# Three suspects have appeared before the Piet Retief Magistrate’s Court for the 2022 murder of Mkondo public relations councillor Muzi Manyathi. He was fatally shot at a fuel station in Piet Retief. Mpumalanga Police spokesperson, Donald Mdhluli, says the suspects aged 32 to 36, were linked to a stolen vehicle used in the crime […]
# Statistics South Africa says manufacturing production increased by 0.5-percent in May compared to the same month last year. The biggest boost came from the steel and metal products sector. However, the motor vehicle and transport equipment division experienced a sharp 6.7-percent drop. Stats SA’s Nicolai Claassen says over the past three months, output fell […]
# US President Donald Trump praised Liberian President Joseph Boakai for his strong grasp of the English language. Trump met with the leaders of Liberia, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, and Senegal, praising their countries as “all very vibrant places with very valuable land, great minerals, great oil deposits, and wonderful people”. However, Liberians and other Africans […]
# The Standard Bank Africa Unlocked Conference in Cape Town has put a spotlight on business shaping Africa’s tomorrow. Now in its second year, the forum is fast becoming a premier platform for shaping Africa’s business future. Standard Bank CEO Sim Tshabalala says Africa must lead its own economic destiny through bold leadership and collaboration. […]
# Die voormalige apartheidsera-polisielid Johan Marais is tot 15-jaar tronkstraf gevonnis vir die moord op die studente-aktivis Caiphus Nyoka in 1987. Die 66-jarige Marais het vroeër in die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria erken hy het Nyoka by sy huis in Daveyton doodgeskiet. Voorsittende regter Mokhine Mosopa het gesê die vonnis moet as straf sowel as afskrikmiddel dien. Die skuldigbevinding […]
# Die DA het die minister van Polisie, Senzo Mchunu, by die Parlement se Etiekkomitee verkla nadat die party vanoggend ook strafregtelike klagtes teen hom gelê het. Die DA sê Mchunu het die Parlement mislei oor sy bande met die omstrede sakeman Brown Mogotsi en glo dis ‘n oortreding van die etiese standaarde wat verwag […]
# Action Society demands answers from Correctional Services minister Pieter Groenewald after convicted murderer Xolani du Preez was wrongfully released from custody. Du Preez, meant to serve a sentence at Pollsmoor Prison for the murder of Cape Town make-up artist Suritha Alting, was mistakenly freed despite a court order keeping him behind bars. Action Society’s […]
# Cosatu het die moontlike strafregtelike klagte geloof teen diegene wat verantwoordelik is vir die ineenstorting van ‘n George-gebou in Mei 2024 waarin 34 werkers dood en 28 beseer is. Die minister van Openbare Werke en Infrastruktuur, Dean Macpherson, het die klagte bevestig, nadat verslae sistemiese mislukkings en ongekwalifiseerde personeel aangedui het. Die Ingenieursraad se […]
# Die Departement van Water en Sanitasie het begin met openbare raadpleging oor voorgestelde rouwatergebruikstariewe vir die 2026/27 boekjaar. Die departement sê die proses het ten doel om te verseker gebruikers, insluitend landbou, nywerheid, myne en huishoudings, betaal vir waterhulpbronbestuur, infrastruktuur en navorsing. Tariewe dek ontginning, waterafskeiding en onverbruikbare water. Die hersiene prys-strategie sal volhoubaarheid […]
