# Former Free State premier, Ace Magashule has pleaded not guilty to charges of fraud, corruption, and money laundering in the 255-million-rand asbestos roof removal case. The 2014 tender aimed to remove asbestos from 300-thousand homes, but only 21-million-rand’s worth of work was reportedly completed. Appearing in the High Court in Bloemfontein alongside 17 co-accused, […]
# AfriForum sê Tenbosch Mining se plan om ‘n steenkool-aanleg naby die suidelike deel van die Krugerwildtuin in Mpumalanga op te rig, is gebrekkig en bedreig die omgewing. Die organisasie het aan die Departement van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing, sowel as SANParke geskryf oor die gebrek aan behoorlike openbare raadpleging en ander sleutelstappe wat […]
# Sokker: Die speel van die verkeerde amptelike lied tydens gister se Kampioeneliga-kwarteindstryd tussen Aston Villa en Paris St-Germain is toegeskryf aan ’n probleem met die klankstelsel. Sommige spelers het gesukkel om hul lag te bedwing toe die Europa-liga se kenwysie op Villapark in Birmingham gespeel is voor die wedstryd. Dit is later na die […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het kommer uitgespreek oor die Oos-Kaap se finansiële bestuur. Dit volg op ’n verslag van die ouditeur-generaal wat 197-miljoen-rand in onreëlmatige besteding aan die lig gebring het. Ramaphosa het in Nelson Mandelabaai aan provinsiale leiers gesê 30 daadwerklike onreëlmatighede is aangeteken, met 13 wat steeds nie opgelos is nie. Hy erken […]
# Die Europese Unie het sewe lande uitgewys wat hy as veilig beskou in ‘n poging om migrante se terugkeer te bespoedig deur dit moeiliker te maak vir sekere nasies se burgers om aanspraak te maak op asiel. Die Europese Kommissie het voorgestel dat Kosovo, Bangladesj, Colombië, Egipte, Indië, Marokko en Tunisië tot veilige lande […]
# Soccer: The playing of the wrong anthem during yesterday’s Champions League quarterfinal clash between Aston Villa and Paris St-Germain was ascribed to a sound system malfunction. Some players struggled to contain their laughter when the Europa anthem was played at Villa Park in Birmingham before the start of the game. It was then switched […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed concern over the Eastern Cape’s financial management, following an Auditor-General report that revealed 197-million-rand in irregular expenditure. Addressing provincial leaders in Nelson Mandela Bay, Ramaphosa said 30 material irregularities were recorded, with 13 still unresolved. While acknowledging progress in clean audits and improved financial reporting, he stressed that mismanagement […]
# The European Union has published a list of seven countries it considers “safe”, in a bid to speed up migrant returns by making it harder for citizens of those nations to claim asylum in the bloc. The European Commission said it was proposing to designate Kosovo, Bangladesh, Colombia, Egypt, India, Morocco and Tunisia as […]
# Businessman Edwin Sodi has pleaded not guilty in the 255-million-rand asbestos corruption case at the Free State High Court in Bloemfontein. Sodi, along with former Free State premier Ace Magashule and 16 others, faces charges of fraud, corruption, and money laundering related to a 2014 asbestos roof removal contract. The trial is scheduled to […]
