# Seven schoolgirls, aged 13 to 15, appeared in a Johannesburg Magistrate Court today, facing charges of common assault. Gauteng police spokesperson Mavela Masondo says they were arrested for assaulting a 14-year-old learner in Bellevue following a video gone viral earlier this month. Masondo confirmed that the girls were arrested and later released into their parents’ […]
# City Power is marking energy month by celebrating one year since the recommissioning of the John Ware gas turbine power station in Fordsburg, Johannesburg. City Power spokesperson Isaac Mangena says the facility now produces up to 18 megawatts per turbine and is a key part of the city’s ten-point energy plan aimed at reducing […]
# Die DA in Gauteng eis antwoorde by die LUR vir Openbare Werke, Paaie en Vervoer, Jacob Mamabolo, oor munisipaliteite wat vullisverwydering uitkontrakteer al het hulle interne hulpbronne. Die DA se COGTA-woordvoerder, Khathutshelo Rasilingwane, sê daar is 102 kompakteerders in Ekurhuleni, maar slegs nege is in ‘n werkende toestand, met 93 wat stukkend is. Sy […]
# The DA in Gauteng is demanding answers from Public Works, Roads and Transport MEC Jacob Mamabolo over municipalities outsourcing waste collection despite having in-house resources. The DA’s COGTA spokesperson Khathutshelo Rasilingwane says in Ekurhuleni, 102 compactor trucks exist, but only nine work and 93 are broken. She claims that the municipality still hires external […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens het ’n gesondheidsdienste-kontrak ter waarde van 360-miljoen-rand, wat aan die sakeman Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala toegeken is, gekanselleer enkele dae voor ’n kriminele ondersoek na die kontrak begin het. News24 berig ’n Interne oudit het aan die lig gebring dat Matlala se maatskappy, Medicare 24 Tshwane District, nie verder as die aanvanklike […]
# Twee mense is dood en een is beseer nadat ’n vragmotor wat die toneel van ’n betoging genader het, voetgangers in Diepkloof, Soweto, getref het. Inwoners van die Diepkloof-hostel eis grond, ontwikkeling, asook water- en sanitasie-infrastruktuur. Polisiewoordvoerder Mavela Masondo sê een persoon is in die hospitaal opgeneem, en die polisie ondersoek ’n saak van […]
# The South African Police Service has cancelled a 360-million-rand health services contract awarded to businessman Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala, days before a criminal investigation into the deal commence. News24 reports an internal audit revealed that Matlala’s company, Medicare 24 Tshwane District, should not have advanced past the initial procurement phase. Matlala, already facing charges of […]
# Two people have been killed and one injured after a truck approaching the scene of a protest smashed into pedestrians in Diepkoof, Soweto. Diepkloof hostel residents are demanding land, development as well as water and sanitation infrastructure. Police spokesperson, Mavela Masondo says one person has been hospitalised, and police are investigating a public violence case:
# Motoriste word gewaarsku om Diepkloof, Soweto, te vermy weens voortslepende betogings. Hostelbewoners eis water, sanitasie en ontwikkeling. Die betoging ontwrig verkeer en daar is ook berigte van plundering en motorbande wat gebrand word. Die polisiewoordvoerder, Xolani Fihla, het motoriste gemaan om versigtig te wees.
