# Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department officers arrested a total of 250 motorists for driving under the influence of alcohol between the 19th and the 25th of May. The arrests are part of ongoing efforts by the JMPD to ensure safety and uphold the rule of law within the metro. Police spokesperson, Xolani Fihla, says driving […]
# Tennis: Die vierde-gekeurde Amerikaner Taylor Fritz is verrassend uitgeskakel in die eerste ronde van die Franse Ope. Hy het in vier stelle verloor teen die Duitser Daniel Altmaier. Die naaswenner van 2024 se Amerikaanse Ope het verlede jaar die vierde ronde op Roland Garros gehaal. Dis die eerste keer sedert 2022 se Amerikaanse Ope […]
# Tennis: American fourth seed Taylor Fritz suffered a surprise first-round exit at the French Open, beaten in four sets by German Daniel Altmaier. The 2024 US Open runner-up, whose best performance at Roland Garros was a run to the fourth round last year, slipped to a 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 loss. It is the […]
# Die minister van Menslike Nedersettings, Thembi Simelane, het provinsies aangespoor om die opgradering van informele nedersettings voorrang te gee ná ‘n brand in die Marikana-nedersetting in Boksburg waarin ses mense gesterf het. ‘n Sewe-jarige is gered en met ernstige brandwonde in die hospitaal opgeneem. Simelane noem die tragedie ‘n waarskuwing en het planne uitgelig […]
# A driver driving a yellow Porsche was arrested after crashing into a minibus taxi on FW de Klerk Boulevard in Cape Town, Western Cape. Cape Town traffic officers say his breathalyser reading was more than double the legal limit. The incident happened this morning. The City’s mayoral committee member for Safety, JP Smith, slammed […]
# Transnet sal voor 30 Junie ‘n netto bedrag van 4,3-miljard-rand aan Sasol betaal. Dit volg nadat ‘n skikking tussen die twee ondernemings bereik is wat jare se regsgedinge beëindig het. Die skikking sluit ‘n Hooggeregshof-uitspraak van Junie 2024 in, warin Transnet opdrag gegee is om 3,9-miljard-rand te betaal vir pyplyn-tariefoortredings. ‘n Ander Transnet-eis teen […]
# Die beroemde skrywer Salman Rushdie is tevrede met die maksimum-vonnis van 25-jaar tronkstraf wat opgelê is aan ‘n man wat hom in 2022 met ‘n mes aangeval het by ‘n New Yorkse kultuursentrum. Hadi Matar is vroeër skuldig bevind aan poging tot moord en aanranding. Videomateriaal het gewys hoe hy op die verhoog storm […]
# Human Settlements Minister Thembi Simelane has urged provinces to prioritise upgrading informal settlements following a fire in Boksburg’s Marikana settlement that killed six people. A seven-year-old was rescued and has been hospitalised with severe burns. She called the tragedy a wake-up call. Simelane highlighted plans to upgrade over four-thousand informal settlements by 2029 and […]
# Die DA se woordvoerder vir Menslike Nedersettings, Luyolo Mphithi, het kommer uitgespreek oor georganiseerde misdaadsindikate se toenemende betrokkenheid by grondbesettings. Mphithi het die party se voorneme aangekondig om die Wet op die Voorkoming van Onwettige Uitsetting en Onregmatige Besetting van Grond te wysig om hierdie kwessie aan te pak. Hy het aan Newzroom Afrika […]
