We could do little aside from monitor Esidimeni transfers: SAHRC chairman
The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services on Wednesday received a background briefing on the Life Esidimeni matter from the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC). In a statement, Committee chairperson Dr Mathole Motshekga said the Committee had a specific interest in the matter as during the interview process for Commissions to serve on the SAHRC during the latter part of last year, objections were raised by the public against the re-appointment of certain Commissioners because of slow or inaction on this matter. “It must, however, be clearly noted that the majority of the current Commissioners are new and…
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Farmers, cops save kids from flood-waters
Farmers and the police struggled for hours on Tuesday afternoon to save a busload of schoolchildren after the vehicle got stuck in fast-flowing floodwaters on a low-water bridge. There were about 30 children on the bus. Neels Steyn said he and a neighbour, Geo Olivier, whose farm is near the Rietspruit on Greenlands Road between Parys and Heilbron, had responded to an SOS from another farmer, Francois Loggerenberg, Network24 reported. Loggerenberg had been first on the scene after a bus belonging to the Weiveld Agricultural and Hotel School in Parys became stuck on the bridge at about 14:30. Steyn said…
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Stop spreading lies — Tsumane
Free State police commander Lieutenant General Lebeoana Tsumane has called on members of the community to stop needlessly causing public alarm and despondency by spreading false and misleading reports of crime and gang violence through social media. Tsumane said the false reports were also impeding police efforts to combat actual crime. According some of the false reports circulated on social media include claims that there were dead bodies of women that were discovered near a well-known mall in Bloemfontein and that criminal gangs were plotting attacks against the community. “Such comments are not only creating panic and fear amongst the…
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