# Boxing: Taiwanese Olympic champion boxer Lin Yu-ting will undergo compulsory gender testing ahead of the world championships in Liverpool next month. Lin and Algerian boxer Imane Khelif were embroiled in a gender row at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where they both won gold medals in different weight classes. World Boxing said that women wanting […]
# The provinsiale regering van Gauteng hou vandag ‘n vergadering vir belanghebbendes in Diepkloof, Soweto as deel van die G20 Beraad-bewustheidveldtog. Woordvoerder, Vuyo Mhaga, sê die vergadering sal plaaslike leiers inlig oor die betekenis van die beraad, en die geleenthede vir ekonomiese groei, wêreldwye staatsbestuur, en volhoubare ontwikkeling, beklemtoon. Hy bevestig soortgelyke vergaderings is beplan […]
# Die provinsiale onderwysvergadering van die G20 in die Oos-Kaap het die uitdagings van vroeë kinderontwikkelingsentrums, insluitende ongekwalifiseerde onderwysers en swak leeromstandighede, uitgelig. Die adjunkminister van Basiese Onderwys, Reginah Mhaule, sê die regering is op die regte spoor met die registrasie hierdie jaar van tien-duisend sentrums terwyl hy optree teen onwettige fasiliteite. Sy het ook […]
# Nasionale polisiekommissaris Fannie Masemola, sê die polisie het dwelms en ongeregistreerde medisyne ter waarde van 420-miljoen-rand vernietig. Hy het tydens die vernietigingproses in Gauteng gepraat. Masemola sê die stryd teen dwelmverwante misdaad word steeds in alle provinsies versterk, veral in bende-gesteisterde gebiede, met ‘n sterk fokus op aanbodvermindering soos omskryf in die Nasionale Dwelm-meesterplan:
# Die nywerheidsvakbond GIWUSA sê hy is uiters bekommerd oor die jongste verslag rakende die inflasiesyfer van 3,5-persent – die hoogste in tien maande. GIWUSA se president, Mametlwe Sebei, sê hierdie styging is ‘n grafiese voorbeeld van hoe inflasie ‘n simptoom is van die diepgewortelde strukturele mislukkings van die rasgedrewe, monopolistiese neokoloniale kapitalistiese stelsel in […]
# Uganda has agreed to receive migrants who do not qualify to remain in the United States, in Washington’s latest attempt to speed up deportations. US President Donald Trump’s administration has negotiated arrangements to send people to third countries, among them El Salvador and Eswatini. At roughly 1.7-million Uganda already hosts the largest refugee population […]
# Iran publicly hanged a convicted murderer at the scene of his crime. Most executions in Iran are carried out inside prisons. Public executions are generally reserved for offences that caused particular outrage. The condemned man had been convicted of killing a couple and a young woman with a hunting rifle late last year in […]
# Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he could meet Russia’s Vladimir Putin but only after his country had received security guarantees. He mentioned Switzerland, Austria or Turkey as possible venues. Zelensky says they want an understanding of the security guarantees architecture within 7 to 10 days. And based on that understanding, they aim to hold […]
# Die Polisiekommissaris in KwaZulu-Natal, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, sê stygende misdaad word vererger deur beperkte personeel, wat te midde van bevolkingsgroei, steeds tans op ongeveer 19-duisend staan. Mkhwanazi verbind begrotingsbeperkings en arbeidswette met minder werknemers en vra alternatiewe maatreëls, soos kameras en patrollievoertuie om die veiligheid te handhaaf. Hy vra gemeenskappe om beamptes aanspreeklik te hou, […]
