# Die Messteekslagoffer Tshepang Nyathi is in Refilwe, oos van Pretoria, ter ruste gelê na sy moord tydens lentedagvieringe. Polisie sê Nyathi is na bewering met ‘n mes doodgesteek na ‘n woordewisseling waar daar water gespat is. ‘n Drie-en-vyftigjarige man is in hegtenis geneem en van moord aangekla nadat gemeenskapslede hom aangehou en aan die […]
# Die voormalige minister van Verdediging, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, het aan die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria gesê die opknappingswerk aan haar huis in Bruma het in 2004 begin, jare voor die staat se beweerde omkoopgeldperiode. Sy sê opgraderings het tot 2018 voortgeduur. Die staat beweer ongeveer 1,8-miljoen-rand se beweerde omkoopgeldis in kontant aan ‘n binnehuisversierder betaal vir […]
# Former Defence minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has told the High Court in Pretoria that renovations to her Bruma home began in 2004, years before the state’s alleged kickback period. She says upgrades continued until 2018. The state alleges about 1.8-million-rand in cash was paid to an interior decorator for furnishings and renovations using proceeds from […]
# Die leier van die Patriotic Alliance, Gayton McKenzie doen ‘n beroep op die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens om ‘n volledige demografiese uiteensetting van sy jongste werwingsinname vry te stel. McKenzie wil syfers per ras, provinsie en geslag hê, asook die keuringskriteria. Sy kommentaar volg na Sondag se Nasionale Herdenkingsdag by die Uniegebou, waar 12 beamptes wat […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens sê sy jongste werwingsproses weerspieël die rassesamestelling van die aansoekers, nie die uitsluiting van enige groep nie. Die SAPD het bykans 1,05-miljoen aansoeke ontvang, met die meerderheid Afrika-aansoekers. Die diens sê kandidate moes rybewys-, psigometriese, fiksheids-, mediese en integriteitstoetse aflê. Die woordvoerder, Athlenda Mathe, het wit, Indiër- en bruin-gemeenskappe aangemoedig om […]
# The South African Police Service says its latest recruitment intake reflects the racial composition of applicants, rather than the exclusion of any group. SAPS received nearly 1.05-million applications, with African majority applicants. The Service says candidates underwent driver’s licence, psychometric, fitness, medical and integrity checks. SAPS spokesperson Athlenda Mathe is urging White, Indian and […]
# Patriotic Alliance leader Gayton McKenzie is calling on the South African Police Service to release a full demographic breakdown of its latest recruitment intake. McKenzie wants figures by race, province and gender, as well as the selection criteria. His comments follow Sunday’s National Commemoration Day at the Union Buildings, where president Cyril Ramaphosa honoured […]
# Spring Day stabbing victim Tshepang Nyathi has been laid to rest in Refilwe, east of Pretoria, following his killing during Spring Day celebrations. Police say Nyathi was allegedly stabbed after an altercation involving water-splashing. A 53-year-old man was arrested and charged with murder after community members detained him and handed him to police. The […]
# 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 […]
