Author: staff
The United States government has sanctioned a 26-year-old South African man for his alleged role as an administrator of a terrorist group called the Terrorgram Collective, which promotes white supremacy and violent attacks around the world.
The DA has written to President Cyril Ramaphosa to request a commission of inquiry into the “ongoing disaster” at Buffelsfontein Gold Mine in Stilfontein in the North West after 78 bodies were retrieved and 246 zama zamas were rescued from Shaft 11 and arrested this week.
Shares in Richemont, which is chaired by Johann Rupert, surged nearly 15% on Thursday after it beat market expectations with 10% growth in third-quarter sales, driven by its jewellery division and a recovery in its watchmakers division.
Milites Dei Security Services – the company operating the suspected military training camp in Mpumalanga where 95 Libyan nationals were arrested last year – wants its registration with the Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority reinstated.
In what may be some of the most contested testimony in Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge’s sexual harassment inquiry, High Court secretary Andiswa Mengo said he sent her WhatsApp images of his “private part” – as well as a pornographic video.
The North West government has brought in pathology vehicles from Gauteng, including a truck capable of carrying 36 bodies, to the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine in Stilfontein because of the large number of dead zama zamas being brought to the surface.
The virtual currency account belonging to a Syrian organisation to which a Sandton man donated R11 500 was forfeited to the US government in 2021 after it was investigated for financing “al-Qaeda and affiliated foreign terror organisations” through the use of cryptocurrencies.
JSE-listed retailer Woolworths confirmed it is seeing a shortage of avocados due to a shift in harvesting times in KwaZulu-Natal, lower volumes in the Eastern Cape and logistical delays in Tanzania. But it says new season harvests are “nearly ready”.
The shareholders of Legacy Hotels and Resorts, which has The Leonardo and Michelangelo Towers in its portfolio, have been asked to organise a private auction to decide the company’s ownership as their relationship has broken down irretrievably.
In an attempt to seek urgent initiation reforms in the Eastern Cape, Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Velenkosini Hlabisa has asked two government commissions to investigate the deaths of 28 initiates during the province’s summer initiation season.