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MEC slams Soweto taxi violence as ‘senseless’ and a threat to safety

Preliminary reports suggest that the incident is allegedly linked to tensions between taxi operators and e-hailing drivers. Gauteng Roads and Transport MEC Kedibone Diale-Tlabela has described Wednesday night’s taxi-related violence at Maponya Mall in Soweto as senseless, unacceptable, and a direct threat to the safety and stability of the public transport system. One person was…

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Broos positive ahead of AFCON in Morocco

Bafana Bafana players during a training session. Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos believes his team will be able to carry their winning momentum into next month’s Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament in Morocco. Broos says his team is almost ready for the continental football showpiece in north Africa scheduled to run from December 21st…

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Solidarity happy with impact of its FlySafair strike

South Africa’s domestic low cost carrier FlySafair above Cape Town, South Africa. Trade union, Solidarity, has described day one of its two-week strike as successful after FlySafair confirmed several of its planes have been grounded amid a wage dispute. This despite earlier reassurances that operations would not be affected by the start of the strike….

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ICB backs ICC statement on sportsmanship regarding Pakistan’s withdrawal from India match

Pakistan may skip T20 World Cup match vs India Indian Cricket Board (ICB) Vice-President, Rajeev Shukla says the board agrees with the governing International Cricket Council’s (ICC) statement on sportsmanship, after Pakistan’s withdrawal from the Twenty20 World Cup match, against India. Cricket fans in Pakistan’s major cities on Monday (February 2) largely endorsed the federal…

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Passports scandal, a terrorism threat: State

Investigating officer Christopher Tarenyika told Harare regional magistrate Stanford Mambanje during the bail application for one of the suspects, Chipo Matovanyika, that she had committed a serious offence. THE State yesterday said a passport scandal in which four Cameroonians were fraudulently issued with the travel documents exposed the country to terrorism activities and human trafficking….

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