# Tennis: Die wêreld-nommer-een, Jannik Sinner, speel vandag sy eerste wedstryd van die Madridse Ope in die Spaanse hoofstad. Die Italianer sal teen die Fransman Benjamin Bonzi te staan kom in die ronde van 64 na ‘n loslootjie in die eerste ronde. Bonzi het sy landgenoot Titouan Droguet uitgeskakel. Sinner se beste vertoning in drie […]
# Rugby: Die spanning loop hoog vir die Verenigde Rugby-kampioenskap, met slegs drie groepsrondes oor. Die top-twee spanne op die punteleer, Glasgow Warriors en die Stormers, sal môre in Kaapstad sake uitspook, terwyl die Haaie in die Skotse hoofstad teen Edinburgh te staan kom. Die Leeus is die gashere vir die Ierse span Connacht in […]
# The European Union on Thursday formally approved a 1.7-trillion-rand loan to Ukraine and new sanctions against Russia, ahead of an informal summit of the bloc’s leaders in Cyprus which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will attend. The loan is set to cover two-thirds of Ukraine’s needs for the next two years. European Commission chief Ursula […]
# The US Department of Justice has officially reclassified how it views cannabis. The move changes cannabis, also known as marijuana, from a Schedule I narcotic to a Schedule III drug, placing it in the same category as Tylenol with codeine. President Donald Trump signed an executive order last year directing his administration to begin […]
# Rugby: Springbok captain Siya Kolisi will make his comeback from a calf injury in the Sharks’ United Rugby Championship visit to Edinburgh tonight. He will play off the bench in what will be his 50th cap for the team. Coach JP Pietersen brought flyhalf Siya Masuku in at inside centre and moved captain André […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het luitenant-generaal Puleng Dimpane as waarnemende nasionale polisiekommissaris aangestel, nadat generaal Fannie Masemola op voorsorgskorsing geplaas is. Masemola staan tans tereg op vier aanklagte van oortreding van die Wet op Openbare Finansiële Bestuur na aanleiding van ‘n omstrede gesondheidstender van 360-miljoen-rand.
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het die nasionale polisiekommissaris Fannie Masemola voorlopig geskors na aanklagte wat verband hou met beweerde oortredings van die Wet op Openbare Finansiële Bestuur. Die polisie se finansiële hoof, Puleng Dimpane, is as waarnemende nasionale kommissaris aangestel. Ramaphosa sê die regering bly gefokus op die versterking van wetstoepassing, die bekamping van georganiseerde […]
# Die voormalige Nasionale Direkteur van Openbare Vervolging, Shamila Batohi, het haar aan die Nkabinde-ondersoek onttrek. Sy het vandag ‘n verklaring by die kommissie ingedien waarin sy sê dat sy nie haar getuienis sal voortsit nie, nadat die paneel haar versoek om haar regspan te raadpleeg, geweier het. Die ondersoek kyk na die geskorste Suid-Gautengse […]
# The former National Director of Public Prosecutions, Shamila Batohi, has withdrawn from the Nkabinde Inquiry. She submitted a statement to the commission today, saying she would not continue her testimony, after the panel refused her request to consult her legal team. The inquiry is probing suspended South Gauteng Director of Public Prosecutions Andrew Chauke’s […]
