# Die minister van Justisie, Mmamoloko Kubayi, sê stappe word gedoen teen aanklaers wat die staat se sake ondermyn. Dit volg nadat die Nasionale Direkteur van Openbare Vervolging, Shamila Batohi, haar opmerking dat die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag deur korrupte amptenare binnegedring is, teruggetrek het. ActionSA vra dat Batohi uit die kussings gelig word oor staatskaping-mislukkings, insluitend […]
# The DA says it will not allow the secrecy around the Sector Education and Training Authority board appointments to go unchallenged. Today is the deadline for Higher Education and Training minister Nobuhle Nkabane to reveal the names of the selection panel that recommended ANC-aligned candidates to the SETA boards. The DA’s Karabo Khakhau demands […]
# The Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court has formally charged a 39-year-old man in connection with the murder and mutilation of 14-year-old Likhona Fose. Her body was found in a veld in Durban Deep earlier this month. Mduduzi Trevor Mnisi was questioned on Monday and arrested yesterday. Magistrate Annalene Afrika postponed the case to next Wednesday for […]
# Saftu and Cry of the Xcluded has rejected the 26.5-billion-rand World Bank loan granted to the South African government. Saftu’s spokesperson, Newton Masuku says they consider it a dangerous Trojan Horse package, like so many others from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. He says this new World Bank loan is not […]
# Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources, Gwede Mantashe, has backtracked on a key clause in the Draft Mining Bill and removed requirements for black economic empowerment for exploration activities. This follows backlash from the mining industry, warning that such rules would scare off investment in the high-risk exploration sector. According to News24, Mantashe has […]
# Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane has confirmed that the driver of a school bus swept away by floods is among nine bodies recovered in the Dikolini River in Mthatha today. This brings the confirmed deaths from the tragedy to four. The bodies of a toddler and a cue marshall were also found. Five rescue […]
# Krieket: Australië kolf eerste nadat die Proteas se kaptein, Temba Bavuma, die loot gewen het in die eindstryd van die Wêreldtoetskampioenskap wat op Lord’s in Londen gespeel word. Bavuma sê die kolfoppervlak lyk goed, maar weerstoestande bepaal dat hulle eerste boul in die ontmoeting wat hy verwag ‘n skouspel sal wees. Australië, met ‘n […]
# Die DA waarsku drie-duisend-563 pasiënte in Gautengse openbare hospitale wag op Magnetiese Resonansiebeelding-skanderings. Die masjiene word dringend benodig om gewasse en beserings te diagnoseer. Die grootste agterstand is by die Charlotte Maxeke-hospitaal met twee-duisend-347 pasiënte wat tot 12 maande moet wag weens stukkende masjiene. Slegs agt MRI-masjiene is beskikbaar vir meer as 12-miljoen mense, […]
# Cricket: Australia is batting first after Proteas captain Temba Bavuma won the toss in the final of the World Test Championship, being played at Lord’s in London. Bavuma says the surface looks good, but overhead conditions dictate that they bowl first in the encounter he expects to be a spectacle. Australia, going with a […]
