# Taiwan has issued a warning as powerful Typhoon Champi approaches, bringing warnings of destructive winds, heavy rain and dangerous coastal waves. The storm’s gusts have reached 227 kilometres an hour, with more than 200 flights cancelled across Taiwan and Japan. Authorities warn that rainfall in northern Taiwan’s mountains could reach one metre. The typhoon […]
# South Korean rescuers are preparing another attempt to guide a celebrity shark back to the open sea after it returned to a canal hours after being led out. The female dusky shark, nicknamed Bukang-i, has spent more than a month in an artificial waterway in the port city of Busan. Officials successfully guided it […]
# A teacher accused of raping a nine-year-old learner at Busisiwe Primary School in Zola, Soweto, has handed himself over to police. Gauteng police have confirmed he will be charged with rape. The teacher was placed on precautionary suspension yesterday after the allegations prompted protests by parents and residents. Education MEC Lebogang Maile visited the […]
# The National Treasury says of the 69 municipalities whose national funding was suspended in June due to failure in paying creditors, 37 had agreed to council-approved repayment plans. By the end of July, 4.2-billion-rand had been paid to creditors. Treasury will also add 3.5-billion-rand over the next three years to expand smart-meter programmes, intended […]
# National Treasury has identified 13-billion-rand in savings over the next three years by reducing fraud in social grants. The government plans to extend similar verification measures to student bursaries and housing subsidies. The checks include biometric enrolment and cross-checking government databases to detect duplicate or fraudulent claims. Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana says the […]
# Johannesburg Water doen ‘n beroep op inwoners om hul waterverbruik te verminder, aangesien die hoë vraag druk op die stad se watervoorsieningstelsels plaas. Inwoners word daaraan herinner om by vlak 1-beperkings te hou wat in sluit tuine mag nie natgemaak word nie en swembaddens mag nie tussen 06:00 en 18:00 gevul word nie. Die […]
# Rugby: Die Leeus sê volgens ‘n nadoodse ondersoek, is die dood van die slot Hyron Andrew veroorsaak deur ‘n skeur in sy aorta. Andrew is verlede Vrydag skielik in ‘n Franse hotel, kort voor die span se wedstryd teen La Rochelle, oorlede. Die verklaring sê die Franse owerhede, wat die nadoodse ondersoek uitgevoer het, […]
# Die Nasionale Tesourie het konsepwetgewing vir openbare kommentaar vrygestel, wat daarop gemik is om langtermynfiskale dissipline ’n formele deel van Suid-Afrika se openbare finansiële stelsel te maak. Die voorgestelde fiskale anker sou van elke nuwe administrasie vereis om sy eie finansiële doelwitte te stel in ooreenstemming met sy verkiesingsmandaat. Elke administrasie sal dan enige […]
# Die Organisasie teen Belastingmisbruik dring aan op ‘n onafhanklike ondersoek na ‘n tender van 70-miljoen-rand wat deur die Merafong-munisipaliteit in Gauteng toegeken is. Volgens die organisasie is die kontrak toegeken aan ‘n maatskappy wie se bod byna 35-miljoen-rand duurder was as dié van die bieër wat deur die munisipaliteit se evalueringskomitee aanbeveel is. Hy […]
