# The DA says the success of Cape Town’s expanding drone programme strengthens the case for devolving policing powers to capable local governments. The party’s Lisa Schickerling says the City of Cape Town will complete one-thousand drone flights by June, compared with 238 conducted by the Western Cape SAPS Air Wing during the 2024/25 financial […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê hy sal nie die voorbereidende werk van die ampsklagkomitee verhoed nie, tensy die komitee voortgaan met die proses teen hom terwyl die Wes-Kaapse Hooggeregshof nog die Phala Phala-paneel se verslag hersien. Die komitee sal vandag die eerste keer vergader om ‘n voorsitter te kies en ‘n pad vorentoe te bepaal. […]
# Minister of Home Affairs, Leon Schreiber, says the department is accelerating the rollout of smart ID cards through banks and digital systems. According to the South African identity verification platform VerifyNow, impersonation fraud using green ID books has increased by 400-percent year on year in South Africa, as fraudsters use artificial intelligence to exploit […]
# Rugby: Die Springbok-losskakel Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu gaan lank op die kantlyn wees nadat hy beseer is in die Stormers se Verenigde Rugbykampioenskaps-kwarteindstryd teen Cardiff. Skanderings toon die 24-jarige het sy enkel verstuit. Feinberg-Mngomezulu kan tot drie maande uit wees, wat hom uitsluit van die Springbokke se Nasieskampioenskaps-toetse teen Engeland, Skotland en Wallis volgende maand. Hy […]
# Multidisciplinary crime prevention operations in Atteridgeville and Laudium, Tshwane, over the weekend resulted in the arrest of 340 suspects. They were apprehended for crimes ranging from murder, attempted murder, armed robbery and assault. Police spokesperson, Johan van Dyk, says 49 undocumented individuals were also detained and handed over to immigration authorities:
# Soccer: FIFA’s board has approved several rule changes for the World Cup in the US, Mexico and Canada. The rules include five-second countdowns for throw-ins and goal-kicks, red cards for players covering their mouths during confrontations, punishments for teams walking off the pitch in protest, and mandatory one-minute off-field treatment periods. There will also […]
# Die Stad Kaapstad se Energiedirektoraat is besig met ‘n projek van 3,2-miljoen-rand om oorhoofse elektrisiteitsinfrastruktuur na ondergrondse infrastruktuur in Pinelands om te skakel. Dit is deel van die metro se voortgesette belegging in die versterking en modernisering van die elektrisiteitsnetwerk in alle gebiede. Die burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Energie, Xanthea Limberg, sê die oorgang van oorhoofse […]
# Rugby: Springbok flyhalf, Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, is facing a lengthy spell on the sidelines after suffering an injury in the Stormers’ United Rugby Championship quarterfinal victory over Cardiff. Scans confirmed the 24-year-old sustained a high ankle sprain. Feinberg-Mngomezulu is facing up to three months on the sidelines, ruling him out of the Springboks’ Nations Championship […]
# Die GOOD-party in die Wes-Kaap het die munisipale bestuurder van Stellenbosch, Geraldine Mettler, amptelik versoek om ‘n deurtastende ondersoek na die bedryf van die GoNOW elektriese bromponiedienste in die middedorp van stapel te stuur. Dit volg na talle klagtes oor roekelose en onveilige gedrag rondom die bedryf van hierdie elektriese bromponies in openbare ruimtes […]
