# Die United Democratic Movement sê hy is erg bekommerd oor die stortvloed van onthullings oor die ineenstorting van bestuur, verantwoordbaarheid en etiek binne die Departement van Maatskaplike Ontwikkeling en die Suid-Afrikaanse Maatskaplike Sekerheidsagentskap. Die departement word gekritiseer vir ondermeer die besteding van drie-miljoen-rand aan ‘n reis na New York vir sewe amptenare. Zandile Phiri […]
# COPE sê hy steun die onthullings van die KwaZulu-Natalse polisiekommissaris, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, oor hoe die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens se Misdaadintelligensie vir politieke gewin gebruik is. Hy het getuig voor die Parlement se ad hoc-komitee wat bewerings van misdadige insypeling en politieke inmenging in die polisie ondersoek. COPE se waarnemende nasionale voorsitter, Pakes Dikgetsi, sê Mkhwanazi […]
# Die regering het Children20 amptelik erken as een van die formele skakelgroepe van die G20-maatskaplike beraad as deel van die land se presidentskap van die G20. Children20 is ‘n spesiale platform vir kinders en tieners om te help vorm aan beleidsvoorstelle wat ‘n netwerk uitdagings soos ongelykheid, armoede, veiligheid en maatskaplike beskerming insluit. Sjerpa […]
# Rugby: Four Springboks – Makazole Mapimpi, Ethan Hooker, Vincent Koch and Bongi Mbonambi – have been included in the Sharks’ squad for the United Rugby Championship clash against Leinster in Dublin on Saturday. Mapimpi and Hooker start, while Koch and Mbonambi are on the bench. Flyhalf Siya Masuku also makes a return on the […]
# Cricket: Proteas fast bowler Kwena Maphaka has been ruled out of Saturday’s one-off T20 International against Namibia, and the tour of Pakistan due to a hamstring strain. The 19-year-old sustained the injury while playing for the Lions in Cape Town last week. He will undergo rehabilitation over the next four weeks. Dolphins fast bowler […]
# Die Oos-Kaapse premier, Oscar Mabuyane, het die gewelddadige betoging by die Fort Hare-universiteit se kampus in Alice veroordeel. Studente betoog sedert Maandag en eis dat ‘n studenteraad-verkiesing nog hierdie maand gehou moet word. Hulle eis ook dat die visekanselier, Sakhela Buhlungu, bedank. Hulle beskuldig hom daarvan dat hy nie beweerde wanbestuur by die instelling […]
# ‘n Meestersgraadstudent aan die Sol Plaatjie-universiteit in die Noord-Kaap, Tshepiso Sebeela, het die gesogte Abe Bailey-reisbeurs ontvang. Die beurs erken universiteitstudente vir buitengewone akademiese prestasie, leierskap en ‘n ernstige sin vir maatskaplike verantwoordelikheid. Die ontvanger onderneem elke jaar ‘n opvoedkundige toer deur Engeland en Skotland en kry die kans om hul begrip van leierskap, […]
# Taylor Swift’s new album, The Life of a Showgirl, has the biggest first-week numbers ever recorded for an album in the streaming era. According to Billboard, the album has surpassed 3.5 million equivalent album units, representing consumption across both sales and streaming. This surpasses the record previously held by Adele‘s album 25, which had […]
# The 29th edition of Poetry Africa, presented by the Centre for Creative Arts at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, is currently happening at Seabrooke’s Theatre in Durban. The theme is Poetry Architecture of Social Justice. This year’s featured poet is Ari Sitas, who is the recipient of the Order of Mapungubwe in Silver, for his […]
