# Die African Independent Congress het die naweek se dodelike skietvoorval in Westbury, Johannesburg, veroordeel en sê inwoners verdien om sonder vrees te lewe. Drie mense is dood en twee is gewond. Margaret Arnolds van die party sê Westbury en soortgelyke gemeenskappe het volgehoue wetstoepassing nodig teen bendebedrywighede, dwelms, onwettige vuurwapens en georganiseerde misdaadnetwerke:
# The Activists and Citizens Forum says the National Prosecuting Authority needs to be strengthened to be able to deal with the cases arising from the Madlanga Commission. The commission’s second interim report recommended criminal proceedings against Shadrack Sibiya, Witness G, Fannie Nkosi and Brown Mogotsi. The forum’s Dennis Bloem says National Director of Public […]
# Sokker: Die 41-jarige Cristiano Ronaldo het laat blyk dat hy dalk aan die einde van die seisoen gaan uittree. Die Portugese kaptein se kontrak met die Saoedi-Arabiese Pro-liga-kampioen Al-Nassr verstryk volgende jaar. Ronaldo het aan Vogue gesê sy toekoms is beplan, en beklemtoon dat hy baie dinge het om hom besig te hou. Hy […]
# Despite a period of subdued official food inflation, South African households in lower-income brackets are facing a worsening affordability crisis. A survey by the Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice and Dignity civic organisation indicates that the cost of essential food baskets is significantly outpacing earnings, leaving many families struggling to secure basic nutrition. Spokesperson Mervyn Abrahams […]
# The South African National Defence Force and Limpopo police have intensified cross-border crime operations near the Zimbabwean border. Operations conducted between Thursday and yesterday resulted in seven suspected stolen vehicles being recovered and illicit cigarettes worth more than 800-thousand-rand seized. Police spokesperson Malesela Ledwaba says the operations focused on disrupting criminal syndicates transporting stolen […]
# Cape Town is facing renewed concerns over its water supply, bringing back memories of the 2018 Day Zero crisis. The City of Cape Town says in its latest Water Outlook Report the warning is an early call for residents to use water responsibly, as it monitors declining rainfall, dam levels, and water demand. Officials […]
# The Forum for South Africa is calling for the immediate stabilisation of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme operations and greater transparency in its governance. The 54.3-billion-rand scheme is under increased scrutiny, as it still needs to address funding issues in ten-thousand cases, with over four-thousand students awaiting resolution. Forum leader Tebogo Mashilompane says […]
# Die Stad Kaapstad sê hy is bly die adjunkminister van Water en Sanitasie, Jack Bloom, toon belangstelling in die metro se belegging in sy infrastruktuur. Die adjunkminister het belangrike projekte besoek, insluitend die innoverende sanitasie-oplossing wat by die OR Tambo-plakkerskamp in Khayelitsha getoets word. Die burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Water en Sanitasie, Zahid Badroodien, sê deur […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa’s membership of the Southern African Development Community is about job creation and improving citizen’s quality of life. The country is hosting the 46th Sadec summit in Durban this week. In his weekly newsletter, Ramaphosa says no country in the region can on its own build an integrated power […]
