# MK Party president Jacob Zuma has urged supporters to secure victory in the local government elections, reiterating that the party is ready to take over South Africa. He returned to the campaign trail yesterday after a health scare and addressed the party’s final election rally at Princess Magogo Stadium in KwaMashu, eThekwini. Zuma dismissed […]
# Rugby: The Springbok Women have slipped back to tenth in the world rankings following their second successive Test defeat to Ireland in the W-15 Global Series at the weekend. Ireland won 38-17 in Cape Town on Saturday following last weekend’s 40-27 win. South Africa would’ve climbed to eighth on the world rankings with a […]
# Germany’s Interior minister Alexander Dobrindt has accused violent left-wing groups and troublemakers from migrant communities of hijacking peaceful protests over the weekend. Cost-of-living demonstrations organised by the ‘Gen Z has got this!’ movement turned violent as masked rioters looted shops in Frankfurt, Berlin, Cologne and Hamburg. Police had to use water cannons to disperse crowds. […]
# Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi says the provincial government has completed 21 of the 67 directives aimed at strengthening the response to gender-based violence and femicide, with a further 38 underway. He briefed the media yesterday on the province’s 90-Day GBVF Response Plan. This follows presidential directives and a four-point plan to combat the scourge […]
# ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa says the party has listened to concerns and challenges raised by South Africans during its election campaign. He delivered the keynote address at the party’s final Siyanqoba Rally ahead of the elections at Sisa Dukashe Stadium in Mdantsane in the Eastern Cape on Sunday. Ramaphosa said the ANC has heard […]
# Die Verkiesingskommissie herbevestig hy is gereed vir die plaaslikeregeringsverkiesing, met meer as 2,6-miljoen kiesers wat vandag en môre hul spesiale stemme sal gebruik. Altesaam 80-persent van die goedgekeurde huisbesoeke is vir kiesers ouer as 60, terwyl vroue verantwoordelik is vir 74-persent van die goedgekeurde spesiale stemme. Die OVK se uitvoerende hoof, Sy Mamabolo, sê […]
# Suid-Afrikaanse motoriste kan Woensdag verligting by die pompe verwag. Volgens die jongste beskikbare vooruitskattings kan die prys van petrol met sowat 23-sent per liter daal en diesel met tot een-rand-70-sent per liter. Die verwagte dalings volg nadat die regering besluit het om die algemene brandstofheffing tydelik te verlaag as deel van die maatreëls wat […]
# Die Gautengse Wetgewer se portefeuljekomitee oor Gemeenskapsveiligheid versoek alle politieke partye, hul ondersteuners en lede van die publiek om vrede, verdraagsaamheid en respek vir demokratiese beginsels voorop te stel tydens hierdie week se plaaslikeregeringsverkiesing. Die voorsitter, Bandile Masuku, sê die polisie moet meer sigbaar wees by hoërisiko-stemstasies sowel as in gebiede waar spanning kan […]
# Die minister van Elektrisiteit en Energie, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, sê die koste vir die ontbondeling van Eskom se transmissiebates kan wissel tussen 80-miljard-rand en 130-miljard-rand. Die eerste-fase-verslag van die Eskom-herstruktureringstaakspan skets die breë benadering vir die stigting van ‘n onafhanklike transmissiestelsel-operateur. Die tweede fase van die taakspan se werk is reeds aan die gang en […]
