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Onafhanklike kandidate kieshof toe voor Tlokwe-tussenverkiesings
Onafhanklike kandidate wat vandeesweek aan die Tlokwe munisipale tussenverkiesings in Noordwes deelneem wil nou hê die kieshof in Bloemfontein moet die kiesersrol hersien en ter syde stel. Die onafhanklike kandidate hou vol daar is nie adresse vir kiesers op die nuwe kieserslys nie. Die kandiate se regsverteenwoordiger, Hans Jurie Moolman…
Local company to produce ARVs in SA
A local pharmaceutical company will soon be producing anti-retrovirals in South Africa. The Science and Technology Department says a Gauteng based company, Ketlaphela was established two years ago. Production is expected to begin before year's end. The department's Mmboneni Moufhe says the country previously had to import ARVs which, with…
Dohne Merino Breed Society President Koos Vosloo
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Cameron McMaster – The Birth of a Breed
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Afrikaans the target for protesting Tuks students
Afrikaans is the target for University of Pretoria students. The University's Hatfield and Groenkloof campuses were closed yesterday after violent protests erupted on Thursday over the university's language policy. Vice Chancellor Cheryl de la Rey said the campuses will remain closed until the institution can ensure the safety of its…
Booysen confident in his legal team's challenge of racketeering charges against
Former KwaZulu Natal Hawks head Johan Booysen says he's confident in his legal team's challenge of the racketeering charges against him. He appeared before the Durban High Court yesterday after the National Director of Public Prosecutions re-instated the charges against him and 27 former members of the Cato Manor Organised…
NPA to charge former Hawks boss Dramat for illegal renditions
Former national Hawks boss Anwa Dramat has been charged with the alleged illegal deportation of five Zimbabweans in 2010. Dramat resigned as the head of the unit last April following a drawn-out court battle to challenge his suspension by Police Minister Nathi Nhleko over the renditions. National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson,…
Ficksburg police investigating suspected murder/suicide
The bodies of a young couple were found in a house in Meqheleng near Ficksburg in the Free State on Tuesday evening. Police spokesperson Phumelelo Dhlamini says 19-year-old Sheila Nelson's throat was slit, while her 21-year old boyfriend Relebohile Matla was found hanging from a rope fastened to the roof…
NK-premier dalk weer in die sop
Die Premier van die Noord-Kaap, Sylvia Lucas kan weer in die sop wees oor ‘n uitlating wat sy na bewering aan ‘n EFF-wetgewerlid in die provinsie gemaak het. Lucas is verlede jaar in die Gelykheidshof skuldig bevind aan haatspraak nadat sy die h-woord tydens ‘n amptelike toespraak gebruik het. Die…
Vier gesoek in verband met gewapende roof by Bloemfonteinse koskettingwinkel
Die polisie in Bloemfontein soek na vier rowers in verband met ‘n voorval gisteraand waarin ‘n koskettingwinkel in die middestad beroof is. Polisiewoordvoerder, Chaka Marope, sê die gewapende mans wat geklee was in sekuriteitsuniforms en pette gedra het, het omstreeks 19:00 in die winkel ingestap. Hulle is reguit na ’n…
Munisipaliteite in Noordwes sukkel steeds: OG
Die prestasie van munisipaliteite in Noordwes was een van die hoofpunte op die agenda by vandeesweek se Lekgotla wat deur lede van die provisiale Uitvoerende Raad bygewoon is. Afgevaardigdes het onder meer 'n verslag deur die Ouditeur-Generaal (OG) ontvang wat 'n verbetering in sommige munisipaliteite weerspieël het. Daar is egter…
'Booysen case will affect morale in SAPS'
A researcher at the Institute for Security Studies says charges being once again re-instated against former KwaZulu-Natal Hawks head Johan Booysen will affect work morale in the Police Service. Booysen is due in the Durban High Court this morning alongside 27 members of the now disbanded Cato Manor Serious and…
Delaying new tax law amendments not a win for workers: Cosatu
Trade union federation Cosatu says government merely delaying the implementation of the new tax law amendments is nowhere near a win for the workers. Cabinet yesterday announced it would table legislation that would postpone the implementation of the new laws by two years. The laws - signed by President Jacob…
Booysen and 'death squad' to appear in court
Proceedings in the case against embattled KwaZulu-Natal Hawks head Johan Booysen and 28 members of the so-called “Cato Manor death squad” are due to get underway in the Durban High Court this hour. This is the latest instalment in the protracted trial of the squad which has dragged on for…
NK-staatsrede deur EFF-lede onderbreek
Die Premier van die Noord-Kaap Sylvia Lucas het net begin om haar provinsiale rede, wat deel uitmaak van die amptelike opening van die wetgewer, te lewer toe sy vanoggend deur lede van die EFF onderbreek is. Cathy Dlodlo berig dat die EFF-LPW, Mbuyiselo Matebus nog voor sy kon begin haar…
Aanklagte teen Bloemfonteinse ma en dogter teruggetrek
Aanklagte teen 'n Bloemfonteinse vrou en haar dogter, wat glo saamgesweer het om ‘n vrou te vermoor, is vandag in die plaaslike landdroshof teruggetrek. Charmaine en Charndrei le Roux het glo hul tuinwerker Jerry Brummer gehuur om Karen Buschow, eienaar van ‘n plaaslike skool, te vermoor nadat Charndrei onder ‘n…
Edenburg-plaasaanval: Verdagte verskyn, nog een soek
Die polisie in die Vrystaat soek nog na ‘n verdagte in verband met die aanval op ‘n boer van Edenburg gisteroggend. Polisiewoordvoerder, Peter Kareli sê twee mans het gister toegang tot Ernst Coetzee se plaashuis verkry. Coetzee en sy vrou was nie tuis nie. Toe Coetzee by die plaashuis stop…
VPI-aankondiging: Effense verhoging in rentekoers kan te wagte wees
'n Politieke ontleder sê ‘n effense verhoging in die rentekoers kan te wagte wees ná gister se aankondiging van Januarie se verbruikersprysindeks (VPI) van 6,2% - hoër as die verwagte 6% vir Januarie. André Mellet van die Noordwes-Universiteit sê die Reserwebank se monetêre beleidskomitee het in Januarie inflasieverwagtinge vir die…
Vermiste Lily-mynwerkers nog 2 tot 3 weke vasgekeer
Die soektog na drie vermiste mynwerkers by die Lily-goudmyn naby Barberton in Mpumalanga gaan eers oor twee of drie weke hervat word. Mike McChesney, uitvoerende hoof van Vantage Goldfields, wat die myn besit, het gisteraand op 'n nuuskonferensie gesê die rotsingenieurs en geoloë wat die afgelope 48 uur planne beraam…
No link between Lily collapse and suicide - Employer
Barberton – Lily Mine management says there was no link between the suicide of a safety officer and the collapse at the mine that trapped three workers underground. Nico Cronjé committed suicide on Monday morning. According to a Vantage Goldfields source who asked not to be named for fear of victimisation,…