# The National Prosecuting Authority is set to petition the Supreme Court of Appeal following the dismissal of their application to appeal a jurisdiction ruling in the asbestos roof case against former Ace Magashule’s personal assistant, Moroadi Cholota. They argue the High Court in the Free State wrongly ruled it had no jurisdiction to try […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged South Africans to avoid building homes in flood-prone areas. During his visit to Mthatha in the Eastern Cape, where floods have claimed at least 78 lives, Ramaphosa said building in dangerous areas puts families at greater risk. The president also called for stronger measures to protect communities from future […]
# South African National Defence Force Joint Operations Chief, Siphiwe Sangweni, says nine aircraft trips will return troops from the Democratic Republic of Congo to South Africa by the end of June, if no further technical delays occur. Sangweni says if bigger aircraft replace smaller crafts, this will reduce the number of flights:
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het Suid-Afrikaners gevra om nie huise in vloedvatbare gebiede te bou nie. Ramaphosa het tydens ‘n besoek aan Mthatha in die Oos-Kaap, waar vloede minstens 78 lewens geëis het, gesê om in gevaarlike gebiede te bou, plaas gesinne in groter gevaar. Die president vra ook strenger maatreëls om gemeenskappe teen toekomstige […]
# The DA is calling for urgent reforms following revelations of a deepening operational crisis in the South African National Defence Force. The DA’s Chris Hattingh says navy vessels are docked, the Air Force is grounded, and coastal surveillance is near collapse. Hattingh warns that the crisis stems from years of neglect and failed leadership. […]
# Die NVG se aansoek om verlof tot appèl is van die hand gewys, nadat die Hooggeregshof in die Vrystaat beslis het Ace Magashule se voormalige persoonlike assistent, Moroadi Cholota, se uitlewering uit die VSA is onregmatig. Regter Phillip Loubser het bevind die uitleweringsproses was gebrekkig en buite die hof se jurisdiksie. Die NVG wil […]
# The NPA’s application for leave to appeal against the Free State High Court’s ruling that former Ace Magashule’s personal assistant, Moroadi Cholota’s extradition from the US was unlawful, has been dismissed. Judge Phillip Loubser found the extradition process deficient and outside the court’s jurisdiction. With no appeal permission granted, Cholota cannot be returned to […]
# Die sterftesyfer in die Oos-Kaapse vloede het tot 79 gestyg nadat reddingspanne die liggaam van ‘n jong meisie naby die Efatarivier in Mthatha gevind het. Meer as ‘n duisend mense is steeds haweloos. Die LUR vir Gesondheid, Ntandokazi Capa, sê lykskouings is op 70 slagoffers uitgevoer, met 30 liggame wat reeds aan naasbestaandes oorhandig […]
# The death toll from the Eastern Cape floods has risen to 79 after recovery teams found a young girl’s body near the Efata River in Mthatha. Over one-thousand people remain displaced. Provincial Health MEC, Ntandokazi Capa says post-mortems have been completed on 70 bodies, with 30 already released to families. Eight more autopsies are […]