# Rugby: The Sharks have included Jaco Williams, Simphiwe Ngobese, Matt Romao and Simphiwe ‘Vusi’ Moyo in their Currie Cup squad for Saturday’s match against the Bulls. This follows their successes with the Junior Springboks. Williams will start on the wing while the other three will be on the bench. Experienced lock Corné Rahl and […]
# An Australian childcare worker has been charged with filming child abuse material inside his Sydney workplaces. David James is accused of creating “explicit” images or videos of 10 children at six out-of-school-hours care services. Australia’s childcare sector has been rocked by a number of high-profile cases. Earlier this month, about two-thousand children in Victoria […]
# Die Landdroshof in Pretoria-Noord het borgtog geweier aan ‘n man wat beskuldig word van die moord op die vyfjarige Ditebogo Phahlane tydens ‘n inbraak by sy ouerhuis in Soshanguve. Elia Moeko staan onder meer tereg op aanklag van moord en roof. Aanklaers voer aan hy is ‘n vlugrisiko en het vorige veroordelings. Lumka Mahanjana […]
# The Pretoria North Magistrate’s Court has denied bail to one of three men accused of the murder of five-year-old Ditebogo Phahlane during a hijacking in his Soshanguve home. Elia Moeko faces multiple charges, including murder and robbery. Prosecutors argued he posed a flight risk and had previous convictions. The NPA’s Lumka Mahanjana confirmed that co-accused, Ali […]
# Die Gesondheids-ombud, Taole Mokoena, sê psigiatriese pasiënte by die Noord-Kaapse Geestesgesondheidshospitaal het weens uiterste koue gesterf weens kragonderbrekings. Mokoena, wat vandag sy verslag vrygestel het, het hipotermie, personeeltekorte, swak infrastruktuur en ’n gebrek aan noodtoerusting blameer. Die ondersoek volg na die minister van Gesondheid, Aaron Motsoaledi se klagte. Die ombud het die omstandighede by […]
# Health Ombud, Taole Mokoena, says psychiatric patients at the Northern Cape Mental Health Hospital died due to extreme cold caused by electricity failures. Releasing his report today, Mokoena blamed hypothermia, staff shortages, poor infrastructure, and lack of emergency equipment. The probe followed Health minister Aaron Motsoaledi’s 2024 complaint. The Ombud called conditions in Kimberley’s […]
# Die DA in Gauteng het die LUR vir Onderwys, Matome Chiloane, gevra om op te hou met wat die party noem die vervolging van Pretoria High School for Girls se skoolhoof, Philippa Erasmus. Die party se provinsiale woordvoerder oor Onderwys, Sergio Isa dos Santos, sê Erasmus is onregverdig skuldig bevind nadat haar man aangebied […]
# Public Works and Infrastructure minister, Dean Macpherson, has handed over a damning report on an 800-million-rand oxygen plants tender to the Hawks for criminal investigation. The report, compiled by PricewaterhouseCoopers, exposed fraud, irregular procurement, and governance failures by the Independent Development Trust. Macpherson told the media that one company, Bulkeng, was awarded contracts worth […]
# Krieket: Mitchell Santner sal Nieu-Seeland aanvoer in die eerste toets teen Zimbabwe wat môre in Bulawayo begin terwyl Tom Latham nog sukkel met ‘n skouerbesering. Die aanvangskolwer sal by die span bly met die hoop om fiks te wees wanneer die tweede toets volgende Donderdag begin, ook in Bulawayo. Santner het die Swartpette tot […]