NTM threatens action
THE National Transport Movement has threatened to use its numbers to compel law-enforcement agencies to probe alleged corruption at the Passenger Rail Agency of SA running into billions.
It also demanded the agency’s embattled board be allowed to finish its term. The union said it would mobilise its 10 000 members if the Hawks and NPA failed to properly investigate. – ANA
Robberies concern
OR TAMBO International Airport has expressed its concern over the follow-homes and robberies that have continued unabated.
“We are concerned about incidents of crime in the vicinity of the airport,” said Leigh Gunkel-Keuler, spokesperson for OR Tambo International Airport. – Mercury Correspondent
Attack thwarted
PARIS: A man has died after attempting to carry out an attack on security forces on Paris’s Champs-Elysees avenue. Officials said the attacker rammed his car, which was found to be carrying explosives, into a convoy of police vehicles.
Le Parisien reported that an AK-47 and handguns were also found in the man’s car. – The Independent
Pass closed
THE Western Cape Department of Transport and Public Works announced yesterday that Chapman’s Peak Drive would be closed for three to four weeks.
Departmental spokesman Byron La Hoe said several rocks fell on to the road on the Noordhoek end “and caused significant damage to two catch fences and the road surface”. – ANA
Youth perish on roads
ALMOST 60 000 young people between the ages of 20 and 30 died last year from preventable motor vehicle accidents, some of them occurring while they were behind the wheel.
“Last year 60 047 young people died mainly as a result of factors that could have been avoided,” said spokesperson Simon Zwane. – Mercury Correspondent
Fisher took cocaine
LOS ANGELES: Carrie Fisher’s autopsy shows the actress had cocaine in her system when she fell ill on a plane, but investigators could not determine what impact it had on her death.
The report says Fisher may have taken cocaine three days before the December 23 flight. She died four days later. – AP