Transnet: We acted within our mandate by firing Siyabonga Gama as CEO: Gama was served with an employment termination letter on Sunday despite a Labour Court ruling on Friday that the dispute between him and Transnet be taken to arbitration. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
SABC: We’re serious about upholding editorial independence: The public broadcaster is probing possible breaches in its editorial code at its Polokwane newsroom over the coverage of the VBS Mutual Bank debacle. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
More Hawks members added to probe VBS Mutual Bank ‘heist’: The Hawks say this will ensure there’s swift progress to find how almost R2 billion that was stolen. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
Future of controversial River Club development still uncertain: Cape Town – Further arguments on the protection of the Two Rivers Urban Park (Trup) precinct will be heard next month. This after the Ministerial Independent Tribunal convened to hear oral submissions on appeals lodged by the City and two provincial departments – the Department of Transport and Public Works, and the Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning – and the Liesbeek Leisure…
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
Horror detail in murder confession: Durban – A Durban magistrate is standing by the gruesome contents of a murder confession he took last year, which details how a teenager was assaulted, shot, decapitated and mutilated in a revenge attack. The confession was apparently made to Magistrate Gert van Rooyen by Njabulo “Nzure” Andreas Mbatha, shortly after his arrest in May last year for the murder of Phiwayinkosi “Macala” Mhlongo the month before. Van Rooyen was called to testify yesterday with Mbatha’s defence, advocate Theuns Botha, telling the court that…
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
DA leaders accused of exploiting Khayelitsha fire victims’ plight: Cape Town – DA provincial leader Bonginkosi Madikizela and premier candidate Alan Winde have received a backlash from residents for visiting the Khayelitsha fire victims in party election regalia at the weekend. The two have been accused of attempting to use the residents’ plight to score political points before next year’s elections. One person was killed and 1355 people, including children, were left homeless when the fire destroyed 342 structures in Khayelitsha on Saturday….
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
‘I threw my baby out like a dog’ to save her – Khayelitsha mother on …: When residents of Khayelitsha were woken up by screams of “Fire!” on Saturday morning, many of them scrambled to salvage the little they had, but were unable to do so. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
Probe continues into deadly Limpopo road accident: At least 26 people died on Friday afternoon’s accident. A truck driver lost control of his vehicle after a tyre burst. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
‘It’s daylight robbery’: Mboweni slams state capture: Mboweni made the remarks at the second annual Kader Asmal Memorial Lecture in Cape Town on Saturday, where he was the keynote speaker. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
Tensions high in Nyanga following triple murder of taxi officials: Police say unidentified suspects stormed an office at the Nyanga rank where three executives of a taxi association were conducting a meeting on Friday afternoon. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
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