Author: Larson Thebe
The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial hit another hurdle again on Monday at the High Court in Pretoria, after accused 1 Muzi Sibiya dismissed his instructing Attorney, Sipho Ramosepele, forcing another postponement. The trial within-a-trial was postponed two weeks ago and was expected to hear closing arguments in the matter. But before proceedings could get underway, defence lawyer Advocate Thulani Mngomezulu informed the court that the Legal Aid Board had told him it would not pay him for the services he had offered to represent Sibiya in the trial within a trial. “Over the weekend I was called by his uncle,…
Twelve people including a three-year-old child have lost lives on three separate accidents in the North West over the weekend. This is recorded as one of the deadliest weekends by the department since the festive period. “In an accident between a sedan and light delivery vehicle on the Lichtenburg to Biesiesvlei road, seven people died instantaneously when the two vehicles collided head on in the late afternoon on Friday, 01 March. In a separate accident around 16:00 a taxi collided head on with a sedan on N4 on the road between Zeerust and Dinokana towards Botswana border. The driver and…
The Department of Minerals and Energy has confirmed steep fuel prices which will be adjusted from Wednesday. This is the second consecutive fuel hike for this year and analysts have warned of more increases in the future. “Both grades of petrol will increase by R1,21 cents per litre, while the diesel price will be hiked by between R1,06 and R1,19 per litre. Illuminating Paraffin will increase by 85 cents at the retail level, and LP gas will increase by 41 cents per kilogram,” said the department spokesperson, Robert Maake. Maake added that the second increase of the year is due…
The South African government has condemned the massacre of 112 Palestinians and the injury of hundreds more as they sought life-saving aid at the Gaza City. Government accused the Israeli forces of firing on hundreds of Palestinian civilians already vulnerable due to the onslaught on Palestinians over the last four months. According to Palestinian authorities, the victims had gathered to collect flour while the Israeli soldiers. “This attack comes just days after Israel submitted a report to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and to which South Africa is preparing a response to. This latest atrocity is another breach of…
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has confirmed that two more members have died on their mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC. According to the SANDF, the two died in an apparent murder and suicide incident. “The Defence Force (SANDF) regrets to announce that two of its members currently deployed as part of United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) have died. The incident occurred when one of them shot and killed the other with their service weapon before turning the weapon on themselves with fatal consequences. The SANDF has convened a…
Newly appointed coach of SPAR Proteas Jenny van Dyk said she is aware of the new task ahead of her and wants the team to get into the culture of winning and having a netball identity. Van Dyk was selected as head coach of Netball South Africa, after the post became vacant last year after former coach Norma Plummer stepped down. She has an impeccable CV and has been hailed as one of the best local coaches and the most successful coach in the domestic Telkom Netball League. She has won five consecutive titles with the Tshwane based outfit, the…
Banyana Banyana are now two games away from qualifying for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, after they beat Tanzania 1-0 at the Mbombela stadium in Mpumalanga. The solitary goal, which was scored by Thembi Kgatlana, brought the aggregate score 4-0, after Banyana beat Tanzania 3-0 away last week in Dar es Salaam last week Friday in the first leg of the encounter. The match was not easy as the team struggled, as it was also missing some of the key players either through injury or were rested for the match. The tie was however broken in the 57th minute, when…
The Springboks, who defended their Rugby World Cup title in France, Paris, last year and their inspirational captain, Siya Kolisi, have been nominated for the 25th Laureus World Sports Awards. The Laureus Awards is an annual award ceremony honouring individuals and teams from the world of sports along with sporting achievements throughout the year. The team is no stranger to the awards, after winning the Laureus World Team of the Year awards in 2007 and 2019 respectively, the years that they won the World Cup. The Boks have been nominated for the same award again, following last year’s triumph in…
Electricity Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said there has been significant progress to reduce load shedding to 600 hours during the December and January 2023/24 period, when compared to December and January 2022/23. The Minister said this has been possible by government’s interventions at Eskom and deploying qualified and experienced people to inconsistent power stations. Ramokgopa revealed this when he was briefing the media in Pretoria about government’s implementation of the Energy Action Plan. This was revealed by Minister of Electricity in the Presidency, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, who was updating the nation on Monday on the implementation of the Energy Action…
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said the Treasury has no choice but to borrow into foreign exchange accounts to reduce the high debt service costs. This will see the introduction of a new reform of the Gold and Foreign Exchange Contingency Reserve Account (GFECRA). Godongwana announced this when he was tabling the 2024 Budget Speech held at the Cape Town City Hall on Wednesday. According to Godongwana, this will mitigate the fiscal risks by reducing government borrowing and allow it to draw down from its GFECRA held at the Reserve Bank. “We will draw down R150 billion of the GFECRA balance…