# Cricket: Former Test umpire Harold “Dickie” Bird has died at the age of 92. Bird was one of the best-known and most respected officials in the game, standing in 66 Tests and 69 one-day internationals, including three World Cup finals. Yorkshire issued a statement on their website saying Bird, “one of cricket’s most beloved […]
# National police commissioner Fannie Masemola says the political killings task team uncovered powerful crime syndicates shielded by senior police officers. Masemola told the Madlanga commission in Pretoria that the unit’s investigations revealed how organised networks were operating with the protection of high-ranking officials within law enforcement. He says the findings exposed deep corruption in […]
# Die voorsitter van die Parlement se Gekose Komitee oor Ekonomiese Ontwikkeling en Handel, Sonja Boshoff, vra dat ‘n Nasionale Krisisberaad ‘n oplossing vind vir Suid-Afrika se toename in werksverliese. Boshoff sê die beraad moet die regering en die sake- en arbeidsektor byeenbring om oplossings te vind, insluitend verligting vir die hoë koste van elektrisiteit […]
# Die Verenigde Nasies sê Russiese owerhede het burgerlike aangehoudenes in besette Oekraïnse gebiede gemartel en aan seksuele geweld onderwerp. Die VN se Menseregte-kantoor het in ‘n nuwe ondersoek ‘n patroon van ernstige skendings van internasionale wetgewing deur Rusland teen burgerlike aangehoudenes van Oekraïne bevind. VN-ondersoekers het volgens die verslag onderhoude met 216 burgerlikes gevoer […]
# Die UDM sê hy is woedend en hartgebroke oor onlangse berigte van seksuele misbruik, teistering en wangedrag waarby onderwysers regoor die land betrokke is. Die waarnemende sekretaris-generaal, Zandile Phiri, sê daar het verlede maand sake in Gauteng, die Oos-Kaap, KwaZulu-Natal en die Vrystaat voorgekom wat ‘n diep en sistemiese krisis in die onderwystelsel aandui. Sy […]
# Parliament’s Select Committee on Economic Development and Trade chairperson, Sonja Boshoff has called for a National Crisis Summit to tackle South Africa’s growing wave of job losses. Boshoff says the summit should unite government, business, and labour to find urgent solutions, including relief on electricity and freight costs, stronger localisation, and trade remedies. She […]
# The United Nations says Russian authorities have subjected civilian detainees in Ukrainian areas it occupies to torture, including sexual violence. In a fresh report, the UN rights office concluded that Russia has subjected Ukrainian civilian detainees to consistent patterns of serious violations of international law. The report said UN investigators had interviewed 216 civilians […]
# Die polisie het beslag gelê op ‘n onwettige wapenarsenaal, insluitend ses AK-47-gewere, agt nege-millimeter-pistole sowel as ammunisie, in ‘n woonstel in Bellville in Kaapstad. Volgens berigte kom die arsenaal vanaf KwaZulu-Natal. Die agt verdagtes kon nie geldige vuurwapenlisensies toon nie. Hulle staan tereg op aanklagte van die onwettige besit van vuurwapens en sal in […]
# Die nasionale polisiekommissaris Fannie Masemola sê sommige raadslede het vals skietvoorvalle uitgevoer om persoonlike beskerming te verkry. Masemola het aan die Madlanga-kommissie in Pretoria gesê die taakspan vir politieke moorde is in 2019 ingestel en is op provinsiale vlak gelei om politieke moorde in KwaZulu-Natal aan te pak, maar het later sy operasies na […]
