# President Cyril Ramaphosa says the country is ready for next month’s local government elections, with operational preparations in place. A total of 142-thousand-and-72 candidates have been nominated to contest ten-thousand-526 council seats across municipalities. These include 636 independent candidates, 97-thousand-815 ward candidates and 38-thousand-679 proportional representation candidates. Ramaphosa says he has confidence in the […]
# Gauteng Education MEC Lebogang Maile has condemned the killing of two learners in Alexandra, saying the death of pupils through violence is deeply concerning. The victims are a Grade 12 pupil from Minerva Secondary School and a Grade 9 learner from Alexandra High School. According to preliminary information, the learners were fatally shot on […]
# The Railway Safety Regulator says fatalities are the industry’s greatest safety challenge. Its latest data shows the public accounted for 95.4-percent of all fatalities. Despite the overall decline in railway occurrences, fatalities increased by 25.9-percent, rising from 139 to 175 in 2025/2026. Security-related occurrences fell to five-thousand-710, representing an 11.2-percent year-on-year decrease. Theft of […]
# Palestinian militant group Hamas has described the October 7, 2003 attacks in Israel as a “historic milestone” in its ongoing struggle project. Yesterday marked three years since Hamas targeted several areas in Israel, including a music festival, killing more than one-thousand-200 people and taking 251 hostages to Gaza. In retaliation, Israel launched a military offensive in […]
# Die Vereniging vir Kleinmynbouers sê hy steun strenger wetgewing teen onwettige mynbou en georganiseerde misdaad. ‘n Nuwe wetsontwerp wat voor die Parlement dien, stel voor dat strawwe vir mynbou sonder ‘n lisensie verhoog word tot soveel as 30 jaar tronkstraf en ‘n boete van tot een-honderd-miljoen-rand. Die woordvoerder van die vereniging, Zethu Hlatshwayo sê […]
# Die beweging vir inwoners van informele nedersettings, Abahlali baseMjondolo, het die rekord brandstofprysstygings vir hierdie maand skerp veroordeel en gewaarsku kwesbare Suid-Afrikaners word nog dieper in armoede en lyding gedompel. Petrolpryse het met tussen drie-rand-12-sent en drie-rand-33-sent per liter gestyg, en dieselpryse met tussen twee-rand-84-sent en drie-rand-24-sent per liter. Abahlali baseMjondolo sê ‘n werker […]
# Die Parlementêre portefeuljekomitee oor Kommunikasie en Digitale Tegnologieë sê hy is bekommerd oor die langdurige vertragings met die voltooiing van Suid-Afrika se program vir digitale uitsaai-migrasie wat reeds lank uitgestel is. Regsprosesse rakende die program belemmer steeds die staking van analoog-televisie-uitsendings. Die voorsitter van die komitee, Khusela Sangoni-Diko, sê dit is jammer dat meningsverskille […]
# Rugby: Die veelsydige Springbok-voorspeler Deon Fourie is bereid om te speel waar ookal die Stormers hom nodig het. Die 40-jarige is terug na toets-diens en is op die bank gekies vir Saterdag se Verenigde Rugbykampioenskaps-tuis-derby teen die Haaie. Fourie het die nommer ses-trui vir die Stormers gedra sedert sy terugkeer in 2021, maar het […]
# Krieket: Honderd-56 spelers is beskikbaar op vanaand se veiling vir die vyfde seisoen van die SA20. Die 95 Suid-Afrikaners en 61 oorsese spelers is uit 789 aansoeke op die kortlys geplaas. Slegs vier spanne sal bie, aangesien Durban’s Super Giants en Paarl Royals reeds hul groepe van 19 voltooi het. Spanne moet bestaan uit […]
