# Premier Foods is set to brief unions today on alternatives to the proposed closure of its Tulbagh fruit canning factory in the Western Cape. The company has reportedly proposed options including finding investors or buyers, or relocating the facility. It announced the closure last month, just four months after its merger with Rhodes Food […]
# Businessman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala has told the Madlanga Commission that former KwaZulu-Natal Hawks head General Senona encouraged him to challenge the cancellation of his SAPS contract. Matlala confirmed that Senona advised him to seek legal assistance and pursue an interdict against the termination. Under questioning from evidence leader Adila Hassim, Matlala said Senona’s interest […]
# Freight groups South African Freight and Logistics Association and Road Freight Association calls for an urgent recovery plan to restore cargo flow at Durban Gateway Terminal after sustained disruption. RFA CEO Gavin Kelly says July vessels averaged 80-hours at anchorage, throughput fell 26-percent after the August NAVIS N4 cutover, and port call times more […]
# Brazilian Foreign minister Mauro Vieira says a multisectoral Brazilian trade mission is in South Africa to explore mutually beneficial opportunities. Speaking during the eighth South Africa-Brazil Joint Commission in Pretoria, Vieira highlighted trade, science and technology cooperation, particularly in space science, ocean research and health. Vieira also said that both countries can strengthen vaccine […]
# U.S. Senate Democrats urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to rein in a “surge” of violence by West Bank settlers and mass arrests of Palestinians by Israeli security forces in the occupied territory. In the letter to Netanyahu and signed by 42 of the Senate’s 47-member Democratic caucus, the lawmakers noted increasing levels of […]
# Build One South Africa gaan in die plaaslike regeringsverkiesing van 4 November meeding om setels in 24 munisipaliteite in vyf provinsies met 794 kandidate. Woordvoerder Graham Charter sê dit sluit die munisipaliteite van Johannesburg, Tshwane, Ekurhuleni, Kaapstad en Mangaung in, wat altesaam sowat 25-miljoen inwoners verteenwoordig. Hy sê 37-persent van die kandidate is onder […]
# Kommissaris Sesi Baloyi van die Madlanga-kommissie het die sakeman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala gewaarsku sy herhaalde weiering om vrae te beantwoord kan ernstige gevolge inhou. Matlala het geweier om vrae te beantwoord oor die voormalige hoof van die Valke in KwaZulu-Natal, Lesetja Senona. Baloyi sê getuies mag slegs weier om vrae te beantwoord as die […]
# A man from KwaZulu-Natal will spend the next few years in an American jail after pleading guilty to distributing and possessing child sexual abuse material. Forty-five-year-old Marcell Meyer worked on a farm in Sackets Harbor, New York State. He was sentenced to 12-years in federal prison by the District Court in Albany, must register […]
# Madlanga commission commissioner Sesi Baloyi has warned businessman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala that repeatedly refusing to answer questions could have serious consequences. Matlala declined to respond to questions concerning former KwaZulu-Natal Hawks head Lesetja Senona. Baloyi says witnesses may lawfully refuse to answer only where information is protected by legal privilege or where answering could […]
