# The lawyer for accused number two, Victor Majola, charged with orchestrating the murder of Warrick “DJ Warras” Stock, has withdrawn from the case over unpaid fees. Advocate Piet du Plessis told the High Court in Johannesburg his firm lacked financial backing to continue representing Majola during the pre-trial conference. Majola and co-accused Hlengiwe Buthelezi […]
# A study by market research company, Ipsos, has revealed that transport costs are shutting millions of people out of opportunities. Ipsos Country Manager, Natalie Otte, says approximately 6.9-million-people have missed work or education because they could not afford transport. Speaking to the SABC, she warns that fuel prices could worsen the problem, alongside pressure […]
# Springbok rugby captain Siya Kolisi has called on South African men to take responsibility and urgent action to help end gender-based violence and femicide. His plea follows the discovery of nine women’s bodies in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng. Speaking from Australia ahead of next weekend’s Test against the Wallabies, Kolisi urged citizens to unite against GBVF, […]
# Die United Democratic Movement gaan die Verkiesingshof nader oor die weglating van sy wyksraadkandidate in die Buffalo City-metro in die Oos-Kaap. Die party se adjunkpresident, Nqabayomzi Kwankwa, sê hofstukke sal volgende week ingedien word om die Verkiesingskommissie se besluit te betwis nadat van sy kandidate nie op die finale lyste verskyn nie. Hy sê […]
# Afrika Mayibuye Movement president Floyd Shivambu says technical compliance should not disenfranchise voters or undermine free and fair elections. In an open letter to the Electoral Commission, Shivambu says two-thousand-274 prospective candidates from 45 political parties were captured on the Online Candidate Nomination System but not finally submitted. He says affected candidates and communities […]
# Die Nasionale Dobbelraad en die Advertensie-reguleringsraad het ‘n ooreenkoms van verstandhouding onderteken om toesig te versterk oor dobbeladvertensies en verbruikers-beskerming. Dit sal tradisionele en digitale platforms dek, insluitend televisie, radio, reklameborde en sosiale media. Die raad se waarnemende uitvoerende hoof, Lungile Dukwana, sê die vinnige groei van aanlyn dobbelary vereis nouer samewerking om te […]
# Die sakeman Hangwani Maumela, wat die middelpunt is van ‘n wyer ondersoek na beweerde korrupsie by die Tembisa-hospitaal in Gauteng, betwis ‘n belastingrekening van 1,9-miljard-rand. Die Suid-Afrikaanse Inkomstediens eis die geld van Maumela en die trustees van die MHR-familietrust. Die Spesiale Ondersoekeenheid het voorheen sy familietrust gekoppel aan beskermde bates wat by die ondersoek […]
# Independent columnist and researcher, Lehumo Sejaphala, says South Africa must confront the deeper causes of gender-based violence and femicide, following the discovery of nine women’s bodies in and around Ekurhuleni. Sejaphala says tougher punishment alone will not end violence. He points to childhood trauma, harmful ideas about masculinity, poverty, unemployment and unequal gender attitudes […]
# Businessman Hangwani Maumela, who is at the centre of a wider investigation into alleged corruption at Tembisa Hospital in Gauteng, is challenging a 1.9-billion-rand tax bill. The South African Revenue Service is seeking the money from Maumela and trustees of the MHR Family Trust. The Special Investigating Unit has previously linked his family trust […]
