Airlink has withdrawn its application for a third fly-past planned for this weekend, as the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) continues its review of the airline’s previous fly-past operation. The airline notified the regulator on Tuesday that it was withdrawing its application for approval of the planned fly-past, which was scheduled to coincide with Saturday’s Springboks-All Blacks rugby match. The decision comes as the SACAA conducts compliance verifications following Airlink’s fly-past on August 29, which took place ahead of…

A driver of a patient transport vehicle was robbed of his wallet and cellphone, while five patients he was transporting were robbed of their cellphones before the vehicle was hijacked in Tladistad village near Makapanstad in Moretele, North West. Authorities said the incident occurred on Tuesday evening while the vehicle was transporting patients. “According to preliminary information, the driver had just dropped off an elderly patient who had been discharged from Jubilee Hospital when an armed man approached the vehicle,…

The legal battle over President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala farm saga has shifted to a central question before the Western Cape High Court: whether the evidence against him was strong enough to justify subjecting him to a parliamentary impeachment process. Ramaphosa’s legal team is challenging the findings of an independent panel appointed by Parliament in 2022, arguing that the panel failed to apply the correct standard when assessing whether the President had a case to answer. Advocate Wim Trengove, representing…