# Taxi boss Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni has revealed that taxi violence has decreased under his leadership from 2020 to date. Testifying at the Madlanga Commission, Sibanyoni said there are now fewer incidents of violence within the taxi industry. He attributed the improvement partly to increased police capacity and efforts to promote peace at officials’ meetings. […]
# Activists and Citizens Forum sê bewerings van stemkopery binne die ANC bestaan al lank en vereis groter openbare ondersoek. Dit volg op onlangse bewerings deur ‘n lid van die party se Nasionale Uitvoerende Komitee, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. Die forum beweer dat omkopery plaasgevind het tydens leierskapsverkiesings, insluitend 2007 se konferensie in Polokwane. Woordvoerder Dennis Bloem […]
# Tennis: Die wêreld-nommer-drie, Carlos Alcaraz, begin sy Amerikaanse Ope-titel verdedig teen Roman Safiullin van Rusland. Die Spanjaard het sedert April nog nie in enige enkelspelwedstryde gespeel nie weens ‘n gewrigsbesering. Alcaraz kan moontlik die viermalige kampioen Novak Djokovic in die halfeindstryd ontmoet. Die Serwiër speel in die eerste ronde teen die Argentyn Mariano Navone. […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared that the late Justice Fikile Eunice Mokgohloa will receive a Special Official Funeral Category Two tomorrow in Pretoria. The Presidency spokesperson Vincent Magwenya says Mokgohloa served the judiciary with distinction. The 65-year-old was a Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal from 2019 and previously Deputy Judge President of […]
# Taxi boss Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni says the Shongwe commission found that victims of taxi-related violence in Gauteng were shot with high-calibre rifles and other firearms. Sibanyoni told the Madlanga commission some weapons were similar to those issued to state agencies, including the South African National Defence Force and police. He says the commission also […]
# Die DA in die Wes-Kaap neem kennis van die ANC se erkenning dat voortdurende moorde en geweldsmisdaad gemeenskappe in die provinsie raak en dringend aandag verg. Gillion Bosman van die DA sê dit is egter nie genoeg om die probleem net te erken nie en vra ANC-lede in die provinsiale wetgewer om hul invloed […]
# Die vakbondfederasie COSATU prys SAMWU vir sy volgehoue stryd namens werkers van die Msunduzi Plaaslike-munisipaliteit in KwaZulu-Natal en die Kannaland Plaaslike-munisipaliteit in die Wes-Kaap. Die vakbond het opgetree teen die praktyk om werknemers vir jare op kontrakte aan te hou en die versuim om uitstaande oortydbetalings te vereffen. COSATU se woordvoerder, Nonzuzo Dlamini, sê […]
# Die Nywerheidsontwikkelingskorporasie het die Nasionale Tesourie genader vir ‘n amptelike staatswaarborg om befondsing teen gunstiger voorwaardes te bekom en sy ontwikkelingsmandaat te versterk. Die staatsbeheerde instelling het ook met die Suid-Afrikaanse Inkomstediens gepraat oor moontlike belastingvrystellings soortgelyk aan dié van die Ontwikkelingsbank van Suider-Afrika. Die finansiële hoof, Isaac Malevu, sê ‘n staatswaarborg kan die […]
# Water and Sanitation deputy minister David Mahlobo says South Africa will not run out of water by 2030, despite localised shortages. Speaking at a ministerial session on water security, Mahlobo said the country has about 95-percent water supply assurance, but needs major investment in infrastructure. Mahlobo says the Polihali Dam is expected to begin […]
