# Cosatu het hierdie maand se inwerkingtreding van die verhoging in die nasionale minimum loon tot 28-rand-79-sent per uur verwelkom. Dit kom neer op inflasie plus 1,5-persent. Matthew Parks van Cosatu sê hierdie positiewe verhoging sal werkers die vermoë bied om beter vir hulle gesinne te kan sorg. Hy sê dit sal ‘n broodnodige ekonomiese […]
# Die minister van die Staatsdiens en Administrasie, Inkosi Buthelezi, sê die vergadering van die G20 se teenkorrupsiewerkgroep wil korrupsie bekamp wat ontwikkeling en openbare vertroue bedreig. Buthelezi het op die beraad in Somerset-Wes, Kaapstad, weer Suid-Afrika se verbintenis tot die bekamping van korrupsie bevestig. Hy noem aanspreeklikheid en deursigtigheid, met die klem op globale […]
# Cricket: Captain Rohit Sharma warned his India team to expect “fightbacks” and “nervy times” against Australia in the Champions Trophy last four in a rematch of the 2023 ODI World Cup final. They face the Steve Smith-led Australia tomorrow in Dubai for a place in the final of the eight-nation event. They are missing […]
# Cricket: New Zealand all-rounder Michael Bracewell says his team’s top record against India in ICC tournaments gives them confidence ahead of their final group clash in the Champions Trophy. The first two teams into the semi-finals of the 50-over tournament are meeting in Dubai today with unbeaten records and with the winner to top […]
# The UN children’s agency UNICEF says that it was studying the impact of drastic US aid cuts, with millions of children already affected by the funding freeze imposed last month. US president Donald Trump, on his first day back in office last month, demanded a 90-day freeze on all US foreign aid to give […]
# Olympic Games: The French Mint has received 220 requests to replace medals won at the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics. Athletes have complained that their medals have become tarnished or chipped, sometimes within weeks of the Games ending last year. According to the French Mint it has replaced some of them and is continuing […]
# Honderde-duisende mense het op die tweede herdenking van die land se dodelikste treinongeluk nog, in stede en dorpe regoor Griekeland saamgedrom om geregtigheid te eis en stakende werkers het vlugte lamgelê en see- en treinvervoer tot stilstand gebring. Altesaam 57 mense is dood toe ‘n passasierstrein met studente op 28 Februarie 2023 naby die […]
# Die voorsitter van die Parlementere portefeuljekomitee vir Kommunikasie en Digitale Tegnologie, Khusela Diko, sê die 150-miljoen-rand wat aan die Suid-Afrikaanse Poskantoor toegeken is, is onvoldoende om finansiële en bedryfsuitdagings aan te spreek. Die Poskantoor is sedert Julie 2023 in sakeredding. Die entiteit benodig ‘n reddingsboei van 3,8-miljard-rand om likwidasie te vermy. Diko erken dat […]
# Russia has named career diplomat Alexander Darchiev as new ambassador to the United States, filling a role vacant since last year in another sign of easing tensions. US president Donald Trump has sought to restore ruptured ties with Moscow since taking office, reaching out to president Vladimir Putin and initiating high-level talks for the […]
