# Die MK-party het burgemeesterskandidate vir ses metropolitaanse munisipaliteite benoem voor die plaaslike regeringsverkiesing op 4 November. Die kandidate is voormalige DA-burgemeester Bongani Baloyi vir Johannesburg, Thulani Shongwe vir Ekurhuleni, Zandile Hlophe-Mkhwanazi vir eThekwini, Mapaseka Mothibi vir Mangaung, Mzwandile Vaaiboom vir Buffalo City en Mvuleni Map vir Nelson Mandelabaai. Sibonelo Nomvalo van die party sê […]
# The MK Party has endorsed mayoral candidates for six metropolitan municipalities ahead of the local government elections on 4 November. The candidates are former DA mayor Bongani Baloyi for Johannesburg, Thulani Shongwe for Ekurhuleni, Zandile Hlophe-Mkhwanazi for eThekwini, Mapaseka Mothibi for Mangaung, Mzwandile Vaaiboom for Buffalo City and Mvuleni Map for Nelson Mandela Bay. […]
# Die taxibaas Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni sê die Shongwe-kommissie het bevind slagoffers van taxiverwante geweld in Gauteng is met hoëkalibergewere en ander vuurwapens doodgeskiet. Sibanyoni het voor die Madlanga-kommissie getuig die wapens is soortgelyk aan dié wat staatsinstellings soos die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Weermag en die polisie gebruik. Hy sê die kommissie het Ezinkabi ook geïdentifiseer […]
# Taxi boss Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni says the Shongwe commission found that victims of taxi-related violence in Gauteng were shot with high-calibre rifles and other firearms. Sibanyoni told the Madlanga commission some weapons were similar to those issued to state agencies, including the South African National Defence Force and police. He says the commission also […]
# Die vakbondfederasie COSATU prys SAMWU vir sy volgehoue stryd namens werkers van die Msunduzi Plaaslike-munisipaliteit in KwaZulu-Natal en die Kannaland Plaaslike-munisipaliteit in die Wes-Kaap. Die vakbond het opgetree teen die praktyk om werknemers vir jare op kontrakte aan te hou en die versuim om uitstaande oortydbetalings te vereffen. COSATU se woordvoerder, Nonzuzo Dlamini, sê […]
# Vyf van die ses Suid-Afrikaners wat vermis word na die verwoestende oorstromings in Nepal en Tibet is van KwaZulu-Natal. Die LUR vir Vervoer en Menslike Nedersettings, Siboniso Duma, sê die ander een is van KuGompo City in die Oos-Kaap. Minstens 270 mense is volgens berigte dood en meer as een-duisend-300 is nog nie opgespoor […]
# Five of the six South African citizens missing after the devastating floods in Nepal and Tibet are from KwaZulu-Natal. Transport and Human Settlements MEC, Siboniso Duma, says the other one is from KuGumpo City in the Eastern Cape. At least 270 people have reportedly died, while over one-thousand-300 are still unaccounted for. The department’s […]
# Union federation COSATU says it commends the South African Municipal Workers’ Union for standing firm for workers in the Msunduzi Local Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal and Kannaland Local Municipality in the Western Cape. The union pushed back against exploitative practices of retaining personnel in contracts for years and the non-payment of outstanding overtime. COSATU’s spokesperson, […]
# Die Spesiale Tribunaal het die voormalige Nkandla-projekargitek, Minenhle Makhanya, gelas om 147,2-miljoen-rand aan die Nasionale Tesourie terug te betaal. Dit is vir verliese wat verband hou met onwettige sekuriteitsopgraderings by oudpresident Jacob Zuma se privaat woning. Die tribunaal het bevind dat Makhanya se aanstelling onwettig was en dat hy werk buite die sekuriteitsvereistes vir […]