# Soccer: FIFA’s chief operating official, Kevin Lamour, has been fired after going public with criticism of president Gianni Infantino’s failed plan to sell part of the World Cup to investors last month. He described the controversial FIFA Forward Enterprise plans as the project of one person, adding staff were deceived. The proposal, which involved selling […]
# Die parlementêre portefeuljekomitee oor Korrektiewe Dienste het kommer uitgespreek oor bewerings by die Kgosi Mampuru-tronk in Pretoria. Gevangenes beweer hulle moet 240-rand betaal vir toegang tot ʼn stapelbed. Dié wat nie kan betaal nie, moet op die sementvloer slaap in selle wat oorvol en vuil is. Die komitee sê hy is ook bekommerd oor […]
# Die MK-party se eerste adjunkpresident, Duduzane Zuma, het die voortdurende leierskapsveranderinge verdedig en sê dit behoort meer vertroue by kiesers in te boesem. Partyleier Jacob Zuma het sy seun vroeër die maand regstreeks onder hom in die partystruktuur geplaas. Verskeie senior partyleiers is verwyder of verskuif, insluitend John Hlophe wat as eerste adjunkpresident vervang […]
# Western Cape police have arrested a 16-year-old Malmesbury teenager linked to an international child sexual abuse network. This followed a joint intelligence operation involving the US’ Federal Bureau of Investigation, SAPS’ National Serial and Electronic Crime Investigations team, the US embassy, and the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children. Police spokesperson Amanda van […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Correctional Services has expressed concern over allegations at the Kgosi Mampuru Correctional Centre in Pretoria. Inmates alleged they are being forced to pay 240-rand for access to a bunk bed, with those unable to pay allegedly left sleeping on concrete floors in overcrowded and unsanitary cells. The committee says it […]
# Die Filippyne het vandag sy tweede noodlottige skietvoorval in twee maande beleef toe ʼn student dood is voor die vermeende moordenaar homself doodgeskiet het. Die voorval het plaasgevind by ʼn skool wat verbind word met die privaat beheerde Ateneo de Zamboanga-universiteit in Zamboanga. Volgens die polisie se voorlopige verslag het die skieter ʼn pistool […]
# Die Gautengse LUR vir Onderwys, Lebogang Maile, is bekommerd oor die uitwerking van voortslepende bende-geweld op leerders, onderwysers en die groter skoolgemeenskap van Westbury. Vier mense is die afgelope naweek doodgeskiet en een gewond. Dit sluit ʼn leerder van die Sekondêre Skool RW Fick in. Woordvoerder Onwabile Lubhelwana sê hulle gaan leerders wat hul […]
# MK Party first deputy president Duduzane Zuma has defended the party’s constant leadership changes, saying this should inspire more confidence in voters. Earlier this month, leader Jacob Zuma announced a leadership overhaul, placing his son directly below him in the party hierarchy. The reshuffle also saw several senior MK Party leaders removed or reassigned, […]
# The Philippines has experienced its second fatal school shooting in two months, after a student was shot dead before the alleged killer took his own life today. The shooting took place at a school attached to the privately-run Ateneo de Zamboanga University in Zamboanga. According to a preliminary police report, the gunman brought a pistol […]
