# Die DA in Tshwane sal op 26 Junie ‘n mosie van wantroue teen die Speaker, Mncedi Ndzwanana, indien. Die DA-leier, Cilliers Brink, beskuldig die Speaker van ondemokratiese gedrag, die stilmaak van raadslede en emosionele, bevooroordeelde beslissings. Hy sê dit onderdruk billike debat en belemmer toesig. Hy doen met die mosie ‘n beroep op die […]
# Rugby: Dynamic Italian back Ange Capuozzo was ruled out for the rest of the season due to a broken left fibula, dealing another serious blow to Toulouse’s hopes of retaining their Top 14 title. The 26-year-old, equally adept at wing as at full-back, had to be helped off the pitch in table-topping Toulouse’s surprise […]
# Iranian authorities have amputated the hands of two men who had been repeatedly convicted of theft. The amputations went ahead after the verdicts handed down by a court in the central province of Isfahan were upheld by the supreme court. Isfahan chief justice Asadollah Jafari said the judiciary would continue to take a firm […]
# Stocks rose today as the latest round of China-US trade talks moved into a second day, with one of US president Donald Trump’s top advisers saying he expected a big, strong handshake. There is optimism the negotiations, which come after Trump spoke to Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping last week, will bring some much-needed calm […]
# Die regering vra inwoners om veilig te bly en warm aan te trek te midde van swaar reën, sneeuneerslae en koue weerstoestande in dele van die land. Mense word aangeraai om indien moontlik, binnenshuis te bly, reis te beperk en blootstelling aan buitelug te vermy, veral bejaardes, kinders en mense met chroniese siektes. Die […]
# Israeli left-wing opposition leader Yair Golan has called for an immediate end to the Gaza war and said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government no longer represented most Israelis. Golan’s party, a conglomeration of left-wing factions, has only four seats in Israel’s 120-member legislature, making it one of its smallest political groups. But in a […]
# Krieket: Kenners plaas hulle geld op die verdedigende kampioen, Australia, om Suid-Afrika te klop in die eindstryd van die Wêreldtoetskampioenskap wat môre op Lord’s in Londen begin. Albei spanne het maande laas toetskrieket gespeel, maar ‘n gewese kaptein van Engeland, Michael Vaughan, het vroeër gesê die Proteas het die eindstryd gehaal deur omtrent niemand […]
# Die DA sal die hofsaak bywoon van agt van adjunkpresident Paul Mashatile se BBP-beskermingsbeamptes wat beskuldig word van aanranding op burgerlikes op ‘n Gautengse snelweg in 2023. Die verhoor hervat vandag in die Landdroshof in Randburg. DA-parlementslede Ian Cameron, Lisa Schickerling en Glynnis Breytenbach sal ná die verhoor ‘n nuuskonferensie hou. Die party eis […]
# ‘n Koalisie van ontwikkelingsbanke beplan om teen 2030 meer as 60-miljard rand te belê om plastiekbesoedeling in die oseane te bestry. Die Skoon Oseane-inisiatief, wat by ‘n VN-konferensie in Frankryk herbekendgestel is, is daarop gemik om plastiekrommel en mikroplastiek wat ekosisteme en menslike gesondheid bedreig, aan te pak. Die projek, gesteun deur Europese en […]