# Acting national police commissioner Puleng Dimpane welcomes the swift response by Gauteng provincial teams following the mass shootings in Cleveland, Johannesburg, that left 12 people dead. She ordered the deployment of additional national specialised units, including forensic experts and tactical response teams, to support the investigation. Police spokesperson Nonkululeko Phokane says a multidisciplinary task […]
# Die Stad Tshwane het amptelik sy opknappingswerk aan die Kentron-substasie in Centurion voltooi. Die projek vorm deel van die metro se kapitaaluitgawes en is ‘n vlagskip-ingryping binne die stad se elektrisiteits-bestendigings-plan. Die burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Nutsdienste, Frans Boshielo, sê die substasie het jare lank geworstel met beduidende bedryfs-uitdagings weens brandskade en toerustingfoute:
# The Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber has voiced strong opposition to the metro’s proposed average eleven-percent electricity tariff increase. The chamber’s CEO Denise van Huyssteen says businesses are already under pressure from rising fuel costs, expensive logistics and unreliable municipal infrastructure. She argues the increase is not cost-reflective and will further undermine competitiveness and […]
# Hongkongse owerhede het sewe mense en twee ondernemings aangekla van oortredings, insluitend strafbare manslag en sameswering, oor die stad se dodelikste brand in dekades in November verlede jaar. Dit het sewe woonstelgeboue verswelg en 168 lewens geëis. Die slagoffers se geliefdes wag sedertdien op antwoorde nadat die brand die hegte gemeenskap van Wang Fuk […]
# Noord-Ierland se regering het die teen-immigrasie-betogings veroordeel wat oornag in geweld omgesit het nadat ‘n Soedanese man aangekeer is na ‘n mesaanval in Belfast. Huise en voertuie is aan die brand gesteek terwyl sowat 100 gemaskerde mans deure stukkend geskop, vensters gebreek en geëis het dat buitelanders moet padgee. Die 30-jarige verdagte is van […]
# Johannesburg se uitvoerende burgemeester, Dada Morero, gee die voormalige burgemeester, Herman Mashaba, die skuld vir wat hy swak leierskap noem wat bygedra het tot voortdurende bestuurs- en dienslewerings-uitdagings. Morero voer aan besluite wat tydens Mashaba se ampstermyn geneem is, het blywende administratiewe onbestendigheid veroorsaak en stelsels verswak. Die uitlatings het politieke spanning in die […]
# Soccer: Award-winning FIFA-listed Somali referee Omar Artan has received a warm welcome in Mogadishu after being denied entry into the US, where he was due to officiate at the FIFA Club World Cup. Somalia’s Ministry of Youth and Sports has condemned the decision, saying it undermines fairness despite diplomatic efforts. Artan, who held a […]
# Soccer: Brazilian star Neymar feels like a kid about playing in his fourth and final World Cup. The country’s all-time record scorer, with 79 goals in 128 matches, says he is recovering well from a nagging calf injury. He played his first tournament at home in 2014 and again in Russia in 2018 and […]
# Executive mayor of Johannesburg Dada Morero blames former mayor Herman Mashaba for what he describes as weak leadership that contributed to ongoing governance and service delivery challenges in the city. Morero argues decisions taken during Mashaba’s tenure left lasting administrative instability and weakened systems. The remarks have intensified political tensions in the metro, with […]
