# Die polisie in Sophiatown in Gauteng ondersoek vier aanklagte van moord en een van poging tot moord ná Saterdagaand se skietery in Newclare. Polisiewoordvoerder Tintswalo Sibeko sê drie slagoffers is op die toneel dood en twee het skietwonde opgedoen. Sy sê een van die slagoffers is vanoggend in die hospitaal dood:
# South African National Parks, in partnership with the Railton Foundation, launched a Greening and Food Security Programme in Swellendam, Western Cape. The programme aims to improve food security and create sustainable livelihoods through community food production, skills development, and local economic opportunities. SANParks provided a greenhouse, irrigation infrastructure, gardening tools and other equipment. SANParks’ […]
# Die sakeman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala weier om vrae te beantwoord voor die Madlanga-kommissie wat hom moontlik kan benadeel. Dit handel veral oor die Medicare24-kontrak, wat die onderwerp is van hangende strafregtelike aanklagte. Die Polisiediens het sy onderneming gekontrakteer om gesondheids- en risikoverwante dienste te lewer, maar die tender is intussen beëindig. Matlala sê die […]
# The City of Cape Town is hosting a Housing Investment Connect Conference in Century City to accelerate affordable housing delivery and attract private-sector investment. Human Settlements Mayoral Committee Member Carl Pophaim told the SABC that rising population is making housing an increasingly urgent need. The conference discusses unlocking municipal land, streamlining development regulations, promoting […]
# TV personality and disbarred attorney Peet Viljoen has been denied bail in a multi-million-rand fraud case. Viljoen appeared in the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court this morning, where he was deemed a flight risk. He faces more than 400 charges, including fraud and corruption linked to the 2010 sale of municipal property worth about […]
# Suid-Afrika worstel teen regshindernisse in sy poging om ongeveer 299-miljoen-rand te verhaal wat bestee is aan die repatriasie van buitelandse burgers na Malawi, Nigerië en Ethiopië. Die Departement van Binnelandse Sake sê hy het die regerings gevra om die terugbetalings te doen. ‘n Kenner van Internasionale betrekkinge, Kingsley Makhubela, sê egter Suid-Afrika kan sukkel […]
# Political economist Patrick Bond says the Constitutional Court ruling blocking Shell and Impact Africa from conducting offshore seismic testing along the Wild Coast goes beyond stopping an oil and gas project. The court handed down the ruling on 15 August, overturning a 2024 Supreme Court of Appeal judgment. Bond says the decision recognises environmental, […]
# Die Zimbabwiese polisie sê die dodetal ná verlede week se bootongeluk op die Karibameer het tot 80 gestyg nadat nog agt liggame gevind is. Die staatsbeheerde passasier-veerboot het omgeslaan in sterk wind. Die boot is goedgekeur vir 90 passasiers, maar was volgens berigte erg oorlaai, met tussen 120 tot 153 mense aan boord, insluitend […]
# Zimbabwe’s national Police Service says the death toll from last week’s boat accident on Lake Kariba had risen to 80 after eight more bodies were found. The government-operated passenger ferry capsized in rough waters caused by heavy winds. It was licensed to hold only 90 passengers but reports indicate it was severely overloaded, carrying […]
