Author: Larson Thebe
The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (POPCRU) said it is deeply alarmed and saddened by the increasing number of killings and suicides among law enforcement officers. The union’s comments come after the recent tragic incident, whereby a police officer allegedly shot dead his crime prevention warden girlfriend Chesnay Keppler in Eldorado Park on Thursday. The police officer then fled the scene, shot himself, but it currently in hospital under police guard. POPCRU said this tragic and concerning trend highlights the severe mental health challenges faced by the officers. “Law enforcement officers are exposed to high levels of stress, trauma,…
Motorists will have to dig deeper in their pockets at the pump stations. This as the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy has announced the fuel increase from 1 January 2025. “Petrol 93-octane will increase by 19 cents a litre. 95-octane will increase by 12 cents a litre. Diesel prices will increase by 7.5 cents and 10.5 cents a litre, depending on the grade, while Illuminating paraffin will decrease by 13 cents a litre at the retail level. Liquefied petroleum gas will increase by 13 cents per kilogram,” said the department spokesperson, Robert Maake. In addition, Maake contributed the price…
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa, said the government will close all illegal initiation schools in the Eastern Cape, after 27 initiates died during the summer season. Hlabisa also expressed concern that 253 initiates have died in the Eastern Cape alone since 2019, adding that most of the deaths were preventable. Hlabisa was speaking in Butterworth in the Eastern Cape, after convening an emergency ministerial meeting with local traditional leaders amid the high number of fatalities among initiates. “It’s unfortunate because the parents have lost their children, and it’s going to remain a permanent scar. The initiation schools…
South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has fined Capitec R56 million, for failing to comply with anti-money laundering regulations, as per the Financial Intelligence Centre Act. The bank said the fine follows inspections conducted on Capitec Bank in terms of section 45B of the FIC Act in 2021 and 2022. “The inspection in 2021 focused on the retail bank segment and the 2022 inspection focused on the business banking segment of Capitec Bank. The sanctions consist of seven cautions, one reprimand and a financial penalty totalling R56.25 million, of which R10.5 million is conditionally suspended for a period of 36 months…
There are renewed calls for calm in Mozambique and for the regional body, Southern African Development Community (SADC) to urgently intervene in the country. This as post-election violence continues to spread, after the proclamation final electoral results by the Constitutional Council of Mozambique, which confirmed Frelimo’s Daniel Francisco Chapo as the winner of the disputed October presidential election.South Africa said it has noted with concern the ongoing violence and the subsequent disruptive protest in reaction to the announcement. “South Africa calls on all parties to commit to an urgent dialogue that will heal the country and set it on a…
Thirty-eight people have been killed and 29 survived, after an Azerbaijani airliner carrying 67 passengers, crashed near the Kazakhstani city of Aktau.According to the Azerbaijan Airlines, the plane was enroute Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, to the Russian city of Grozny, when it was diverted and attempted an emergency landing three kilometres from Aktau. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, said investigations are ongoing, adding that it is too soon to speculate on the reasons behind the crash. He however said that the weather had forced the plane to change from its planned course and had instructed government to initiate a commission…
Police in the North West said a total of 26 illegal miners have resurfaced from an abandoned mine in Stilfontein, near Klerksdorp.They were immediately arrested for illegal mining, trespassing and contravention of the Immigration Act, Act 13 of 2002. “Of the 26 illegal miners, four resurfaced at Margaret Shaft and 22 at Buffelsfontein shaft no 10.They comprise of nine from Lesotho, four Zimbabweans, nine from Mozambique and four South Africans. In addition to the stipulated charges, one of the suspects will be charged for possession of gold bearing material and one suspect was found in possession of explosives,” said provincial…
It was joy and tears as more than 260 Christmas Day babies were born across the country at midnight. Gauteng province seems to be in the lead, with 184 bundles of joy delivered at public health facilities across the province from 00:00 am until 12:00 pm today. The gender includes 105 boys and 79 girls. Some of the babies were welcomed by MEC for Health and Wellness, Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko with gifts at the Tembisa Provincial Tertiary Hospital. “Congratulations to all the families. We would also like to encourage parents to ensure that their bundles of joy are immunised at specified…
Despite a looming R5 million administrative fine by the Information Regulator of South Africa, the Department of Basic Education said it is going ahead with the publication of matric results in the media. This as the regulator said the department failed to uphold an enforcement notice issued on November 18, 2024, which instructed the department to make an undertaking that it’ll not publish the 2024 matric results in the media. According to the regulator, the department failed to confirm within 31 days whether it would refrain from publishing the matric results. The 31 days given to the department by the regulator…
The City of Tshwane has sought to assure residents of Hammanskraal that some areas would be provided with clean drinking water in stages between the end of December and in June next year. This is according to a joint statement released by the city, the Department of Water and Sanitation, Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi’s office, and Magalies Water. Executive Mayor Dr Nasiphi Moya said although there has been much progress, the tap water provided is still not safe to drink. “The City of Tshwane has completed testing of the water in the reticulation network and the tests indicate that the…