# The Southern African Alcohol Policy Alliance says the recent mass shootings have exposed gaps in how liquor outlets are licensed, located and monitored, especially in poor, densely populated areas. Eighteen people were killed at a tavern in Wedela on the Gauteng West Rand, and ten at an entertainment venue in Lwandle, Cape Town, over the […]
# Dele van die Johannesburgse middestad en Marshalltown is steeds sonder elektrisiteit na Saterdag se groot brand by die Johannesburg-Sentraal-substasie. Die jongste kragonderbreking volg slegs ‘n dag nadat kragtoevoer herstel is ná ʼn onderbreking van twee weke. City Power se woordvoerder, Isaac Mangena, sê tegniese spanne het bewyse gevind van moontlike kabeldiefstal en opsetlike beskadiging […]
# Parts of the Johannesburg CBD and Marshalltown remain without power following a major fire at the Johannesburg Central Substation on Saturday. The latest power outage hit just a day after electricity was restored following a two-week-long outage in the same area. City Power’s spokesperson Isaac Mangena says technical teams have found evidence of suspected […]
# Die vakverbond COSATU in Gauteng vra dringende optrede in die Wes-Rand teen onwettige vuurwapens, georganiseerde misdaad en geweld wat met onwettige mynbedrywighede verband hou. Dit volg nadat 18 mense Saterdagaand by ‘n taverne in Wedela, Carletonville, doodgeskiet is. Niemand is nog in hegtenis geneem nie. COSATU se provinsiale voorsitter, Amos Monyela, vra beter polisie-intelligensie […]
# Die Stad Tshwane se koalisieregering het Sarah Mabotsa bedank vir haar diens aan inwoners. Die GOOD-party het haar lidmaatskap opgehef weens skendings van sy grondwet, en gevra dat sy as raadslid verwyder word. Dit beteken haar termyn as die metro se burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Ekonomiese Ontwikkeling word ook beëindig. Burgemeester Nasiphi Moya se woordvoerder, Samkelo […]
# Union federation COSATU in Gauteng is calling for urgent action against illegal firearms, organised crime and illegal mining-related violence in the West Rand. This comes after 18 people were shot dead at a tavern in Wedela, Carletonville, on Saturday evening. No arrests have been made yet. COSATU’s Gauteng chairperson, Amos Monyela, calls for stronger police […]
# The City of Tshwane’s coalition government has thanked Sarah Mabotsa for her service to residents. The GOOD Party terminated her membership over breaches of its constitution, and has called for her removal as a councillor, which would also end her tenure as the metro’s mayoral committee member for Economic Development. Mayor Nasiphi Moya’s spokesperson, […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Raad van Kerke sê die onlangse massaskietvoorvalle in die land is nie meer net ʼn reeks geïsoleerde tragedies nie, maar ʼn nasionale krisis. Agtien mense is die naweek by ʼn taverne in Wedela, Gauteng, doodgeskiet, en tien mense is by ʼn vermaaklikheidsplek in Lwandle, Kaapstad, dood. Verlede week in KwaMakhutha, KwaZulu-Natal, is […]
# Die polisie in Gauteng sê ‘n man wat verdink word van die moord op ‘n 23-jarige vrou gisteroggend in Tembisa, is dood aangetref in sy voertuig in Midrand. Boitumelo Gift Mashita is tydens ‘n beweerde rooftog doodgeskiet, terwyl sy op pad werk toe was. Polisiewoordvoerder Brenda Muridili sê die man is Mashita se vervreemde […]
