# The South African Weather Service has dismissed claims of governance failures, financial mismanagement, and executive impropriety, calling them unsubstantiated. The entity said delays in acquiring a new High-Performance Computing system are due to strict compliance with procurement laws. SAWS spokesperson Oupa Segalwe stressed robust oversight, probity reviews, and contingency plans are in place, while […]
# Education activist Hendrick Makaneta has called on South African men to unite and mentor young men on accountability and respect for women. Speaking after the killing of two women in Mamelodi, Makaneta said schools alone cannot shoulder this responsibility. Makaneta urged the creation of Men’s Forums in every community to teach conflict resolution and […]
# The Afrika Mayibuye Movement has urged the African Union to reject the results of the recent elections in Cameroon and the Ivory Coast. Afrika Mayibuye says the votes were unfair and helped keep old leaders in power. The movement’s Sydney Baloyi believes Cameroon’s president, Paul Biya, re-elected at 92-years-old and the Ivory Coast’s 83-year-old […]
# Die Tsakane-streekhof in Gauteng het ‘n 47-jarige man vier lewenslange vonisse opgelê vir die herhaaldelike verkragting van ‘n 13-jarige meisie tussen 2015 en 2016. Die slagoffer, wat in daardie stadium behandeling vir kanker ontvang het, is swanger en MIV-positief gelaat. Lumka Mahanjana van die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag sê die man het geen berou getoon nie […]
# Die polisie se senior forensiese ontleder, Meldon Mkhatshwa, sê vroeë ballistiese verslae in die moordsaak van die ingenieur Armand Swart bevat verskeie foute. Dit sluit in verkeerde saaknommers, foutiewe datums en verwarring tussen patrone en patroondoppies. Mkhatshwa het aan die Madlanga-kommissie verduidelik hoe hy die bewyse noukeurig nagegaan en behoorlik vergelyk het en sê […]
# The Tsakane Regional Court has sentenced a 47-year-old man to four life terms for repeatedly raping a 13-year-old girl between 2015 and 2016. The victim, who was undergoing cancer treatment, was found pregnant and HIV-positive. The National Prosecuting Authority’s Lumka Mahanjana says the man showed no remorse and was declared unfit to work with […]
# The police’s senior forensic analyst, Meldon Mkhatshwa, told the Madlanga commission that early ballistics reports in engineer Armand Swart’s murder case contained multiple errors. These included wrong case numbers, incorrect dates, and confusion between cartridges and cartridge cases. Mkhatshwa explained how he checked the evidence carefully and compared it properly, showing the need for […]
# ‘n Kubaanse dokter het in Thabazimbi se Landdroshof verskyn op aanklag van diefstal van medisyne uit die Thabazimbi-hospitaal in Limpopo, en is op waarskuwing vrygelaat. Yamilet Castaneda is na bewering op 2 September tydens ‘n roetine-deursoeking betrap met ongemagtigde medisyne ter waarde van een-duisend-780-rand. Mashudu Malabi van die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag waarsku teen sulke misdadige […]
# Die parlementêre ad hoc-komitee het gehoor dat die geskorste minister van Polisie, Senzo Mchunu, nie sy adjunk, Cassel Mathale, geraadpleeg het voordat hy ‘n brief vir die ontbinding van die politieke moorde-taakspan uitgereik het nie. Mathale sê hy is onseker wat Mchunu daartoe gelei het om die opdrag op die manier op te stel […]
