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Richard Shibiri to be cross-examined over alleged syndicate links

Richard Shibiri to be cross examined over alleged syndicate links

Suspended SAPS head of organised crime, General Richard Shibiri, is expected to return to the stand at the Madlanga Commission of inquiry on Friday to face cross-examination.   General Shibiri has testified about his relationship with attempted murder accused Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala.   He told the Commission that he met Matlala in 2016 and connected with him again in 2024.  General Shibiri also testified that Matlala lent …

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Baby wounded, one person killed in Westbury shooting

Baby wounded one person killed in Westbury shooting

A baby was wounded, and one person was killed, during a shooting in Westbury, Johannesburg, on Thursday night. Police say three other people were wounded in the same incident. According to the police, a group of unknown suspects opened fire at the victims who were standing on the corner of Larkspur Court and Jacaranda Court. Gauteng police spokesperson, Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi, …

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Uganda Airlines wet-leases Ethiopian Airline’s Boeing 787-8

Uganda Airlines wet leases Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787 8

Ethiopian Airlines’ ET ASI Dreamliner to operate on Uganda Airline’ long routes Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Airlines has arranged a short-term solution to resume its suspended long-distance flights with the arrival of a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, registered ET-ASI, from Ethiopian Airlines. The aircraft, scheduled to arrive this Thursday under an ACMI (Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance, and Insurance) agreement, …

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Govt revises trade policy and national export strategy

Govt revises trade policy and national export strategy

State Minister, General Wilson Mbasu Mbadi (middle) and delegates Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government is set to revise its Trade Policy and Export Development Strategy (NEDS) to accelerate export growth, strengthen industrialization, and position the country more competitively in regional and global markets. Speaking at a two-day National Trade Review Conference in Munyonyo, Francis Mwebesa, Minister of Trade, …

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I want to be involved in selecting Iran’s next leader: Trump

I want to be involved in selecting Irans next leader

US President Donald Trump has reportedly said that he needs to be personally involved in selecting Iran’s next leader – after the military escalation led by the United States and Israel against Iran entered its sixth day. Trump was speaking in a telephonic interview with the Axios News outlet earlier on Thursday. He repeated the same views in an interview …

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Ramaphosa to speak at “homegoing celebration of life” event for Rev. Jackson in US

Ramaphosa to speak at homegoing celebration of life event for

President Cyril Ramaphosa departs South Africa on Thursday night to attend the “homegoing celebration of life” for the late Reverend Jesse Jackson in Chicago on Saturday. Ramaphosa is expected to speak at the event at the request of the Jackson family. Confirmed: President Cyril Ramaphosa will attend the “Homegoing Celebration of Life for Reverend Jesse Jackson” in Chicago on Saturday. …

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Factory fined Shs75 million for polluting wetland in Luwero

Factory fined Shs75 million for polluting wetland in Luwero

Courtesy photo; PRO Industries PTE Limited located at Ndibulungi village in Luwero district Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Makindye Standards, Wildlife and Utilities Court has fined PRO Industries Pte Limited Shs75 million for polluting a wetland in Luwero District. The company, owned by an Indian investor, operates an ethanol and extra-neutral alcohol (ENA) manufacturing plant in Ndibulungi Village …

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WHO verifies 13 attacks on health sites in Iran

WHO verifies 13 attacks on health sites in Iran

The World Health Organisation (WHO) chief said on Thursday that it has verified 13 attacks on health infrastructure in Iran amid a US-Israeli campaign and it was checking reports that four healthcare workers were killed and 25 others injured. “An estimated 100 000 people have left Iran and in Lebanon, more than 60 000 people have been displaced,” World Health …

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Some Ad Hoc Committee members reject O’Sullivan’s apology – SABC News

The Ad Hoc Committee probing allegations of criminal infiltration, corruption and political interference in the country’s criminal justice system under way at Parliament in Cape Town.

Some members of Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee looking into concerns of national security rejected the apology of the private investigator, Paul O’Sullivan, for walking out of the committee last week. As he walked out, he told MPs that he needed to catch a flight. However, in his written apology to the committee, he advanced severe back pain as the reason …

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