# ActionSA sê die regering laat steeds die families van Pretty Nkambule, Yvonne Mnisi en Solomon Nyirenda in die steek. Dit was Donderdag tien jaar sedert ‘n pilaar ondergronds ineengestort en ‘n vraghouer met drie mynwerkers in die Lily-myn naby Barberton in Mpumalanga begrawe het. Hul liggame is nooit gevind nie. Omogolo Taunyane van ActionSA […]
# Die Gautengse taakspan oor politieke moorde het die naweek ʼn gewese munisipale vlootbestuurder van Emfuleni gearresteer. Dit hou verband met die beweerde onregmatige toekenning van ʼn tender vir munisipale voertuie. Sowat 16-miljoen-rand is aan ʼn diensverskaffer betaal vir 18 munisipale voertuie. Die nasionale polisiewoordvoerder, Athlenda Mathe, sê die 42-jarige verdagte sal vandag in die […]
# Die minister van Sport, Kuns en Kultuur, Gayton McKenzie, het die sowat 31-miljoen-rand verdedig wat uitgegee is op Suid-Afrika se FIFA Wêreldbeker-program en sê die departement het niks om weg te steek nie. Dit volg nadat politieke partye die uitgawe as verkwistend beskryf het. Die departement se woordvoerder, Zimasa Velaphi, sê 151 deelnemers, uitsluitend […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Justice and Constitutional Development has criticised calls for the recusal of retired Judge Takalani Raulinga as the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption Oversight Judge. The MK Party has described Raulinga’s appointment as an error of judgment, citing his close ties with the ANC. The committee’s chairperson, Xola Nqola, says calls for Raulinga’s […]
# Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says the Strait of Hormuz will remain unsafe as long as what it calls US “aggression” in the Middle East continues. This comes as Washington and Tehran have exchanged strikes for a ninth day of escalating attacks. The IRGC claims that two “non-compliant” tankers were targeted after attempting to cross the […]
# Golf: New Zealander Ryan Fox won the 154th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale in England to capture his maiden major title. The 39-year-old shot a two-under 68 to finish one ahead of American Cameron Young and lift the Claret Jug. Another American, Sam Burns, finished two strokes back in third after a final-round 72. Englishman […]
# Nearly five years since the July 2021 riots in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, the trial of 62 alleged instigators will begin in the Durban High Court today. A total of 354 people died during the unrest. Sixty-five people were initially charged, but three have since died. The accused are facing charges including terrorism, incitement to […]
# The US military launched its ninth consecutive night of strikes on Iran Sunday evening. The attacks come after an American service member was killed in northern Iraq on Saturday, while two others died during strikes in Jordan on Friday. The US Central Command says the strikes will continue to degrade Iranian military capabilities. President […]
# Minister of Electricity and Energy, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, says government is forging ahead with plans to expand South Africa’s nuclear energy programme. This is despite safety concerns at the country’s only nuclear power station, Koeberg in Cape Town, following three incidents of radioactive contamination in recent weeks. Ramokgopa says the expansion forms part of the Integrated […]
