# Die Mededingingskommissie het die aanstelling van Bukhosibakhe Majenge en Tamara Mokoka as adjunk-kommissarisse van die Kommissie verwelkom, wat Dinsdag 1 September in werking tree. Die minister van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging, Parks Tau, het die aanstellings aangekondig. ‘n Woordvoerder, Siyabulela Makunga, sê albei is institusioneel ontwikkelde leiers wie se loopbane oor baie jare deur […]
# Cricket: Dewald Brevis smashed an unbeaten 75 off just 32 balls as South Africa bounced back with a seven-wicket victory over Zimbabwe in the T20 tri-series in Windhoek. Zimbabwe made 144 for eight after the Proteas’ spinners, led by captain Bjorn Fortuin and Prenelan Subrayen, slowed their progress. Brevis then took South Africa to […]
# Rescue operations have resumed in Nepal after a brief suspension, with authorities seeking specialist help as the death toll continues to rise. More than 600 people have died and almost three-thousand remain missing in Nepal and Tibet, including more than 500 foreign nationals. The threat of further flooding is complicating the search. A lake […]
# Niger’s military government says it has regained control of key sites in the capital, Niamey, after mutinous soldiers attacked the airport and presidential palace. Dozens of soldiers were reportedly killed or arrested after hours of gunfire and explosions. State television, which was briefly taken off air, later showed footage of detained troops. The government […]
# Rugby: The Pumas have booked their place in the Currie Cup semi-finals after a 52-26 victory over the Cheetahs at Mbombela Stadium. The hosts scored eight tries to four in a dominant display, leading 28-7 at half-time. The Pumas had needed a bonus-point win to guarantee their place in the final four, and delivered […]
# Rugby: Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus has praised New Zealand’s improvement but hit back at All Blacks coach Dave Rennie after he complained about South Africa’s scrummaging. Erasmus says it is the first time the Springboks have been accused of “walking around” in the scrum, adding that the All Blacks had several head-contact incidents that […]
# Rugby: South Africa’s 33-26 victory over New Zealand in Cape Town levelled the four-Test series at one-all. The Boks bounced back strongly from last weekend’s 33-16 defeat, racing into a 24-14 half-time lead and holding off a late All Blacks fightback. Siya Kolisi marked his return from injury with a try, while Cheslin Kolbe […]
# SAFTU het die regering en die Departement van Hoër Onderwys en Opleiding versoek om die transformasie van die hoëronderwyssektor te prioritiseer. Statistiek toon 39,7-persent van die professore aan die Universiteit van Kaapstad is wit, 39,3- persent is buitelandse burgers, terwyl Afrika-, bruin en Indiese professore saam slegs 22,6-persent uitmaak. Asive Dyani van SAFTU sê […]
# Die landbou-organisasie, TLU SA, sê die land se jongste kwartaallikse polisiemisdaadstatistiek bied geen rede vir selfvoldaanheid nie. Tussen April en Junie vanjaar is vyf-duisend-427 mense in Suid-Afrika vermoor. Kontakmisdaad het met 2,3- persent afgeneem, terwyl die aantal moorde met 5,9-persent gedaal het. Bennie van Zyl van TLU SA sê egter die regering kan nie […]
