# Western Cape Premier Alan Winde says new policing methods are needed to combat crime, with the province pushing for metro policing. Speaking to Newzroom Afrika, Winde argued provinces should have powers to conduct investigations and gather intelligence against gangsterism and gun violence. This comes as Cape Town Council passed a motion to seek the […]
# The South African Federation of Trade Unions general-secretary, Zwelinzima Vavi, has hailed whistleblowers as unsung heroes in South Africa’s fight against corruption. Speaking at the fourth anniversary of Babita Deokaran’s assassination yesterday, he urged the Special Investigating Unit to expose and prosecute the masterminds behind her killing. Deokaran was gunned down in 2021 after […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse Premier, Alan Winde, sê nuwe polisiëringsmetodes is nodig om misdaad te bestry, met die provinsie wat metropolisiëring versoek. Winde het aan Newzroom Afrika gesê provinsies moet die mag moet hê om ondersoeke te doen en intelligensie teen bendebedrywighede en wapengeweld in te samel. Dit volg nadat die Kaapstadse Raad ‘n mosie aangeneem […]
# Die hoofsekretaris van die vakverbond SAFTU, Zwelinzima Vavi, het fluitjieblasers as die onbesonge helde van Suid-Afrika se stryd teen korrupsie uitgelig. Hy het gister tydens die vierde herdenking van Babita Deokaran se sluipmoord gepraat en die Spesiale Ondersoekeenheid versoek om die meesterbrein agter haar moord te ontbloot en te vervolg. Deokaran is in 2021 […]
# Rugby: Die Boland Kavaliers het ‘n oortuigende oorwinning in die Curriebeker-kompetisie behaal deur van ‘n 23-punte agterstand terug te veg om die Pumas met 29-26 op die Mbombela-stadion in Nelspruit te klop. Hawies Fourie en sy manne het vier uit hul vyf ligawedstryde gewen, met die enigste nederlaag teen die Griekwas in die tweede […]
# Rugby: Boland Kavaliers delivered an emphatic come-from-behind performance in the Currie Cup season as they fought back from 23 points down to beat the Pumas 29-26 at Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit. Hawies Fourie and his men have won four from their five league matches, with the only loss coming against the Griquas in Round […]
# A Malawian national has been arrested in Eden Park, in Ekurhuleni, for allegedly producing and selling fraudulent documents. The Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department and police raided an internet café following a tip-off, where they discovered boxes filled with fake school reports, passports, asylum permits, and medical certificates. The suspect faces fraud and immigration charges […]
# The City of Cape Town is offering a reward of up to 100-thousand-rand for information after the Swartklip Road pump station in Tafelsig was vandalised. Criminals destroyed equipment after illegal electricity connections were disconnected, leaving the pumps unable to work. Mayoral committee member for Water and Sanitation, Zahid Badroodien, says thousands of Mitchells Plain […]
# Russian oil supplies to Hungary and Slovakia could be suspended for at least five days after a Ukrainian strike on a facility in Russia. Ukraine and Russia have stepped up attacks on each other’s energy infrastructure, hitting Ukrainian domestic heating supplies, Russia’s Druzhba pipeline and other facilities, over the past few weeks. This comes […]
