# The Motor Industry Staff Association says the automotive masterplan 2035 should include the retail motor industry. According to the union, the plan focuses too much on vehicle manufacturing while leaving out dealerships, repair centres and fuel stations. MISA’s Phakamile Hlubi-Majola says more than 311-thousand people work in the retail motor industry and should benefit […]
# Taxi boss Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni has told the Madlanga commission that businessman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala and Katiso “KT” Molefe allegedly worked as hitmen for the late taxi boss Mswazi Msibi. Sibanyoni says Msibi strengthened his security after he confronted him over an alleged assassination attempt in 2006. He testified that Msibi surrounded himself with […]
# Taxibaas Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni het voor die Madlanga-kommissie gesê sakeman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala en Katiso “KT” Molefe het na bewering as huurmoordenaars vir die oorlede taxi-baas Mswazi Msibi gewerk. Sibanyoni sê Msibi het sy sekuriteit versterk nadat hy Sibanyoni in 2006 oor ‘n beweerde sluipmoordpoging gekonfronteer het. Hy het getuig Msibi het homself omring […]
# RISE Mzansi is krities oor onlangse polisiemisdaadstatistiek en voer aan die aangemelde afname in kontakmisdade skep ‘n vals gevoel van sekuriteit terwyl die toenemende krisis van geslagsgeweld in die land geïgnoreer word. Drie-honderd-en-vyf mense is van April tot Junie vanjaar vermoor as ‘n direkte gevolg van gepeupelreg. Makashule Gana van RISE Mzansi sê geslagsgeweld […]
# RISE Mzansi has criticised recent police crime statistics, arguing that reported declines in contact crimes create a false sense of security while ignoring an escalating crisis of gender-based violence in the country. Between April and June this year, 305 people were murdered as a direct result of mob justice and vigilantism. RISE Mzansi’s Makashule […]
# Die waarnemende minister van Polisie, Firoz Cachalia, doen ‘n beroep op strenger optrede teen ongelisensieerde drankwinkels, aangesien alkohol landwyd ‘n sterk dryfveer vir geweldsmisdaad is. Cachalia het die media ingelig oor die jongste misdaadstatistiek tussen April en Junie en sê geweld vind dikwels snags en oor naweke plaas, veral rondom drankwinkels. Hy sê sterker […]
# Acting Police Minister, Firoz Cachalia, is calling for tougher action against unlicensed liquor outlets, as alcohol is a major driver of violent crime nationwide. Briefing the media on the latest crime statistics between April and June, Cachalia said violence often occurs at night and over weekends, particularly around liquor outlets. He added stronger enforcement […]
# Suid-Afrika het ‘n dossier by die Internasionale Geregshof ingedien waarin Israel beskuldig word dat hy nie voldoen het aan die Hof se wetlik bindende bevele wat daarop gemik is om Palestyne in Gaza teen volksmoord te beskerm nie. Die Departement van Internasionale Betrekkinge sê die dossier is Dinsdag ingedien om regters te help wat […]
# The MK Party says the Special Investigating Unit’s findings on the Nkandla upgrades to former president Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla homestead in KwaZulu-Natal raise questions about who should be held responsible for the costs linked to the project. The party’s secretary-general Sibonelo Nomvalo says the SIU’s finding that the architect involved should pay 156-million-rand to […]
