# Cosatu sê hy is bekommerd oor die ontstellende vlakke van geweld waaraan baie werkers, veral vroue, by werkplekke blootgestel word. Die vakbondfederasie sê hy het onlangs ‘n protesoptog by die Kopanong-myn in Noordwes gehou nadat vroulike werkers aan onwettige, indringende naak-deursoeke onderwerp is. Cosatu se woordvoerder, Matthew Parks, sê misdaad mag nie verder in […]
# Een van die drie skuldiges in die Joslin Smith-saak, Steveno van Rhyn, gaan verlof tot appèl aanteken teen sy lewenslange vonnis. Die Wes-Kaapse Hooggeregshof het Van Rhyn, Kelly Smith en Jacquen Appollis tot lewenslange tronkstraf gevonnis vir mensehandel, en ‘n verdere tien jaar vir ontvoering. Al drie sal in die Kinderbeskermingsregister gelys word. Van […]
# Rugby: Head coach John Plumtree has made five changes to the Sharks side that defeated Scarlets last week for their quarter-final clash with Munster in Durban tomorrow. Jason Jenkins starts at lock with Emile van Heerden moving to the bench. James Venter returns to action at flank, while two-time Rugby World Cup winning captain […]
# Soccer: The Champions League final may be in Munich, Germany tomorrow, but Paris will deploy thousands of police officers for the showdown between home favourites Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan. Many of the five-thousand-400 officers will be deployed on the French capital’s Champs-Elysees Avenue and around PSG’s home stadium Parc des Princes on the […]
# Half the global population endured an additional month of extreme heat over the past year because of manmade climate change. A new study underscores how the continued burning of fossil fuels is harming health and well-being on every continent, with the effects especially under-recognised in developing countries. The analysis, conducted by scientists at World […]
# Adjunkpresident Paul Mashatile sê president Cyril Ramaphosa sal binnekort die datum aankondig vir die nasionale dialoog wat daarop gemik is om Suid-Afrika se dringende uitdagings aan te spreek. Die dialoog sal die regering, die burgerlike samelewing, kerke, tradisionele leiers en politieke partye bymekaarbring. Mashatile het die Nasionale Raad van Provinsies toegespreek en gesê die […]
# Die DA verwelkom die Reserwebank se rentekoersverlaging as noodsaaklike verligting vir sukkelende huishoudings. Die DA se woordvoerder oor Finansies, Mark Burke, sê egter dis geensins ‘n plaasvervanger vir langtermynhervormings nie. Burke bepleit verbeterde staatsbesteding, betrokkenheid vanaf die privaat sektor en minder rompslomp om volhoubare groei aan te vuur. Hy sê Suid-Afrikaners verdien ‘n regering […]
# Tennis: Wêreldnommer sewe, Casper Ruud van Noorweë, beskryf die wêreldranglys as ‘n dolle gejaag. Hy sê dit lei daartoe dat spelers selfs met beserings aan verpligte toernooie deelneem. Die 26-jarige Ruud, wat twee keer die eindstryd van die Franse Ope gehaal het, is in die tweede ronde by Roland Garros deur die ongekeurde Portugese […]
# Mauritania’s former economy minister Sidi Ould Tah was elected new president of the African Development Bank and tackle the withdrawal of US financing from the institution. The winner had to secure both a majority of votes from all 81 member countries and a majority of votes from the 54 African nations who are part […]
