# The National Assembly has approved the Police Department’s 2025/2026 budget, with 262 members of Parliament voting in favour and 90 against, with no abstentions. Specific budget allocations for the department include 219-million-rand for the G20 conference security and 400-million-rand for the 2026 Local Government Elections. The EFF’s Leigh-Ann Mathys rejected the budget, calling the […]
# Israel and Ukraine have agreed to launch a strategic dialogue on countering the threat posed by Iran. Israel has repeatedly accused Iran of developing nuclear weapons, an allegation it denies, while Ukraine is regularly attacked by Russia using Iranian-designed drones. Ukrainian Foreign minister Andriy Sybiha met with his Israeli counterpart, Gideon Sa’ar, in Kyiv yesterday. […]
# The Department of Correctional Services has dismissed claims that the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial accused Fisokuhle Ntuli was tortured at Kgosi Mampuru prison in Pretoria. Ntuli claims warders at the C-Max high-security section of the prison are abusing him, denying phone calls and access to his lawyers. Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng has ordered that he […]
# The National Assembly has approved the 2025-2026 Appropriations Bill, marking a critical stage in the national budget process. The bill is the law that gives the government permission to use public funds for various departments and services. It passed with 262 members of Parliament voting in favour and 90 against, including the EFF and […]
# More than 100 international humanitarian organisations have warned that mass starvation was spreading in Gaza. According to the United Nations, Israeli forces have killed over one-thousand Palestinians trying to get food aid, since the US-Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation started operations in late May. The organisations say Palestinians are trapped in a cycle of hope […]
# Die GOOD-party sê hulle het die Suid-Afrikaanse Maatskaplike Sekerheidsagentskap en die Valke gevra om ‘n bedrieglike skema in die Wes-Kaap te sluit. Volgens die party word honderde inwoners van Worcester en Rawsonville geregistreer vir die Maatskaplike Hulpverligtingstoelaag van 370- rand per maand sonder hul medewete en sonder dat hulle enige geld ontvang. GOOD se […]
# Die adjunkminister van die Departement van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking, Thandi Moraka, sê herstellende geregtigheid is meer as finansiële herstel. Sy het die Pan-Afrika Parlement toegespreek en waardigheid, genesing en transformasie beklemtoon. Sy het ook president Fortune Charumbira se leierskap geprys en Suid-Afrika se verbintenis bevestig om as gasheerland van die Pan-Afrika Parlement op […]
# Die eerste groep Kaapstadse tieners wat in Spanje gestrand was waar hulle aan die gesogte Donostibeker-sokkertoernooi deelgeneem het, sal vanmiddag terugkeer na Suid-Afrika. Die spelers van die BT-sokkerakademie het suksesvol aan die kompetisie deelgeneem, maar vlugte huis toe kon nie uit die pakketprys betaal word nie. Geld vir hul vliegkaartjies is ingesamel deur skenkings […]
# Die DA in Noordwes het die Spesiale Ondersoekeenheid se uitbreiding van sy ondersoek na die Noordwes-ontwikkelingskorporasie verwelkom. Die oorspronklike mandaat wat president Cyril Ramaphosa onderteken het, het opdrag gegee om wanadministrasie te ondersoek wat verband hou met die stigting van Tokiso-sekerheidsdienste as dogtermaatskappy van die korporasie. Jóhni Steenkamp van die DA sê die ondersoek […]
