# Die minister van Menslike Nedersettings, Thembi Simelane, sê die regering brei behuisingsgeleenthede uit vir Suid-Afrikaners wat nie kwalifiseer vir tradisionele huislenings nie. Sy het op die Nasionale Behuisings-befondingskorporasie se beraad in Boksburg gesê die privaat sektor het tien-miljard-rand beskikbaar gestel. Dit sal oor vyf jaar meer as 800-duisend huishoudings help. Simelane sê die regering […]
# The Motor Industry Staff Association says the United Nations’ alarm over the recent killings of women in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, highlights the failure to protect women from gender-based violence and femicide. The association’s Phakamile Hlubi-Majola says government has plans to fight GBVF, but these are not being properly funded or implemented. She calls for stronger […]
# Die regsverteenwoordiger van Victor Majola, wat aangekla word van beplanning van die moord op Warrick “DJ Warras” Stock, het hom weens onbetaalde gelde onttrek. Advokaat Piet du Plessis het aan die Hooggeregshof in Johannesburg gesê dat sy firma nie die nodige finansiële steun het om voort te gaan om Majola te verteenwoordig nie. Majola […]
# The lawyer for accused number two, Victor Majola, charged with orchestrating the murder of Warrick “DJ Warras” Stock, has withdrawn from the case over unpaid fees. Advocate Piet du Plessis told the High Court in Johannesburg his firm lacked financial backing to continue representing Majola during the pre-trial conference. Majola and co-accused Hlengiwe Buthelezi […]
# Die sakeman Hangwani Maumela, wat die middelpunt is van ‘n wyer ondersoek na beweerde korrupsie by die Tembisa-hospitaal in Gauteng, betwis ‘n belastingrekening van 1,9-miljard-rand. Die Suid-Afrikaanse Inkomstediens eis die geld van Maumela en die trustees van die MHR-familietrust. Die Spesiale Ondersoekeenheid het voorheen sy familietrust gekoppel aan beskermde bates wat by die ondersoek […]
# Independent columnist and researcher, Lehumo Sejaphala, says South Africa must confront the deeper causes of gender-based violence and femicide, following the discovery of nine women’s bodies in and around Ekurhuleni. Sejaphala says tougher punishment alone will not end violence. He points to childhood trauma, harmful ideas about masculinity, poverty, unemployment and unequal gender attitudes […]
# Businessman Hangwani Maumela, who is at the centre of a wider investigation into alleged corruption at Tembisa Hospital in Gauteng, is challenging a 1.9-billion-rand tax bill. The South African Revenue Service is seeking the money from Maumela and trustees of the MHR Family Trust. The Special Investigating Unit has previously linked his family trust […]
# Human Settlements minister Thembi Simelane says government is expanding housing opportunities for South Africans unable to secure traditional home loans. Speaking at the National Housing Finance Corporation’s 30th anniversary summit in Boksburg, Simelane says ten-billion-rand has been mobilised from the private sector, assisting more than 800-thousand households over five-years. She says government is considering […]
# Die vakverbond COSATU in Gauteng veroordeel die onlangse moorde op vroue in Ekurhuleni ten sterkste en sê mans moet ‘n daadwerklike rol speel om die geweld te bekamp. Die liggame van nege vroue is die afgelope twee maande op verskeie plekke aan die Oos-rand aangetref, insluitend Kemptonpark, Olifantsfontein en KwaThema in Springs. Provinsiale voorsitter […]
