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(Archive photo: SA Police) According to AfriForum, the police’s failure to answer questions about the state of its reservist program and its plans for the training of new reservists is flashing danger lights. The organization says the lack of transparency also raises questions about the police’s commitment to use all available resources to combat the country’s crime crisis. More than a year ago, AfriForum already requested information about the police’s reservist program in terms of the Act on the Promotion of Access to Information (Paia). It includes details on the number of reservists recruited since 2010, how many are currently…
THEY are mourning the death of a police officer who was allegedly shot dead by the father of a child in Mpumalanga township, Hammarsdale.According to reports, Constable Mbali Msomi, who is said to have been working at the Mpumalanga police station, was shot by her child’s father, who is also a police officer, after he was mistaken for another woman.According to the source, the woman who was found by the deceased with the suspect is also a police officer.It turns out that when the argument started, the suspect ended up shooting the deceased, which happened on the spot.It is reported…
(Archive photo: Pixabay) The growing debt of the Lesedi local municipality, which serves Heidelberg, to Rand Water has now forced the institution to reduce bulk drinking water to the local authority by 20%. The municipality owes Rand Water more than R27 million and has recently failed to make several scheduled payments for water. Rand Water says it informed the authority in writing on 14 April of its intention to reduce bulk water to the municipality within 30 days of sending the letter. The notice outlined the reasons for the proposed reduction, reminded the municipality of its legal and contractual obligations,…
Trump Goverment On Anthropic: The Trump administration has given a tough ultimatum to AI company Anthropic to remove restrictions on its most advanced AI model. The government has clearly said that instead of debating, the company should fix the security flaws of its software, especially ‘jailbreaking’.AI Model: A few days after banning Anthropic’s Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models from foreigners, the Trump administration has clearly told Anthropic that if the company wants the government to remove the strict restrictions on its most advanced AI models, then it will have to stop the debate and fix the security flaws…
A taxi driver was shot dead outside the house where he lived in Zwelisha, Thursday evening. Members of the Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) rushed to the scene at around 19:23 following reports of shooting. When they arrived, they interviewed the deceased’s sister who revealed that her 28-year-old brother had returned and parked his car where he lives. He says he heard several gunshots after he got out of the car. The villagers rushed outside and found an injured man lying on his back next to the neighbor’s telephone.He had a gunshot wound to the face. One (1) spent cartridge…
(Photo compilation: Maroela Media) Solidarity requested the government to respond to the US government’s demands after it was announced that funding from the Pepfar program would be stopped. Pepfar, or the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, is a state initiative of the US government to help combat HIV/AIDS worldwide. According to Solidarity, the Pepfar decision is a direct result of the South African government’s inability to respond meaningfully to disputes between South Africa and the USA over the past 17 months. The organization says that the Trump administration already made its concerns about various issues in South Africa…
AUTHORITIES of Mfolozi Municipality and King Cetshwayo District Municipality have paid tribute to the community of ward 4, Mbhongampisi, in the north of KwaZulu-Natal province to maintain and protect infrastructure that will be useful to the community.This happened on Wednesday when the Mayor of King Cetshwayo Municipality councilor Sikhumbuzo Dlamini and Mfolozi Municipality Xolani Bhengu officially launched the water repair program which cost R5.9 million. This program, which was launched with the cooperation of community leadership bodies, South32 energy and mining company, IEC and Easy Pay, is expected to benefit about 51 families who have built this area, and also…
The noise has started again between the two musicians who do not drip down Mduduzi Ncube and rapper Big Zulu – one of the managers of the music stable Inkabi Records, who were recording together before Mduduzi quit his pot.The conflict between these artists came to the fore in March this year when news emerged that Mduduzi had left this stable and opened his own Black Bird Music Entertainment. He had been under Nkabi for six years.Mduduzi expressed that he was not happy with the way he was being treated at the stable, complaining that he was not getting money…
The fragile United States-Iran peace agreement is hanging by a thread as Israel intensifies its military campaign in southern Lebanon, raising fears it could unravel before formal negotiations are completed.The agreement, which the US and Iran signed earlier this week, triggers a 60-day negotiation period for the two to reach a formal peace deal, and talks were supposed to begin in Switzerland on Friday.However, US Vice President JD Vance cancelled his flight to Switzerland on Thursday night at the last minute after Israeli bombing in southern Lebanon, which killed at least 18 people, after which Iran said its negotiators were…
The historic Lanzerac on Stellenbosch. (Photo: Provided) The winter air that blows over the Stellenbosch mountains carries a special scent of togetherness this month. It’s wrapped in the smell of pickled fish and moss balls and pumpkin puffs, of rump meat that has been gently cooked in an oven for hours, and of memories that have been passed down from generation to generation like old recipe books. But above all, it carries a spirit of community. For decades there has been one voice that has taught South Africans that food is not just about nutrition, but about who we are.…