# Taxi boss Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni alleges some law enforcement officials act as proxies for individuals in the taxi industry. He told the Madlanga commission such arrangements are known within some taxi associations, but he could not identify specific officials or associations. Sibanyoni says these are private, one-on-one agreements that are difficult to establish and […]
# Norway’s King Harald the Fifth has died at the age of 89 at Oslo University Hospital, where he had been receiving treatment for a bacterial infection and a blood disorder. His son, Crown Prince Haakon, has automatically succeeded him and is now King Haakon the Eight. Harald had reigned for 35 years and was […]
# Die waarnemende minister van Polisie, Firoz Cachalia, sê verskeie ernstige misdade het tussen April en Junie afgeneem. Dit sluit in moord, kapings, huis- en sakerooftogte, asook transitorooftogte. Cachalia het op ‘n nuuskonferensie egter gewaarsku misdade teen vroue, kinders en ander kwesbare groepe is steeds kommerwekkend. Hy sê alkohol bly een van die grootste dryfvere […]
# Die adjunkminister van Water en Sanitasie, David Mahlobo, sê Suid-Afrika sal nie teen 2030 sonder water wees nie, ondanks plaaslike tekorte. Hy het tydens ‘n ministeriële gesprek oor watersekerheid gesê die land het ongeveer 95-persent watervoorsieningsversekering, maar benodig groot beleggings in infrastruktuur. Mahlobo sê die Polihali-dam sal na verwagting vanaf 2028 bykomende water aan […]
# Brandstofprysskokke wag volgende week op Suid-Afrikaanse motoriste. Data van die Sentrale Energiefonds toon 95-oktaan petrol se prys kan met meer as een-rand per liter styg, en dié van 93-oktaan met 93-sent. Dieselpryse sal na verwagting met byna drie-rand per liter styg en lampolie met twee rand-16-sent per liter. Gauteng se dieselprys kan weer tot […]
# Acting minister of Police, Firoz Cachalia, announced a decline in several serious crimes between April and June, including murder, carjacking, residential and business robberies, and cash-in-transit heists. He however told the media crimes affecting women, children and other vulnerable groups remain a concern. Cachalia also identified alcohol as a major driver of violent crime, […]
# Fuel price shocks await South African motorists next week. Central Energy Fund data shows 95-octane petrol’s price could increase by more than one-rand a litre, while 93-octane petrol price may rise by 93-cents. Diesel prices are expected to increase by almost three-rand a litre, while the price of illuminating paraffin could go up by […]
# Die taxi-baas Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni het onthul dat taxigeweld afgeneem het onder sy leierskap van 2020 tot nou. Hy het voor die Madlanga-kommissie getuig daar is nou minder voorvalle van geweld binne die bedryf. Sibanyoni het die verbetering deels toegeskryf aan verhoogde polisie-vermoë en pogings om vrede te bevorder op ampsdraers-vergaderings. Hy sê die […]
# The prison escape trial of convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester, Nandipha Magudumana and their co-accused will run in the Free State High Court from 19 April to 18 June next year. They face charges including aiding and abetting escape, arson and violating a corpse. During their brief pre-trial appearance today, Bester’s lawyer, MoAfrica […]
