# ‘n Graad 8-leerder van Kuyasa-hoërskool in Dimbaza, Oos-Kaap, is na bewering deur ‘n mede-leerder doodgesteek. Die beweerde aanvaller is ‘n graad 10-leerder wat geskors is. Die polisie het ‘n geregtelike doodsondersoekdossier geopen. Die woordvoerder van die Departement van Onderwys, Malibongwe Mtima, het die voorval veroordeel. Berading is aan leerders en onderwysers gebied, terwyl ouers […]
# A Grade 8 learner at Kuyasa High School in Dimbaza, Eastern Cape, has been stabbed to death, allegedly by a fellow learner. The alleged attacker is a Grade 10 learner who has been placed in suspension. Police have opened an inquest docket. Education Department spokesperson Malibongwe Mtima has condemned the incident. Psychosocial support has […]
# ‘n Oos-Kaapse boer, Louis Lategan, is in die Hooggeregshof in Makhanda skuldig bevind aan verkragting en mensehandel. Hy is daarvan aangekla dat hy ses jong vroue na sy afgeleë plaas gelok het met aanbiedinge van werk as au pair, waarna hy hulle seksueel aangerand het. Die hof het sy beweringe verwerp dat die seksuele […]
# Eastern Cape farmer Louis Lategan has been found guilty of rape and human trafficking in the Makhanda High Court. He was charged for luring six young women to his remote farm with offers of au pair work before sexually assaulting them. The court rejected his claims that the sexual encounters were consensual and that […]
# Die minister van Water en Sanitasie, Pemmy Majodina, het om verskoning gevra omdat sy tydens ‘n onlangse openbare geleentheid in die Oos-Kaap vir ‘n inwoner van Kouga gevloek het. Majodina het in ‘n verklaring gesê sy het in die hitte van die oomblik gereageer, maar aanvaar verantwoordelikheid en betreur die gebruik van growwe taal. […]
# Water and Sanitation minister Pemmy Majodina has apologised for swearing at a Kouga resident during a recent public event in the Eastern Cape. In a statement, Majodina said she reacted in the heat of the moment but accepts responsibility and regrets using profane language, stressing that public representatives must remain respectful under pressure. The […]
# Die Nelson Mandela-universiteit in Gqeberha in die Oos-Kaap is op koers om teen Mei volgende jaar ongeveer 80-persent van sy elektrisiteit uit hernubare energie te verkry. Die instelling sal tot 55-persent van die elektrisiteitshandelaar Etana ontvang, terwyl sy eie sonkragprojek van 4,4-megawatt tot 30-persent sal bydra. Die stap volg op ernstige beurtkrag in die […]
# The Nelson Mandela University in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape is on track to source about 80-percent of its electricity from renewable energy by May next year. The institution will receive up to 55-percent from electricity trader Etana, while its own 4.4-megawatt solar project will contribute up to 30-percent. The shift follows severe load-shedding, […]
# The minister of Employment and Labour, Nomakhosazana Meth, and Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane have welcomed the payment of more than 42-million-rand in compensation and benefits to former mine workers and surviving beneficiaries. The payments were made during a 41-day outreach programme that started in July. Ministry spokesperson Thobeka Magcai says the programme will […]
