# Die waarnemende minister van Polisie, Firoz Cachalia, sê wetstoepassingsagentskappe sal werk om ‘n veilige en beskermde omgewing te verseker voor die plaaslike regeringsverkiesing op 4 November. Cachalia het aan die media gesê politieke geweld, insluitend aanvalle op raadslede en ander politieke verteenwoordigers, bedreig demokratiese deelname. Hy sê die polisie sal sulke gevalle ondersoek en […]
# Die minister in die Presidensie, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, sê die Departement van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking werk deur Suid-Afrika se diplomatieke missies in China om ses Suid-Afrikaners op te spoor wat in Nepal vermis word. Die ses, wat vermoedelik uit KwaZulu-Natal kom, is onbereikbaar sedert dodelike kitsvloede Woensdag die Bhote Koshi-riviergebied naby die Tibetaanse grens […]
# The minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says the Department of International Relations and Cooperation is working through South Africa’s diplomatic missions in China to help locate six South Africans reported missing in Nepal. The six, believed to be from KwaZulu-Natal, have been unreachable since deadly flash floods struck the Bhote Koshi River area […]
# Cricket: Namibia have stunned South Africa by 18 runs in the opening match of the T20 tri-series in Windhoek. The hosts posted 163 for nine, with opener Jan Frylinck making 60 off 38 balls. Dewald Brevis top-scored for the Proteas with 75 from 50 deliveries, but South Africa’s chase lost momentum and they finished […]
# Rescue teams in Nepal are entering a fourth day of searching for survivors after devastating flash floods near the Tibetan border. At least 584 people have died and almost two-thousand-500 remain missing, including more than 500 foreign nationals. Many of the foreigners were travelling on the Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage. The figures are changing rapidly […]
# The workers’ union GIWUSA says evidence emerging from the Madlanga Commission highlights the deep penetration of organised crime syndicates into South Africa’s justice and law enforcement systems. Since the Commission commenced with its work last year, it has exposed deep-rooted corruption, political interference and criminal infiltration. GIWUSA president Mametlwe Sebei says police collusion with […]
# Acting Police minister, Firoz Cachalia, says law enforcement agencies will work to ensure a safe and secure environment ahead of the local government elections on 4 November. Cachalia told the media political violence, including attacks on councillors and other political representatives, threatens democratic participation. He said police will investigate such cases and work with […]
# Die MK-party het twee van sy prominente parlementslede, Khanyisile Litchfield-Tshabalala en Pumlani Kubukeli, geskors omdat hulle die party in oneer gebring het. Die party sê die besluit volg na ʼn reeds dade en gedrag deur die twee wat nadelig is vir sy reputasie, integriteit en algemene belange. Hy sê hy het reeds begin met […]
# Die Verenigde Nasies se sekretaris-generaal, António Guterres, vra 17,59-miljard-rand om ʼn plan om die Ebola-uitbreking in die Demokratiese Republiek die Kongo te bekamp, volledig te befonds. Volgens berigte is vyf-duisend-713 gevalle en twee-duisend-744 sterftes aangemeld. Hierdie Ebola-epidemie versprei die vinnigste ooit. Guterres sê die DRK-regering en die Wêreldgesondheidsorganisasie het ʼn VN-beampte as senior Ebola-koördineerder […]
