# Former president Nicolas Sarkozy is set to become France’s first postwar leader to go to prison after a court jailed him for five years over a scheme for the late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi to fund his victorious 2007 presidential run. The court convicted him on charges of criminal conspiracy, although it acquitted him […]
# Tennis: Die wêreld se nommer-een, Carlos Alcaraz, het ten spyte van ‘n enkelbesering die Argentyn Sebastian Baez met 6-4, 6-2 in sy openingswedstryd van die Japanse Ope in Tokio geklop. Hy het op die baan neergesak nadat hy die bal in die vyfde pot van die eerste stel gejaag het, en vir ‘n paar […]
# South African Police Service legislative expert Marga van Rooyen has told the Madlanga commission that taking political killings task team dockets to Pretoria for months without investigation, amounts to the suppression of inquiries. According to Van Rooyen, such mishandling of cases hinders ongoing investigations and undermines the effectiveness of police operations. She emphasised that […]
# Tennis: World number one Carlos Alcaraz shrugged off an ankle injury to beat Argentina’s Sebastian Baez 6-4, 6-2 in a gritty start to his Japan Open campaign. He crumpled to the ground chasing a shot in the fifth game of the opening set in Tokyo and sat on the court grimacing for several minutes. […]
# Electricity and Energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says illegal connections and electricity theft remain major obstacles to a stable grid. Despite sufficient generation capacity, these issues strain the distribution network, causing overloads and forcing load reduction measures that affect over one-million customers. Ramokgopa says tackling theft and unauthorised connections is critical to ensuring a reliable […]
# Die Parlement se Ad Hoc-komitee wat bewerings deur die KwaZulu-Natalse Polisiekommissaris, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, oor politieke inmenging en korrupsie ondersoek, sal môre sy lys van moontlike getuies afsluit. Die ANC het duidelikheid versoek oor die tydlyn en sê sy bykomende name sal eers teen môre se sperdatum ingedien word. Die Komitee se voorsitter, Molapi Lekganyane, […]
# Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee investigating KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s allegations of political interference and judicial corruption will finalise its list of possible witnesses tomorrow. The ANC requested clarity on the timeline, noting its additional names will only be submitted by tomorrow’s deadline. Committee chairperson Molapi Lekganyane confirmed some names are under consideration:
# Die nasionale polisiekommissaris, Fannie Masemola, het die vonnisoplegging in die hooggeregshof in Pietermaritzburg verwelkom waarin die huurmoordenaar Sabelo Phewa twee maal lewenslank tronk toe gestuur is vir die moord op Richmond se munisipale bestuurder, Sibusiso Sithole, in 2017. Sithole het korrupsie in die munisipaliteit met tenders en gunslone ondersoek toe hy doodgeskiet is. Die […]
# Die minister van Korrektiewe Dienste, Pieter Groenewald, het die noodsaaklikheid beklemtoon dat slagoffers se regte teen gevangenes se rehabilitasie en herintegrasie opgeweeg word. Dit volg terwyl afgevaardigdes by die Nasionale Paroolberaad in Pretoria die huidige paroolwetgewing bespreek. Dit sluit in verouderde hand- datastelsels en agterstande as groot struikelblokke. Groenewald het die noodsaaklikheid beklemtoon dat […]
