General
13.12.2018 06:25 am
Cars running on gas are more than just hot air
Drivers could save up to R5.25 per litre on fuel after the conversion and subsidy payoff – but there are still too few filling stations for users.
Since CNG Holdings opened its first filling station in Langlaagte in 2014, it has managed to convert more than 1 200 taxis, 150 Metro buses and 200 vehicles belonging to the City of Johannesburg to gas.
Cars running on gas are more than just hot air
Drivers could save up to R5.25 per litre on fuel after the conversion and subsidy payoff – but there are still too few filling stations for users.
Politics
Mngxitama ‘belongs behind bars to be rehabilitated’
They don’t agree on much, but Cope leader Mosiuoa Lekota and Steve Hofmeyr believe BLF leader Andile Mngxitama should be locked up.
Courts
‘Poster boy of graft’ Msimanga sues ANC for R3m
Tshwane’s mayor said in court papers Gauteng ANC’s Kgosi Maepa and Lesego Makhubela have defamed him on radio and social media.
Politics
Occupying land won’t lead to violence – Shivambu
‘We’re not saying people must be violent. We’re saying they must occupy unoccupied land,’ the EFF deputy leader said in Pretoria yesterday.
Courts
Zuma gets another hammering in Concourt
The former president signed a SADC protocol that would turn a blind eye to human rights abuses, among others, which is illegal, the apex court ruled.
World
What next for Brexit as May wins leadership battle?
What happens to the Brexit process now Prime Minister Theresa May has defeated Wednesday’s challenge to her leadership?
World
Theresa May wins confidence vote in London
She was informed of a no-confidence motion after returning late Tuesday from a tour of European capitals in an attempt to salvage her Brexit deal.
Africa
Central African football boss held in France on war crimes charges
In February, Patrice-Edouard Ngaissona was elected to the CAF board seat representing eight central African nations.
Ndlozi doesn’t ‘take Mngxitama seriously’ but defends him against ANC ‘hypocrisy’
The EFF’s spokesperson says the ruling party is in no place to condemn divisive comments, accusing it of being the ‘biggest divider’.
World
Ex-lawyer blasts Trump as he gets sentenced to three years
‘It was my duty to cover up his dirty deeds,’ Cohen said as he pleaded for leniency before US District Judge William H. Pauley III.
Africa
‘Dream on’, Zim president says of government of national unity
‘There are no prospects of a GNU with losing candidates’, Mnangagwa insists, saying Zanu-PF will rule the country for five years.
Lotto
Lotto and Lotto Plus results, Wednesday, 12 December, 2018
Here are the winning numbers for Lotto and Lotto Plus from Wednesday night’s live draw.
Government
Mabuza meets with South Sudan President Salva Kiir
Mabuza and Kiir discussed the peace deal sand progress made towards the establishment of the transitional government of national unity.
Courts
Ten life terms for KZN serial rapist whose victims included children
Ngobeni would lure some of his victims with the promise of work before dragging them into bushes or to quiet sports fields, where he raped them.
Courts
NPA commends life sentences for ‘cannibal case’ killers
The men killed Zanele Hlatshwayo in July 2017 for muti, cut off her head and removed her internal organs, hands, feet and other soft tissue.
Africa
Pan African Women’s Organisation to celebrate 15 year anniversary of Maputo Protocol
The protocol is lauded as the world’s most comprehensive binding legal instrument on women’s rights for its breadth of coverage and innovative provisions.
Protests
Controversial painter Ayanda Mabulu ‘removed by police’ over new artwork
The man known for artworks criticised as ‘pornographic’ was determined on Wednesday to make the world see his Markus Jooste painting.
Courts
She was my girlfriend, accused says of murdered Miguel Louw’s mother
The state today told Ebrahim that he kidnapped and killed the 9-year-old to teach his mother a lesson after she spurned his advances.
Courts
State wants international terrorism expert for murdered botanists’ case
Del Veccchio allegedly advised someone on bomb-making, while Patel is alleged to have helped a 15-year-old teenager ‘to join ISIL in April 2015’.
Society
Mortuary workers return to work after arrests
‘We are declaring a big war with the department of health,’ says union.
Politics
We are here to be heard by national leadership – ANC protesters
The ANC members from North West province are accusing the provincial task team of fixing branch representations, among others.
Protests
Numsa gears up for a national strike at British Airways, Kulula
Executives receive millions in guaranteed bonus pay-outs while workers, who are responsible for huge profits, get nothing, the union says.
Crime
More than 800 South Africans in prisons abroad
About 160 are in South American jails for drug trafficking, and almost 100 were nabbed in China for visa violations while teaching English.
Local News
Westbury, Protea South clinics without power after cable theft, illegal connections
The health and social development MMC called on the community to expose those who continue to target clinics and government facilities.
Manyi, Lesufi ask AfriForum’s view on schoolboy shot dead on farm
According to his mother, the victim was looking for a job when he was shot in the back.
Eish!
Why 22-year-old ‘boys’ can stab 22-year-old ‘men’ in the Eastern Cape
Even the police observe the staunch Xhosa distinction of what separates men from boys.
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