# President Donald Trump van Amerika sê sy administrasie sal die doodstraf vra in moordsake in Washington, DC. Die meeste moorde in Washington word onder plaaslike wetgewing hanteer, maar aanklaers mag die doodstraf vra vir misdade wat onder federale reg val. Trump het in Januarie op die eerste dag van sy administrasie ʼn uitvoerende bevel […]
# Die EFF sê Statistiek Suid-Afrika se jongste opname oor bestuur, openbare veiligheid en justisie bevestig dat landsburgers onder beleg van misdaad is terwyl die regering min verligting bied. Die opname toon daar was in die 2024/2025-boekjaar na raming 1,5-miljoen inbrake by wonings. Altesaam 811-duisend voorvalle van verbruikersbedrog is aangemeld wat 566-duisend slagoffers geraak het. […]
# ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba says there is no scientific evidence that the container, which plunged into a collapsed mine shaft with three Lily Mine workers inside, cannot be retrieved. Yvonne Mnisi, Pretty Nkambule, and Solomon Nyerende were trapped in a container that plunged into a sinkhole at the Lily Mine in Barberton, Mpumalanga, in […]
# Tennis: World number one Jannik Sinner began his bid for back-to-back US Open titles with a 6-1, 6-1, 6-2 victory against Czech Vit Kopriva. The Italian will face Australian Alexei Popyrin next, after he defeated Emil Ruusuvuori of Finland in straight sets. Kazakhstan’s Alexander Bublik knocked out 2014 champion Croatia’s Marin Cilic. In the women’s […]
# US president Donald Trump says his administration will seek the death penalty in murder cases in Washington, DC. Most murders in Washington are prosecuted under local law, although prosecutors can seek the death penalty for crimes that fall under federal law. Trump reinstated the federal death penalty through an executive order on the first […]
# The EFF says Statistics South Africa’s latest Governance, Public Safety and Justice survey confirms that citizens remain under the siege of crime, while the government offers little relief. The survey indicates that an estimated 1.5-million incidents of housebreaking occurred during the 2024/2025 financial year. A total of 811-thousand consumer fraud incidents were recorded, affecting […]
# Die vakverbond Cosatu het die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, geprys dat hy die problematiese Pensioenadministrasie-agentskap oorgeneem het. Dit volg na verslae wat aandui dat die agentskap ‘n huurkontrak van amper een-miljard-rand onderteken het vir ‘n gebou waartoe hulle nie toegang het nie. Godongwana het Stadi Mngomezulu van die Tesourie aangestel as waarnemende uitvoerende […]
# The Congress of South African Trade Unions has applauded Finance minister Enoch Godongwana for taking over the troubled Government Pensions Administration Agency. This follows reports the agency signed a nearly one-billion-rand lease for a building it cannot access. Godongwana has seconded Treasury’s Stadi Mngomezulu as acting CEO while the agency’s head, Kedibone Madiehe, is […]
# Die Raad van Gesondheidsorgbefondsers het ʼn nuwe regsgeding aanhangig gemaak om die Wet op Nasionale Gesondheidsversekering op te hef. Hy vra die Konstitusionele Hof om die wetgewing onwettig en ongeldig te verklaar omdat die Parlement nie ʼn behoorlike openbare konsultasieproses gevolg het nie. President Cyril Ramaphosa het die wet in Mei verlede jaar bekragtig. […]
