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Tshwane to open criminal cases over illegal reconnections
The City of Tshwane will open two criminal cases against two properties in Laudium after discovering illegal reconnections during its Tshwane Ya Tima revenue collection operation. The city’s MMC for finance Jacqui Uys led the City’s finance and electricity teams during the revenue collection operation in Laudium, where various properties were disconnected for owing large…
It’s time to step aside, Joe Biden
If Hollywood were to recommend some relaxing movie viewing for US President Joe Biden, they’d have plenty of appropriate classics to choose from. Relax On Golden Pond with your wife and family as you consider a life well lived. Get someone to chauffeur you around, physically and metaphorically, just as happened in Driving Miss Daisy.…
EFF leaders must answer on VBS
The best form of defence is attack. So, it’s not surprising that the EFF hit back at us with a combination of sarcasm, insults and deflections when we asked for comment on the latest revelations about the VBS Mutual Bank saga. The former chair of VBS Mutual Bank Tshifhiwa Matodzi has sworn an affidavit that…
Life Esidimeni justice is unlikely
It’s the old and tested South African recipe on how to minimise accountability or possibly avoid it completely. Cover with loads of bureaucratic manure. Apply plenty of well-intentioned hot air from ombuds, mediators, and arbitrators. Then saturate with platitudes from ANC politicians. Leave to simmer for as long as possible. Lift lid. Voilà! An unappetising,…
Orban-backed Budapest mayor candidate concedes defeat
A candidate for Budapest mayor backed by Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s party conceded defeat on Friday, ensuring re-election for a prominent opposition politician after more than a month of legal wrangling. After losing by a slim margin, former state secretary for transport David Vitezy went to court to contest the June 9 ballot, alleging widespread…
Suspect arrested over UK crossbow triple murders
A man wanted in connection with the deaths of the wife and two daughters of a British horseracing commentator has now been arrested on suspicion of murder, police said on Friday. Kyle Clifford, 26, was detained on Wednesday following a manhunt in Enfield, north London, and taken to hospital with serious injuries. Hertfordshire Police said…
63 missing after Nepal landslide sweeps two buses into river
At least 63 people were missing in Nepal on Friday after a landslide triggered by heavy monsoon rains swept two buses off a highway and plunged them into a river, authorities said. Dozens of search and rescue personnel were combing the site for survivors of the accident along a remote stretch of road in the…
Lights out: Eastern Cape vigilantes sentenced for murdering group accused of stealing light bulbs
The Eastern Cape High Court sentenced four men to life imprisonment for the kidnapping and murder of four other men they accused of stealing light bulbs from one of the group. The High Court sitting in Ntabankulu also sentenced Mzomhle Dupless Magobidladla, 46, Sinethemba Dabula, 28, Siphathise Dyantyi, 33, and Siphiwe Jonga, 33, to 13…
Cogta MEC wants Enoch Mgijima officials prosecuted over dodgy R15 million stadium
The Eastern Cape MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) has called for the prosecution of officials allegedly involved in the controversial R15 million sports field. The unveiling of the Lesseyton Sports Field in 2021 sparked outrage, as the public questioned how R15 million was spent on the so-called “state-of-the-art” facility. This was after…
Nigeria school collapse kills at least 16 pupils
At least 16 students were killed on Friday when a school in central Nigeria collapsed on pupils taking exams, according to an AFP correspondent. Trapped pupils were heard crying for help under the rubble after the Saint Academy school in Jos North district of Plateau State fell in on classrooms. Mechanical diggers tried to rescue…