# Businessman Stuart Scharnick has been granted five-thousand-rand bail by the Randburg Magistrate’s Court on firearms-related charges. These include improper firearm storage and allowing unauthorised access to a weapon. The court ruled that the state failed to provide sufficient facts to justify his continued detention. Scharnick must surrender his passport, report address changes and notify […]
# Die DA in Gauteng dring aan op ‘n openingsdatum vir die Vroue Lewende Erfenismonument in Pretoria. Die party se woordvoerder, Leanne de Jager, verwelkom die uitreiking van die gedenkteken se gebruiksertifikaat, maar sê die kompleks van 200-miljoen-rand moet nou vir die publiek oopgestel word. Dit bly gesluit sedert 2018 weens bouwerk- en nakomingsprobleme. De […]
# Solidariteit is bekommerd oor toenemende afleggings in die mynbousektor. Sibanye-Stillwater het aangekondig die herstrukturering van sy Kwezi-skag in Rustenburg, Noordwes, kan een-duisend-114 werknemers en kontrakteurs raak. Woordvoerder Willie Venter sê een-duisend-214 poste op De Beers se Venetia-myn en sowat een-duisend-800 op Petra Diamonds se Finsch- en Cullinan-myne is ook onder druk. Hy sê dit […]
# The state has told the Brakpan Magistrate’s Court that former SAPS Special Task Force member Matipandile Sotheni was found with a cellphone while in custody. Prosecutor Trott Mphahlele says the phone was discovered during a prison search on 2 September and was allegedly used to communicate with someone outside the facility about his murder […]
# The DA in Gauteng is demanding an opening date for the Women’s Living Heritage Monument in Pretoria. Spokesperson Leanne de Jager welcomes the issuing of the monument’s long-awaited occupancy certificate, but says the 200-million-rand facility must now open to the public. The monument has remained closed since 2018 amid construction and compliance problems. De […]
# Solidarity has expressed concern over growing mining retrenchments after Sibanye-Stillwater announced one-thousand-114 employees and contractors could be affected by restructuring at its Kwezi shaft in Rustenburg, North West. Spokesperson Willie Venter says one-thousand-214 jobs are under threat at De Beers’ Venetia mine and one-thousand-800 at Petra Diamonds’ Finsch and Cullinan mines. He says it’s […]
# Die EFF se burgemeesterskandidaat vir Johannesburg, Tlaleng Mofokeng, sê die stad het vergeet van sy mandaat en dompel inwoners in ‘n bestuurskrisis. Sy het tydens ‘n debat op SABC-TV oor die komende plaaslike regeringsverkiesing gesê dienslewering het in duie gestort, infrastruktuur het agteruitgaan en aanspreeklikheid ontbreek. Mofokeng sê dringende ingryping word benodig om Johannesburg […]
# ActionSA says it must be made clear to Ekurhuleni residents that the ANC has no appetite for insourcing, having voted against an insourcing motion in 2022.The party’s Tumelo Tshabalala says Mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza announced 593 cleaning and security posts in March, but six months later none have been filled despite budget approval. He argues […]
# ActionSA se burgemeesterskandidaat vir Ontwikkelingsbeplanning in Johannesburg, Ayanda Allie, sê ontwikkelingsbeplanning het agteruitgegaan. Sy sê die metro slaag nie daarin om munisipale verordeninge toe te pas, onwettige grondbesettings hok te slaan en stedelike verval te bestuur nie. Allie het inwoners tydens ‘n debat op SABC versoek om die party se leier en voormalige burgemeester, […]
