# Defence and Military Veterans deputy minister Bantu Holomisa has called for greater collaboration between the public and private sectors to modernise the South African National Defence Force and address critical funding shortages. Speaking at the defence industry lekgotla in Pretoria, Holomisa said innovative partnerships could help upgrade military infrastructure, housing, equipment and technology without […]
# Die geskorste adjunkhoof van die Ekurhuleni Metropolisie, Julius Mkhwanazi, en sy medebeskuldigde, bekend as Getuie K, is in die Johannesburgse Landdroshof op borgtog van vyf-duisend-rand elk vrygelaat. Die twee staan tereg op aanklagte van diefstal, roof, bedrog en korrupsie wat verband hou met die beweerde diefstal van sugilietstene ter waarde van byna 15-miljoen-rand tydens […]
# The suspended Ekurhuleni Metro Police Deputy Chief Julius Mkhwanazi and his co-accused, known as Witness K, have each been granted five-thousand-rand bail by the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court. The pair face charges including theft, robbery, fraud and corruption linked to the alleged theft of sugilite stones worth nearly 15-million-rand during a purported police raid in […]
# Tennis: Cheap tickets will be limited at the Australian Open for the first time to prevent overcrowding. The organisers say the Grand Slam tournament in Melbourne experienced long queues and crowding at this year’s event in January. Allocations of daily ground passes, sold for 560-rand, will be capped for the first week of the […]
# The South African National Taxi Council says delays in issuing operating licences are placing financial strain on taxi operators and disrupting public transport in Gauteng. The Gauteng Department of Transport is in the process of reviewing the licensing system aimed at addressing irregularities and corruption. Speaking to ENCA, Santaco’s Graham Fritz claims operators risk […]
# Gholf: Die Suid-Afrikaanse Ope-kampioen Casey Jarvis het die naweek die beste uitslae van sy loopbaan bereik toe hy gesamentlike sesde geëindig het in die Ope-kampioenskap by Royal Birkdale Hy is nou in die 63ste plek op die amptelike gholf wêreldranglys. Jarvis, wat gekwalifiseer het danksy sy oorwinning in die SA Ope in Stellenbosch vroeër […]
# Die Kommissie vir Geslagsgelykheid, die Suid-Afrikaanse Menseregtekommissie en die Kommissie vir Kulturele, Godsdienstige en Taalgemeenskappe het ‘n gesamentlike nasionale ondersoek begin na die strafregstelsel se reaksie op geslagsgeweld en vrouemoord. Die eerste fase sal slagoffers se ervarings en voorverhoorprosesse ondersoek, insluitend polisie-ondersoeke, slagofferondersteuning en vervolging. Die woordvoerder Sphezulu Zulu sê skriftelike en mondelinge voorleggings […]
# The Commission for Gender Equality, the South African Human Rights Commission, and the Commission for Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities have launched a joint national inquiry into the criminal justice system’s response to gender-based violence and femicide. The first phase will examine survivors’ experiences and pre-trial processes, including police investigations, victim support and prosecutions. […]
# Golf: South African Open Champion Casey Jarvis achieved a career-best finish in the Majors with his tied sixth place in The Open Championship at Royal Birkdale over the weekend. This result moved him to 63rd on the official World Golf Ranking. Jarvis, who qualified by virtue of his victory in the SA Open in […]
