# The executive mayor of the city of Ekurhuleni, Nkosindiphile Xhakaza, revealed that the city is paying about 12.7-million-rand annually to 17 suspended officials. He confirmed in an interview with eNCA the payments continue despite unresolved disciplinary cases, describing them as a fruitless expenditure. Xhakaza admitted that the metro is effectively funding officials who are […]
# Die GOOD-party vra ‘n dringende openbare verduideliking vanaf die Departement van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing oor die agteruitgang van die Kirstenbosch Nasionale Botaniese Tuine in Kaapstad. Dit volg nadat ‘n omgewingsbewuste en langtermyn bydraer tot Kirstenbosch, James Deacon, gesê het die tuine begin vervalle lyk. Die party se voorsitter, Matthew Cook, sê Deacon […]
# Tax Justice SA vra strenger wette teen die onwettige handel in sigarette. Dit volg nadat ‘n 56-jarige sigaretsmokkelaar van Limpopo verlede week tot 13-jaar tronkstraf gevonnis is. Toni Gumbo is betrap met 36 grootmaat-kaste Remington Gold-sigarette wat in bokse versteek was. Die onwettige vrag het ‘n geraamde straatwaarde van 360-duisend-rand. Tax Justice se leier, […]
# Enhanced Games: Greek swimmer Kristian Gkolomeev broke the only world record at the inaugural, controversial Enhanced Games in Las Vegas. He clocked 20.81 seconds in the 50-metre freestyle, but it won’t go into the record books as the Games allow performance-enhancing drugs that are banned in mainstream sports. The world record of 20.88-seconds was set […]
# Soccer: Local governing body SAFA’s congress in Boksburg resolved to expel four suspended national executive committee members following disciplinary action. Vice president Linda Zwane says Monde Montshiwa, Gladwin White, Lebogang Riet and Bhuda Mathathe, stood accused of violating SAFA’s policy and bringing the organisation into disrepute. He explained this follows the disrupted meeting in […]
# Cape Town police are investigating a wave of shootings over the weekend that left at least 13 people dead. Spokesperson Andrè Traut says six men were killed in Makhaza and Endlovini, including three victims found in an informal dwelling, and three others shot at a shebeen this morning. Motives remain under investigation. Spokesperson Novela […]
# The South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee is meeting this week as economists warn a rate hike is likely following rising inflation linked to the Middle Eastern war. Last month’s inflation climbed to four-percent from 3.1-percent in March, driven by higher transport and energy costs. FNB and Sanlam Investments says this has shifted […]
# Die minister van Indiensneming en Arbeid, Nomakhosazana Meth, het waninligting oor die Werkloosheidsversekeringsfonds se aanlyn eisproses verwerp. Teen verlede maand was meer as 4,5-miljoen eise verwerk en uitbetaal, en dit oortref die syfers wat onder die ou uFiling-stelsel aangeteken is. Meth sê die platform vereenvoudig eise deur regstreekse indiening, onmiddellike opsporing en outomatiese kommunikasie. […]
# Sokker: Mamelodi Sundwons het ‘n rekordbedrag van 100-miljoen-rand se prysgeld ontvang toe hulle die Afrika-kampioenebeker die tweede keer verower het. Die Brazilians het gister in Rabat, Marokko met een-elk gelykop gespeel teen AS FAR in hulle tweede kragmeting nadat hulle verlede week die eerste een in Pretoria 1-0 gewen het. Afrika se beheerliggaam het […]
