedagtenis aan mense wat later dood is weens […]
# Five people have died and 40 were injured after a Dutch tour coach crashed near the Swiss Alpine village of Susch in eastern Switzerland. The bus, carrying 45 Dutch tourists, overturned on a road that was partly closed for maintenance. Three of the injured are in serious condition, while seven others have moderately serious […]
# The Gauteng Department of Community Safety has urged motorists and the public to be cautious of criminals posing as police or traffic officers. This follows the discovery of a Gauteng Traffic Police uniform at a property in Dawn Park, where a stolen Chery Tiggo 7 was also recovered. The provincial traffic police spokesperson, Sello […]
# The United States is marking the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, which killed nearly 3,000 people in 2001. Ceremonies are being held in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania, with victims’ names read out and moments of silence observed. A new moment of silence has been added this year to remember people who […]
# ActionSA vra die provinsiale regering se dringende ingryping met die aanstelling van Lesiba Malotana as hoof van die Departement van Openbare Veiligheid in Stad Johannesburg. Die party sê Malotana is tydens die keuringsproses as problematies uitgewys en word steeds verbind met onopgeloste bewerings oor die Tembisa-hospitaal-saak. Die leier van ActionSA se Johannesburgse koukus, Marcel […]
