{"id":330173,"date":"2026-08-17T16:43:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T14:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/?p=330173"},"modified":"2026-08-17T16:44:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T14:44:17","slug":"vandag-in-die-nuus-62","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/vandag-in-die-nuus-62\/","title":{"rendered":"Vandag in die nuus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hier is die hoofnuus wat vandag, 17 Augustus, gebeur het. Di\u00e9 artikel bevat die belangrikste nuus wat plaaslik, in die sportw\u00eareld en oorsee plaasgevind het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-plaaslik\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Plaaslik<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>City Power s\u00ea dit werk steeds daaraan om sowat 3 600 kragonderbrekings in Johannesburg op te los, wat deel vorm van \u2019n agterstand n\u00e1 verlede week se kouefront waartydens meer as 7 000 onderbrekings aangemeld is.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>N\u00e1 bykans \u2019n dekade van onderhandelinge is nuwe goedgekeurde uitvoervoorwaardes vir sitrus na Indi\u00eb vasgestel, met Indi\u00eb wat die insluiting van bykomende behandelingsopsies vir vars Suid-Afrikaanse sitrusvrugte goedgekeur het.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Madlanga-kommissie: Die beweerde misdaadbaas Vusimuzi \u2018Cat\u2019 Matlala s\u00ea hy het geen verhouding met die geskorste minister van polisie, Senzo Mchunu, die KwaZulu-Natalse polisiekommissaris, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, of die geskorste adjunkhoof van misdaadintelligensie, Feroz Khan, nie.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Voormalige prokureur Peet Viljoen is vanoggend in die gespesialiseerde handelsmisdaadhof in Pretoria borgtog geweier, met die hof wat glo dat hy \u2019n vlugrisiko is.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"992\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Peet-23333.jpeg\" alt=\"Voormalige prokureur Peet Viljoen in die gespesialiseerde handelsmisdaadhof in Pretoria.\" class=\"wp-image-330111\" style=\"width:768px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Peet-23333.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Peet-23333-290x300.jpeg 290w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Peet-23333-768x794.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Peet-23333-600x620.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Voormalige prokureur Peet Viljoen in die gespesialiseerde handelsmisdaadhof in Pretoria. Foto: Shanell Binedell.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Die polisie ondersoek \u2019n noodlottige massaskietery wat die naweek in Newclare, wes van Johannesburg, plaasgevind het, nadat 3 slagoffers tussen 18 en 20 jaar oud dood in \u2019n woonstel aangetref is en 2 ander, met skietwonde hospitaal toe gehaas is nadat beamptes Saterdagaand op \u2019n klagte oor \u2019n skietvoorval gereageer het.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>March and March beplan om buite die Suider-Afrikaanse Ontwikkelingsgemeenskap-beraad in Durban te betoog, met die nuwe ultimatum van 30 September om ongedokumenteerde buitelanders buite die landsgrense te kry.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Die omstrede taxibaas Joe \u2018Ferrari\u2019 Sibanyoni sal na verwagting op 28 Augustus en 2 September voor die Madlanga-kommissie verskyn.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2019n Brandalarm het vanoggend by Brigitte Mabandla-kollege, die plek waar die Madlanga-kommissie vergader, afgegaan, wat gelei het tot die voorsorg-ontruiming van alle teenwoordiges, maar geen beserings is aangemeld nie.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>7 geskorste polisiebeamptes wat op die baie omstrede Medicare24-tenderevalueringskomitee van die Tshwane-distrik gedien het, is van die klagte van wangedrag vrygespreek.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-oorsee\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Oorsee<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Die \u2018Heroes\u2019-ster Hayden Panettiere is in die ouderdom van 36 oorlede, maar die oorsaak van haar dood is nog nie bekend gemaak nie.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jack Reed, \u2019n senior demokraat in die Amerikaanse Senaat, wat oor milit\u00eare aangeleenthede toesig hou, het pres. Donald Trump se besluit om gesamentlike milit\u00eare oefeninge met hul bondgenoot Suid-Korea af te skaal as \u2018dom\u2019 en \u2018onverskillig\u2019 bestempel.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Die prys van Brent-ruolie bly onveranderd terwyl gesprekke tussen die VSA en Iran vasval en skeepvaart deur die Straat van Hormoes verminder.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Die VSA-pres. Donald Trump het gedreig om Oman te bombardeer indien di\u00e9 land \u2018in die pad staan\u2019 van \u2019n ooreenkoms met Iran oor die Straat van Hormoes, en het ook ge\u00ebis dat Iran oorgee.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AFP__20260213__97FV9_32705-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Pres. 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Foto: AFP.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Die VN se hoof vir menseregte het sy kommer uitgespreek oor die toenemende aantal burgerlike slagoffers weens die toenemende vyandelikhede in Jemen en \u2019n beroep gedoen op selfbeheersing en die onmiddellike afskaling van spanning om te verhoed dat die land weer in \u2019n volskaalse oorlog verval.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All Blacks-breier Dave Rennie: \u2018Beide Will [Jordan] en Cam [Roigard] het gister \u2019n bietjie geoefen, en ons is redelik vol vertroue dat hulle reg sal wees, maar ons is waarskynlik minder seker oor Damian [McKenzie], maar ek dink steeds daar is \u2019n goeie kans dat hy die naweek sal speel.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dodetal n\u00e1 Zimbabwe-veerbootramp styg tot 84 terwyl ondersoeke voortduur.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2019n Ebola-uitbreking het nou reeds 2 325 mense in die DRK doodgemaak, wat dit die dodelikste uitbreking van die virus maak, volgens regeringsyfers wat Maandag bekend gemaak is.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AFP__20260615__B77M4_19453-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Benjamin Netanyahu, Israelse premier.\" class=\"wp-image-323208\" style=\"width:876px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AFP__20260615__B77M4_19453-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AFP__20260615__B77M4_19453-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AFP__20260615__B77M4_19453-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AFP__20260615__B77M4_19453.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Benjamin Netanyahu, Israelse premier. Foto: Ronen Zvulun, AFP.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Die Amerikaanse gesant Jared Kushner sal na verwagting Maandag met die Israel se eerste minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, vergader nadat hy in Egipte samesprekings met Hamas-leiers gevoer het, met die gesprekke wat daarop gemik is om \u2019n VSA-gesteunde vredesplan vir Gasa te laat herleef, wat Israel tot dusver verwerp het.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Taiwan se regering sal \u2019n rekordbedrag vir verdedigingsbesteding vir 2027 voorstel, het president Lai Ching-te ges\u00ea, terwyl die eilanddemokrasie toenemende milit\u00eare druk van China in die gesig staar.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bykans 13 000 mense wat deur \u2019n kragtige aardbewing in Oos-Indonesi\u00eb ontheem is, het op broodnodige hulp gewag terwyl hulle by skole, polisiestasies en regeringskantore geskuil het, met 53 mense wat weens di\u00e9 natuurramp oorlede is.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Suid-Korea s\u00ea dit het nou saam met die VSA gewerk aan hul \u2018verdedigingshouding\u2019 en sal voortgaan om dit te doen nadat pres. Donald Trump ges\u00ea het dat die voortgesette gesamentlike milit\u00eare oefeninge afgeskaal sal word.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oekra\u00efense missielaanvalle het 6 mense dood gemaak en nog 4, insluitend \u2019n kind, beseer in Rusland se Belgorod-streek.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hier is die hoofnuus wat vandag, 17 Augustus, gebeur het. Di\u00e9 artikel bevat die belangrikste nuus wat plaaslik, in die sportw\u00eareld en oorsee plaasgevind het. 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