# The man who stabbed and partially blinded world-renowned author Salman Rushdie at a speaking engagement in the US in 2022, Hadi Matar, was found guilty of federal terrorism charges in a District Court in New York. Rushdie’s novel The Satanic Verses was widely condemned in the Islamic world for being blasphemous. Twenty-eight-year-old Matar is […]
# Rugby: Luan Giliomee begin Saterdag op heelagter vir die Haaie-vyftiental in hulle Curriebeker-kragmeting met die Stormers-23 in Kaapstad. Hy is een van die Durbanse span se vier Junior Springbokke wat hulle Onder-20-Wêreldbekerkampioenskapstitel suksesvol verdedig het. Die ander drie, Khuthi Rasivhaga, Liam van Wyk en Rambo Kubheka, is op die bank vir die besoekers wat […]
# FlySafair says customer demand has fallen by 14-percent as soaring jet fuel prices continue to affect South Africa’s aviation sector. The airline says the decline follows the introduction of a temporary fuel surcharge after Jet A1 fuel prices surged because of global supply disruptions linked to conflict in the Middle East. FlySafair says it […]
# Rugby: Luan Giliomee will start at fullback for the Sharks-15 in Saturday’s Currie Cup clash with the Stormers-23 in Cape Town. He is one of the Durban team’s four Junior Springboks who successfully defended their Under 20 World Championship title. The other three, Khuthi Rasivhaga, Liam van Wyk and Rambo Kubheka, will start on […]
# Luitenant-generaal Sizakhele Dyantyi is aangestel as die nuwe Wes-Kaapse polisiekommissaris. Hy volg luitenant-generaal Thembisile Patekile op, wat verlede maand ná vier dekades afgetree het. Dyantyi het in 1992 aangesluit by die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens en daarna verskeie senior leiersrolle beklee. Hy begin Saterdag amptelik in die posisie. Dyantyi sê hy sal bewysgedrewe wetstoepassing versterk, met […]
# Die voormalige hoof van die Ondersoekdirektoraat teen Korrupsie, Andrea Johnson, het toegegee die geskorste nasionale polisiekommissaris, Fannie Masemola, moes nie saam met die omstrede sakeman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala en ander beskuldigdes in die Medicare24-korrupsiesaak aangekla gewees het nie. Die voorsitter van die Madlanga-kommissie het haar ondervra. Mbuyiseli Madlanga sê die aanklagte teen Masemola ingevolge […]
# Lieutenant-general Sizakhele Dyantyi has been appointed as new Western Cape police commissioner. He succeeds Lieutenant-general Thembisile Patekile, who retired last month after four decades of service. Dyantyi, who joined the South African Police Service in 1992, has served in several senior leadership roles. He officially assumes office on Saturday. Dyantyi says he will strengthen […]
# Nooddienste is op hoë gereedheidsgrondslag terwyl erge weer KwaZulu-Natal en die Oos-Kaap steeds tref. Die Suid-Afrikaanse Weerdiens sê ‘n oranje vlak 6-waarskuwing vir ontwrigtende reënval en oorstromings bly van krag vir dele van KwaZulu-Natal. Die Oos-Kaap is terselfdertyd onder ‘n oranje vlak 5-waarskuwing vir ontwrigtende sneeuneerslae. Die Weerdiens vra inwoners om onnodige reise te […]
# The former head of the Investigating Directorate against Corruption, Andrea Johnson, has conceded suspended national police commissioner Fannie Masemola should not have been grouped with controversial businessman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala and other accused in the SAPS-Medicare24 corruption case. She was questioned by the Madlanga commission’s chairperson. Mbuyiseli Madlanga says the Public Finance Management Act […]
