# Rescuers have pulled two workers alive from a hydropower tunnel in Nepal, more than a week after they became trapped by the devastating flash flood at the Nepal-China border. They were recovered from a tunnel of the Trishuli-3 Hydropower Project. Sanjaya Shah and Kabir Maharjan have injuries to their hands and legs. At least 39 others […]
# Amnestie Internasionaal Suid-Afrika sê die plaaslike regeringsverkiesing in November is ‘n kritieke oomblik van aanspreeklikheid weens die groot ontevredenheid met dienslewering en sigbare mislukkings in vele munisipaliteite. Volgens die verslag van die Ouditeur-generaal het net 39 van die 257 munisipaliteit ‘n skoon oudit gekry in die jongste ouditeursverslag. Amnestie Internasionaal SA sê kiesers moet […]
# Amnesty International South Africa says that, with high levels of dissatisfaction with service delivery and visible failures in many municipalities, the November local government elections are a critical moment of accountability. According to the Auditor General’s report, only 39 out of 257 municipalities achieved a clean audit in the last audit report. Amnesty International […]
# Adjunkpresident Paul Mashatile se skoonseun, Nceba Nonkwelo, het die 12,6-miljoen-rand wat hy aan die Gauteng Vennootskapfonds skuld, terugbetaal as deel van ‘n skikkingsooreenkoms. ‘n Reeks mediaberigte van News24 het aangevoer Nonkwelo Beleggings het tussen 2013 en 2017 lenings ter waarde sowat 30-miljoen-rand van die fonds ontvang vir die oprigting van studentebehuising in Johannesburg wat […]
# Die Wêreldgesondheidsorganisasie sê twee nuwe entstowwe teen die Bundibugyo-stam van die Ebola-virus in die Demokratiese Republiek die Kongo word tans in veiligheidsproewe in Brittanje en Kanada getoets. Die amptelike sterftesyfer in die DRK se dodelikste Ebola-uitbreking ooit, is meer as drie-duisend. Die provinsie Ituri bly die middelpunt waar 88-persent van die sterftes was. Die […]
# Deputy president Paul Mashatile’s son-in-law, Nceba Nonkwelo, has paid back the 12.6-million-rand he owed to the Gauteng Partnership Fund, as part of a settlement agreement. A series of media reports by News24 claimed Nonkwelo Investments had received loans totalling about 30-million-rand between 2013 and 2017 from the GPF, for the construction of student accommodation […]
# The World Health Organisation says two new vaccines against the Bundibugyo virus of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are now in safety trials in the UK and Canada. The official death toll from the DRC’s deadliest-ever Ebola outbreak stands at over three-thousand people. The province of Ituri remains the epicentre, accounting […]
# Die DA sê die afdanking van die adjunkhoof van Misdaadintelligensie, Feroz Khan, moet die eerste van vele wees totdat alle korrupte polisie-amptenare ontslaan is. Dit het gevolg nadat hy nie by ‘n tugverhoor opgedaag het nie. Khan is beskuldig van wangedrag en dat hy die polisiediens in ‘n swak lig geplaas het. DA-woordvoerder Lisa […]
# The DA says the dismissal of Crime Intelligence deputy head Feroz Khan from the South African Police Service must be the first of many, until all of the crooked cops are removed from office. Khan’s dismissal was triggered by his failure to face a disciplinary hearing, after being accused of misconduct and bringing the police […]
