A flySafair plane seen at airport. Trade union Solidarity has blamed FlySafair management for the pilots’ upcoming protracted strike set to start on Monday. More than 200 pilots are set to down tools for 14 days. This came after wage negotiations deadlocked between the union and the airline. The union, which is demanding a ten percent…
Police graphic with crime scene tape and ammunition. Police are probing a double murder after a man and a woman were gunned down in Lentegeur in Mitchell’s Plain on the Cape Flats. Police spokesperson Joseph Swartbooi says another man was wounded in the shooting and was taken to the hospital. Swartbooi says the suspects fled…
Banyana Banyana players celebrate after their win against Senegal. Banyana Banyana have secured their place in the semifinals of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations after edging out a determined Senegalese side 4-1 in a dramatic penalty shootout. After 120 minutes of tense and tactical football, neither team managed to break the deadlock, leaving the…
Flysafair plane seen in the air. More than 200 FlySafair pilots are set to embark on a two-week strike starting from Monday. Trade union Solidarity says this comes after the employer was given a notice to strike following a deadlock in wage negotiations. The union has rejected the airline’s 5.7% proposed salary increase. It’s demanding…
EFF Leader Julius Malema. The East London Regional Court in the Eastern Cape is expected to hear closing arguments in the firearm discharge case against Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema and his bodyguard, Adrian Snyman. Malema is accused of discharging a firearm during the party’s fifth anniversary celebrations held at Sisa Dukashe Stadium…
A man’s testkit and R50000 reward has been issued regarding a school incident Police in Cape Town have released an identikit of a man wanted in connection with allegations of malicious intent. According to police spokesperson Joseph Swaartbooi, the suspect approached an aftercare teacher at an educational institution in Bellville, asking about the whereabouts of…
The City of Tshwane says they will investigate money expenditure in an abandoned housing project The City of Tshwane has explained why nearly 1 000 people are still living in temporary asbestos housing units in Mamelodi, Pretoria. The city says that a contractor it had appointed to build permanent structures abandoned the project. The affected…
Signage welcoming the passers by to North West Province. A local government expert says the ANC’s recent expulsion of councillors in the trouble-torn Lichtenburg-based Ditsobotla Local Municipality may have serious consequences for the party if the councillors decide to join other parties. The ANC councillors were taken to task over five charges, including sowing divisions…
Jayden-Lee Meek who was murdered in Fleurhof. The bail hearing of the mother of 11-year-old Jayden-Lee Meek is expected to continue in the Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court in western Johannesburg on Monday. Tiffany Meek is charged with the murder of her son, and defeating the ends of justice. On Friday, she told the court through her…
Two Springboks players are seen celebrating after beating Georgia in Mpumalanga. South Africa have completed the Incoming Series and their preparations for the defence of their Rugby Championship title with a third successive victory. The Springboks beat a spirited Georgia 55-10 at the Mbombela Stadium on Saturday evening. The visitors stunned the near-capacity crowd into…
