# The Transport ministry has released preliminary findings into the Limpopo bus crash that killed 43 people on the N1 north over the weekend. The bus en route to Zimbabwe was overloaded with 91 passengers in a 62-seat vehicle, and only half of its brakes were working, while the trailer had no functioning brakes. The […]
# Die DA veroordeel die vertraging in die vrystelling van misdaadstatistieke van Januarie tot Maart, wat nou sewe weke laat is. Die DA se woordvoerder oor die Polisie, Lisa Schickerling, sê die gebrek aan data belemmer stasies se vermoë om te beplan en hulpbronne toe te ken, veral voor die feestyd. Sy sê die DA […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê die Nasionale Ontwikkelingsplan verskans maatskaplike geregtigheid as ‘n reg, nie ‘n voorreg nie. Vordering om dit en die Verenigde Nasies se Volhoubare Ontwikkelingsdoelwitte te bereik, is egter van koers af. Ramaphosa het gapings tussen beleid en praktyk uitgelig, met stygende voedselonsekerheid en wanvoedingsgevalle wat binne vyf-jaar met 26-persent gestyg het. […]
# The Western Cape High Court sentenced an 18-year-old to 25-years in prison for the murder of Overberg High School Grade 10 learner Deveney Nel in Caledon. The teen, whose identity is protected under the Children’s Act, was also found guilty of defeating the ends of justice as part of a plea agreement. Deveney’s body […]
# G20-ministers van Finansies en presidente van sentrale banke het die 2025–2030 G20 Afrika-betrokkenheidsraamwerk onderskryf om groei en ontwikkeling reg oor Afrika te bevorder. Die vergadering, onder die voorsitterskap van Suid-Afrika se adjunkminister van Finansies, David Masondo, het in Washington volhoubare ontwikkeling, skuldvolhoubaarheid en die regulering van kunsmatige intelligensie bespreek. Masondo sê die raamwerk verseker […]
# The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has reported seven new foot-and-mouth disease cases in the Free State. Six are in Viljoenskroon/Vredefort and one in Sasolburg bringing the provincial total to 49. Eight distinct outbreaks span five municipalities, including Kroonstad, Deneysville, and Edenville. Vaccinations on infected farms start immediately to curb viral spread. Movement […]
# Die minister van Polisie, Senzo Mchunu, het aan die parlementêre ad hoc-komitee gesê die polisiekommissaris van KwaZulu-Natal, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, het gedreig om terug te veg nadat hy die brief ontvang het wat die taakspan vir politieke moorde ontbind, en die aanstellings by misdaadintelligensie vries. Mchunu sê Mkhwanazi het sy woede uitgespreek deur WhatsApp en […]
# The Southern African Faith Communities’ Environment Institute says Eskom and the National Nuclear Regulator are risking public safety by moving to approve a 20-year licence extension for Koeberg nuclear power station’s unit two without completing overdue safety tests. They warn that relying on outdated or incomplete data could endanger Cape Town’s four million residents. […]
# DRDGold rapporteer ‘n bestendige begin vir die 2026-boekjaar. Inkomste het effens gestyg met twee-persent tot meer as twee-miljard-rand, aangespoor deur ‘n hoë goudprys en verhoogde goudverkope. Goudproduksie het met twee-persent gegroei ten spyte van die effens verlaagde ertsproduksie. Bedryfskoste was grootliks bestendig, terwyl algehele volhoubare koste met vyf-persent gestyg het as gevolg van hoër […]
