# National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza has rejected the MK Party’s call to remove RISE Mzansi Member of Parliament Makashule Gana as chair of Parliament’s Section 89 Impeachment Committee. MK parliamentary leader John Hlophe argued Gana could not be impartial because his party is part of the Government of National Unity. Gana was elected 19 […]
# Northern Cape police say sexual offences increased by 32-point-five percent between April and June, with rape cases rising by 43.4-percent. Provincial Police Commissioner Koliswa Otola says many victims know their alleged perpetrators, some rape cases involve children of the same age, while others involve older offenders. She is urging communities to work closely with […]
# The High Court in Johannesburg has reserved judgment in the murder trial of Bafana Mahungela, accused of killing Sandton teacher Kirsten Kluyts. Kluyts was killed in October 2023 while participating in an athletic event. The State alleges she died from blunt-force trauma and strangulation. Mahungela faces charges including kidnapping, robbery with aggravating circumstances, murder […]
# State-owned logistics operator Transnet says it has completed the restoration of the Cape Mainline rail link following storm damage in May. Heavy rainfall, strong winds and flooding on 11 and 12 May caused extensive damage, closing sections of the line for more than two months. The strategic mixed-freight corridor connects Cape Town with South […]
# ʼn Vier-en-veertigjarige lid van die Mpumalanga-polisie se blitspatrollie is tydens ʼn vroë-oggend-operasie by die Secunda-polisiekantoor gearresteer. Hy word na bewering verbind met die kaping van vragmotors wat diesel in die provinsie vervoer. Mpumalanga se polisiewoordvoerder, Mavela Masondo, sê die beampte se betrokkenheid het aan die lig gekom tydens ʼn ondersoek na vier ander verdagtes […]
# Tennis: Die 40-jarige Fransman Gael Monfils het sy laaste Grand Slam-wedstryd gespeel, maar in die Amerikaanse Ope se tweede ronde teen die Amerikaner, Learner Tien, verloor. Karen Khachanov van Rusland het die wêreld-nommer-vier, Felix Auger-Aliassime van Kanada, getroef. In die vroue-afdeling het die tweede gekeurde Kazak, Elena Rybakina, ʼn oorwinning oor Jessica Bouzas Maneiro […]
# A 44-year-old member of the Mpumalanga Police Flying Squad has been arrested during an early-morning operation at the Secunda Police Station today. He is allegedly linked to the hijacking of diesel trucks in the province. Mpumalanga police spokesperson, Mavela Masondo, says the involvement of the officer came to light during the investigation following the […]
# Tennis: Frenchman Gael Monfils played the final match of his Grand Slam career, falling to American Learner Tien, 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 in the US Open second round. Russia’s Karen Khachanov knocked out world number four Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime. In the women’s draw, second seed Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina continued her bid for the world number […]
# Reddingswerkers het twee werkers lewend uit ʼn hidrokragtonnel in Nepal gehaal. Dit volg meer as ʼn week nadat hulle tydens die rampspoedige oorstroming op die Nepal-China-grens in ʼn tonnel van die Trishuli-3-hidrokragprojek vasgekeer is. Sanjaya Shah en Kabir Maharjan het beserings aan hul hande en bene opgedoen. Minstens 39 ander sal na verwagting ook uit […]
