# The Israeli prime minister’s office says that Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the Rafah crossing to remain closed until further notice. It says the crossing’s opening will be considered based on how Hamas fulfils its part in returning the deceased hostages and implementing the agreed-upon framework. The Palestinian embassy in Egypt earlier announced that the […]
# Golf: Sunshine Tour rookie Warwick Purchase turned up the heat on a cold day at Glendower Golf Club with a third round of 10-under-par 62 that earned him a three-stroke lead in the Fortress Invitational. Purchase heads the field on 17 under par following a round which featured a total of nine birdies, an […]
# Gaza’s Hamas-run civil defence says 11 people were killed, all from the same family, after an Israeli tank shell hit the bus they were in in northern Gaza. The Abu Shaaban family was trying to reach their home to inspect it when the incident happened in the Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City on Friday […]
# Rugby: A triumphant Ulster team overcame the Sharks 34-26 in Durban to record only their third United Rugby Championship win on the road in the past year. The Ulster win was even more impressive as it was against a Sharks team that had their star Springboks back in the team, with the exception of […]
# Rugby: The Lions finally found their winning ways when two late tries by replacement Morne Brandon secured them a 29-18 victory over the Scarlets in their United Rugby Championship match at Ellis Park on Saturday. Played in consistent rain, it was by no means a classic but a gritty win by a side under […]
# Die polisie se Eenhede vir Gesinsgeweld, Kinderbeskerming en Seksuele Oortredings het in September twee-duisend-320 verdagtes landwyd in hegtenis geneem vir verkragting, seksuele aanranding en ontvoering. Die Wes-Kaap het die hoogste arrestasies aangeteken met 536, gevolg deur Gauteng met 459 en 360 in KwaZulu-Natal. Ses-en-veertig van die oortreders het lewenslange vonnisse ontvang, terwyl 35 vir […]
# Die KwaZulu-Natal Departement van Vervoer en Menslike Nedersettings het bevestig dat 106 motoriste in een nag in Newcastle in hegtenis geneem is vir dronkbestuur. Departementswoordvoerder Ndabezinhle Sibiya, het namens die LUR Siniso Duma die wetstoepassingspanne geprys vir hul toewyding. Hy sê die optrede is ‘n belangrike stap in die rigting van die skoonmaak van […]
# Die Inkatha Vryheidsparty vier vandag sy 50ste bestaansjaar by die Jabulani-amfiteater in Soweto, onder leiding van die IFP-president Velenkosini Hlabisa. Die IFP, wat in 1975 deur wyle Prins Mangosuthu Buthelezi gestig is, het ontwikkel van ‘n kulturele beweging tot ‘n belangrike politieke mag. In ‘n verklaring sê die party dat die gekose lokaal geskiedkundige […]
# Die minister van Kommunikasie, Solly Malatsi, sê die regering is daartoe verbind om ware hervorming in die IKT-sektor te dryf. Tydens ‘n beleidsvergadering in Pretoria het Malatsi frustrasies oor die gaping tussen potensiaal en lewering erken en gewaarsku dat gefragmenteerde beleid sektorgroei bedreig. Malatsi het die behoefte aan dringende optrede, beleidsbelyning en samewerking met […]
