MIL-OSI Africa: Parliament wants stricter laws for motorists
Source: South Africa News Agency The chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Transport, Dikeledi Magadzi, has called for severe punishment for the transgressors of the rules of the road and zero tolerance towards people arrested for drunk driving. The preliminary Festive Season Road Safety Report shows that 1 612 people lost their lives on the […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Africa: Cwele to inspect Home Affairs services
Source: South Africa News Agency Minister Siyabonga Cwele is today scheduled to visit Home Affairs front offices in Soweto, Roodepoort and Randburg ahead of the final voter registration weekend for the 2019 National and Provincial Elections. Cwele’s visit is also part of the drive to monitor the implementation of the war on queues campaign, which […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Africa: SIU gets green light to probe Life Esidimeni, Umgeni Water
Source: South Africa News Agency President Cyril Ramaphosa has given the green light for the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to investigate the affairs of the Gauteng Department of Health’s Life Healthcare Esidimeni contract and 28 entities in whose care mental health users were entrusted. The Presidency on Wednesday said the SIU will probe allegations of […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Africa: SADC meeting casts spotlight on DRC
Source: South Africa News Agency President Cyril Ramaphosa has joined his counterparts from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) as they gather for the Double Troika Summit set to discuss the political situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). President Ramaphosa, who arrived in Addis Ababa on Wednesday, is accompanied by the Ministers of […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Africa: Justice Minister denies Janusz Walus parole again
Source: South Africa News Agency A lack of remorse has earned Janusz Walus a continued stay at Kgosi Mampuru II Correctional Centre after Justice Minister Michael Masutha maintained his stance and declined him parole. “I have decided that the placement of the offender on parole is not advisable at this stage and his application is […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Africa: 1 612 lives lost on SA’s roads
Source: South Africa News Agency The preliminary Festive Season Road Safety Report shows that 1 612 people lost their lives on the country’s roads from 1 December 2018 to 8 January 2019. Releasing the report on Wednesday at a media briefing in Tshwane, Transport Minister Blade Nzimande said the Northern Cape, Free State and Eastern Cape […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Africa: Task team to help bereaved family of Giyani child
Source: South Africa News Agency A multi-governmental task team has been established to consider ways of supporting the family of a six-year old boy who fell into an open trench in Giyani, Limpopo. Nsuku Mhlongo died after falling into a manhole chamber that was left open by a construction company and service provider for the […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Africa: Team SA gears up for WEF
Source: South Africa News Agency As the annual World Economic Forum meeting draws closer, Team South Africa has met to chart the path for South Africa’s strategy at Davos, Switzerland. The meeting, which kicks off on 22 to 26 January 2019, brings together more than 3 000 leaders from business, government, civil society, academia, arts […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Africa: Robbers out on bail rearrested
Source: South Africa News Agency National Police Commissioner General Khehla Sitole has saluted members of the South African Police Service’s (SAPS) Tracking Team after they on Monday night, for the second time, stopped the same suspects from committing a business robbery in Marapyane, near KwaMhlanga. Two suspects, who are currently out on bail, were arrested […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Africa: Disappointment at Menzi school robbery
Source: South Africa News Agency The Gauteng Department of Education has challenged communities to join law enforcement agencies in hunting the criminals who robbed a new state of the art school in Tsakane, in Ekurhuleni. Menzi Primary School, with a price tag of R105 508 403, was officially opened by Gauteng Premier David Makhura last week […]
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