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SAL-kaptein betwis ondersoekverslag ná turbulensievoorval
Kaptein Yvette Walsh, ’n ervare eerste offisier van die Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens (SAL), neem die lugredery hof toe in ’n poging om ’n onafhanklike ondersoek na ’n ernstige vlugvoorval in Oktober 2024 te verkry. Die voorval het plaasgevind toe vlug SA314, ’n Airbus A330-300 met 223 mense aan boord, van Kaapstad na OR Tambo Internasionale Lughawe onderweg was. Die vliegtuig het skielik op en af beweeg nadat dit helderlug-turbulensie teëgekom het. Vier kajuitbemanningslede is beseer.
Verdagte aangekeer ná poging tot kaping van pa en kinders
KWAZULU-NATAL. – ’n Man (35) is Sondag in KwaDabeka in hegtenis geneem in verband met ’n beweerde poging tot motorkaping en drie aanklagte van poging tot moord in Pinetown. Die voorval met ‘n pa en sy twee kinders het Vrydag 9 Oktober in Lee Place in hulle oprit plaasgevind. ‘n Video van die voorval is wyd op sosiale media gedeel.
‘Brittanje moet binne 1 000 dae gereed wees vir moontlike oorlog’ – Streeting
VK. – Brittanje moet binne net meer as 1 000 dae gereed wees om saam met sy bondgenote oorlog te voer en te wen, waarsku Wes Streeting, Britse minister van verdediging. Hy sê vyandige lande kan teen 2030 oor die militêre vermoë beskik om Brittanje aan te val. Die waarskuwing kom te midde van toenemende kommer oor Rusland se militêre vermoëns, kuberaanvalle en bedreigings teen kritieke infrastruktuur.
FNB waarsku oor probleme met toepassing, aanlyn bankdienste en kaartbetalings
FNB-kliënte kan probleme ondervind met die bank se toepassing, aanlyn bankdienste en kaartbetalings. Die bank het kort gelede op sosiale media gewaarsku dat sommige van sy dienste probleme ondervind en dat tegniese spanne besig is om die fout reg te stel.
30 speurders deel 1 rekenaar by Olievenhoutbosch-polisiekantoor
GAUTENG. – 30 speurders by die Olievenhoutbosch-polisiekantoor moet een rekenaar deel, terwyl daar net drie stoele vir hulle beskikbaar is. Dit is van die tekortkominge wat Ian Cameron, parlementêre voorsitter van die portefeuljekomitee vir die polisie, tydens ’n toesigbesoek saam met Cilliers Brink van die DA aan vier polisiekantore in Pretoria en omgewing uitgewys het.
South Africa (Bron - SABC News)
Declassified: SSA planted insiders in EFF to spy on and win members back to the ANC
State Security Agency operatives claimed they infiltrated the EFF on the instruction of Patrick Mshotola. Mshotola, who said he was their handler, worked for the domestic counterintelligence unit run by controversial spy Thulani Dlomo. Details of Operation Mayibuye, according to Mshotola, emerged during testimony in the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on Friday.
Numsa strips Irvin Jim, office bearers of powers to run SA’s largest trade union
The national office bearers failed to attend a Central Committee meeting they had called – and which they then tried to cancel – following a series of court cases against some of the union’s regional leaders. Irvin Jim and Andrew Chirwa face a probe for alleged misconduct related to a sponsored but undeclared R5 million armoured BMW and luxurious penthouse accommodation. A task team comprising former union leaders will take over the running of the 300 000-strong Numsa until an elective congress scheduled for late November.
GNU audit scorecard: Signs of regression as outcomes go backwards in year two
The GNU’s audit outcomes show regression, with nine departments worsening, six improving, and 19 staying unchanged since its formation in July 2024. Clean audits dropped from 12 in 2024/25 to eight in 2025/26, with irregularities and non-compliance increasing across departments. The IFP showed the only net improvement, while ANC-led departments drove the overall decline, and the FF Plus saw the largest regression.
Operation Prosper deserted? Soldiers MIA as Cape Town gang violence spirals out of control
More than 500 people have been shot dead across Cape Town between August and October, prompting residents and community crime fighters to question the whereabouts of soldiers deployed under Operation Prosper as gang violence continues to devastate communities across the Cape Flats.
Picasso, Monet and the rats: Inside the slow-motion crisis at Johannesburg Art Gallery
Four resignations are the latest hiccup in the saga that is the Johannesburg Art Gallery. The long-suffering gallery is beset with physical and governance issues, with reports of severe water leaks, collapsing infrastructure, poor security, rodent infestations, unsafe storage conditions and chronic underfunding.
World (Bron - World News Reuters)
Ebola scientists to probe Nigeria case origin, Africa CDC says
A team of leading Ebola scientists will travel to Nigeria to help investigate how the country’s first patient in more than a decade got infected, Africa CDC Director-General Jean Kaseya said.
North Korea-South Korea tensions high as letters lodged with UN, howitzers spotted
Tensions between North Korea and South Korea are running high this week after Pyongyang sent a letter to the UN Security Council, repeating accusations that Seoul fabricated a September landmine incident, and after North Korean howitzers were spotted close to the border.
China's Xi opens Communist Party plenum, aims for firm governance measures
China's Communist Party began a four-day meeting of its highest-ranking members on Monday targeting concrete measures for "full and rigorous party self-governance", as President Xi Jinping seeks to reinforce his authority and enforce ideological uniformity.
France's Le Pen launches presidential bid as protests rattle the nation
Le Pen cast herself as the best placed to navigate mounting economic, social and security crises.
Ambani, Adani outlets among Indian publishers contesting Modi’s privacy law
A group of 21 news publishers, including companies owned by billionaires Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani, has challenged India's privacy law in court, arguing it would trample investigative work and let New Delhi identify journalists' sources, documents show.
Officials from Mecca pact countries to meet Iranian officials in Tehran
Top officials from Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan are to meet Iran's leaders in Tehran on Monday in their first high-level contact since the kingdom became a pressure point in the wider Iran conflict.
Japan indicts US Marine over Okinawa killing, media say
Japanese prosecutors have indicted a US Marine on charges of robbery and murder of a Japanese woman in the country's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, Japanese media reported.
Netanyahu faces reckoning for October 7 in Israel's first vote since attack
Many of Netanyahu's opponents see the election as an opportunity at last to deliver a long-postponed reckoning for the worst security failure in generations.
Ukrainian who fled Oleshky views US-brokered ceasefire with deep scepticism
Six weeks ago, Vitaly, his wife Iryna, their 13-year-old son Vlad left the besieged town of Oleshky in Russian-occupied Ukraine to escape what they feared was certain death by starvation.
Down by the River Thames, a failure to build holds back Britain's growth
Near the marshes east of London, a £1 billion regeneration plan remains in limbo 17 years after it was first announced, an example of how rising UK building costs are adding to finance minister John Healey's growth challenge in this week's budget.
US political candidates tailor messages for AI models used by voters
US political candidates have been engineering their campaign messages to appeal to the AI chatbots that more voters have been using to answer questions about issues, and documents seen by Reuters have revealed some of their strategies.
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Compiled by our Mangaung Correspondent HESMBC & Our Cape Correspondent, Henca Morlé and
Welkom Correspondent HJ / 27 Oct 2026
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