# Die Minister van Minerale en Petroleum Hulpbronne, Gwede Mantashe, sê die mynbousektor moet nie wins bo werkers se gesondheid en veiligheid stel nie. Tydens ‘n beraad oor myngesondheid en -veiligheid in Kemptonpark, Gauteng, het Mantashe gesê 49 mynwerkers teen 14 September hierdie jaar alreeds in die bedryf gesterf, vergeleke met 41 sterfgevalle verlede jaar. […]
Mineral and Petroleum Resources minister Gwede Mantashe says the mining industry must not put profits ahead of workers’ health and safety. Speaking at the mine health and safety summit in Kempton Park, Gauteng, Mantashe said 49 mineworkers had died in the industry by 14 September this year, compared with 41 fatalities recorded last year. He […]
# Die African Independent Congress het die speaker van die Johannesburgse stadsraad, Margaret Arnolds, as sy burgemeesterskandidaat vir die plaaslike regeringsverkiesing aangekondig. Arnolds was voorheen ‘n lid van die burgemeesterskomitee vir Gemeenskapsontwikkeling en Finansies en dien tans as Speaker. Die party sê haar verkiesingsveldtog sal op dienslewering, aanspreeklikheid, infrastruktuur en plaaslike ekonomiese ontwikkeling fokus:
# The African Independent Congress has announced Johannesburg Council Speaker Margaret Arnolds as its mayoral candidate for the 4 November local government elections. Arnolds has previously served as mayoral committee member for Community Development and Finance and currently serves as Speaker. The AIC says her campaign will focus on service delivery, accountability, infrastructure and local […]
# Die voormalige minister van Verdediging, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, hou vol ’n pruik wat in WhatsApp-gesprekke met die militêre kontrakteur Nombasa Ntsondwa-Ndlovu bespreek is, was werklik ‘n pruik en nie ’n kode-woord vir geld nie. Sy is in die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria gevra hoekom sy herhaaldelik daarna verwys het. Mapisa-Nqakula, wat deur ’n tolk getuig, erken […]
# Former Defence minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula maintains that a wig mentioned in WhatsApp exchanges with military contractor Nombasa Ntsondwa-Ndlovu was a genuine gift and not a coded reference to money. She was questioned in the High Court in Pretoria about why she repeatedly referred to the wig in messages with the contractor. Testifying via an […]
# Die waarnemende Gautengse polisiekommissaris, Fred Kekana, versoek die publiek om die polisie toe te laat om hul ondersoek uit te voer ná die ontdekking van ‘n negende vrou se liggaam in Ekurhuleni. Sy is sowat 30-jaar-oud en is met steekwonde en gedeeltelik geklee aangetref. Sy is nog nie uitgeken nie. Forensiese ondersoeke word gedoen […]
# Acting Gauteng police commissioner Fred Kekana has urged the public to allow police to conduct their investigation following the discovery of a ninth woman’s body in Ekurhuleni. The woman, believed to be about 30, had stab wounds and was partially clothed. She remains unidentified. Forensic investigations are underway to establish the cause of death. […]
# Die Hooggeregshof in Polokwane in Limpopo het die 33-jarige prokureur, Charlotte Tibana, met onmiddellike ingang verbied om te praktiseer. Die Regspraktykraad het die dringende aansoek gebring te midde van bewerings van bedrog met trustrekenings. Tibana en haar man, die Tshwane-metropolisie-beampte Peter Nonyane, staan tereg op 43 aanklagte wat bedrog, diefstal en geldwassery insluit. Hulle […]
