# Patriotic Alliance leader Gayton McKenzie is calling on the South African Police Service to release a full demographic breakdown of its latest recruitment intake. McKenzie wants figures by race, province and gender, as well as the selection criteria. His comments follow Sunday’s National Commemoration Day at the Union Buildings, where president Cyril Ramaphosa honoured […]
# Spring Day stabbing victim Tshepang Nyathi has been laid to rest in Refilwe, east of Pretoria, following his killing during Spring Day celebrations. Police say Nyathi was allegedly stabbed after an altercation involving water-splashing. A 53-year-old man was arrested and charged with murder after community members detained him and handed him to police. The […]
# Businessman Stuart Scharnick has been granted five-thousand-rand bail by the Randburg Magistrate’s Court on firearms-related charges. These include improper firearm storage and allowing unauthorised access to a weapon. The court ruled that the state failed to provide sufficient facts to justify his continued detention. Scharnick must surrender his passport, report address changes and notify […]
# Noorweë het koning Harald die Vyfde ter ruste gelê ná 13 dae van nasionale rou, terwyl groot skares in die strate van Oslo byeengekom het. ‘n Begrafnisstoet het vanaf die koninklike paleis na die Oslo-katedraal beweeg, waar koninklike families en wêreldleiers, waaronder prins William en prinses Anne van Brittanje, die diens bygewoon het. Harald, […]
# Die DA in Gauteng dring aan op ‘n openingsdatum vir die Vroue Lewende Erfenismonument in Pretoria. Die party se woordvoerder, Leanne de Jager, verwelkom die uitreiking van die gedenkteken se gebruiksertifikaat, maar sê die kompleks van 200-miljoen-rand moet nou vir die publiek oopgestel word. Dit bly gesluit sedert 2018 weens bouwerk- en nakomingsprobleme. De […]
# Solidariteit is bekommerd oor toenemende afleggings in die mynbousektor. Sibanye-Stillwater het aangekondig die herstrukturering van sy Kwezi-skag in Rustenburg, Noordwes, kan een-duisend-114 werknemers en kontrakteurs raak. Woordvoerder Willie Venter sê een-duisend-214 poste op De Beers se Venetia-myn en sowat een-duisend-800 op Petra Diamonds se Finsch- en Cullinan-myne is ook onder druk. Hy sê dit […]
# Die Parlement se Artikel 89-ampsklagkomitee ondervind hernude regs-uitdagings nadat hy sy aanbeveling van advokaat Thandazani Madonsela as getuienisleier teruggetrek het. Die African Legal Practitioners’ Association en die EFF het afsonderlike Hooggeregshof-aansoeke ingedien en betoog die besluit is irrasioneel al het Madonsela vanoggend die terugtrekking in die Wes-Kaapse Hooggeregshof aanvaar. Die komitee het sy naam […]
# Norway has buried King Harald the Fifth after 13 days of national mourning, with large crowds lining the streets of Oslo. A procession led from the royal palace to Oslo Cathedral, where the ceremony was attended by members of royal families and world leaders, including Britain’s Prince William and Princess Anne. Harald, who died […]
# A senior researcher at artificial intelligence company Anthropic says there is more than a 10-percent chance advanced artificial intelligence could kill all humans within the next decade. Evan Hubinger, who leads Anthropic’s alignment research, made the assessment after another company researcher resigned over concerns that A-I firms are moving too quickly towards self-improving systems. […]
