# Former National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has pleaded not guilty to 12 counts of corruption and one count of money laundering in the High Court in Pretoria at the start of her trial. The charges relate to alleged solicitation of 4.5-million-rand bribes from a contractor linked to Defence Force contracts during her tenure as Defence […]
# ‘n Brit wat beskuldig word van die moord op sy vrou en twee dogters in Brittanje, het sy borgtogaansoek laat vaar in die Johannesburgse Landdroshof. Die staat sê Ndodana Tshuma is ‘n onwettige voortvlugtige nadat hy na bewering uit Brittanje gevlug het voor sy gesin se liggame ontdek is. Hy word in Suid-Afrika beskuldig […]
# AfriForum vra die polisie vir terugvoering oor die ondersoek na die voormalige Johannesburgse burgemeester, Thapelo Amad, se roekelose hantering van ‘n vuurwapen. Hy verskyn na bewering in ‘n video waarin hy in April vanjaar ‘n vuurwapen in die openbaar afvuur. Jacques Broodryk van AfriForum sê hulle het ‘n strafregtelike klagte ingedien rakende oortredings van […]
# A British father accused of murdering his wife and two daughters in the United Kingdom has abandoned his bail application in the Johannesburg Magistrates’ Court. The state says Ndodana Tshuma is an illegal fugitive after allegedly fleeing the UK before the bodies of his family were discovered. He also faces a charge of possessing […]
# The Gauteng government has been elected vice-president for a global network of sub-national governments driving climate action, biodiversity, and sustainable development, Africa of Regions4. The appointment was confirmed during the body’s general assembly. Gauteng MEC for Environment, Ewan Botha, says the role will strengthen Africa’s voice in global climate discussions, improve access to climate […]
# The Food and Allied Workers Union condemns what it describes as a continued attack on workers’ rights by the management of Parktonian Hotel in Braamfontein, Johannesburg. The union began protected strike action, accusing the hotel of unilaterally changing employees’ terms and conditions of employment. FAWU’s Edwin Mabowa says the dispute includes unpaid salary adjustments, […]
# The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation welcomes the High Court in Johannesburg’s 326-million-rand asset forfeiture order against the Hangwani Maumela syndicate, but says it’s not enough. Spokesperson Anele Gcwabe urges the National Prosecuting Authority to prosecute all those implicated in the alleged two-billion-rand Tembisa Hospital corruption scandal in Gauteng, and the blacklisting of companies linked to […]
# City Power in Johannesburg sê kabeldiefstal, opsetlike beskadiging en ander infrastruktuurverwante voorvalle het die onderneming in slegs een naweek meer as 311-duisend-rand gekos. Woordvoerder Isaac Mangena sê daar was tussen Donderdag en Sondag 19 voorvalle, insluitend kabeldiefstal, brande by substasies en opsetlike beskadiging. Die grootste enkele diefstal was in Jeppestown waar sowat 400-meter koperkabel […]
# AfriForum has called on police to provide an update on the investigation into former Johannesburg mayor Thapelo Amad’s alleged reckless handling of a firearm. He allegedly appeared in a video discharging a firearm in public in April. AfriForum’s Jacques Broodryk says they lodged a criminal complaint with police, alleging contraventions of the Firearms Control […]
