# Credit ratings agency Moody’s says its baseline assumption is for the government of national unity to hold through its term, with both the ANC and DA having an interest in preserving stability ahead of the 2029 general election. South Africa will hold the local government elections on November 4th. Moody’s says the 2027-2029 electoral cycle […]
# Die landbou-organisasie, TLU SA, sê hy het president Cyril Ramaphosa en die minister van Landbou, John Steenhuisen, ingelig oor sy kommer oor die land se huidige beleidsrigting, die druk op voedselproduksie en die dringende noodsaaklikheid vir praktiese, ekonomies-verantwoordbare oplossings vir groei. Bennie van Zyl van TLU SA sê die land kan nie bekostig om […]
# Die Tuinroete-distriksmunisipaliteit en Agri Wes-Kaap het ‘n nuwe geval van bek-en-klouseer in die Mosselbaaigebied bevestig. Dis op ‘n klein beesplaas geïdentifiseer aan die kant van die bestaande kwarantyngebied van tien-kilometer in Groot-Brakrivier. Woordvoerder Herman Pieters sê beamptes het gedurende inspeksie en inentingswerk verdagte letsels opgemerk, waarna hulle monsters geneem het. Hy sê die uitslag […]
# Die DA soek antwoorde oor die koste van die forensiese ondersoek wat die minister van Maatskaplike Ontwikkeling, Sisisi Tolashe, aangevra het oor haar handtekening op die indiensnemingskontrak van die gewese direkteur-generaal, Peter Netshipale. Hy het ʼn vyfjaar-kontrak gekry nadat die Kabinet slegs ʼn eenjaar-termyn goedgekeur het. Nazley Sharif van die DA sê ʼn forensiese […]
# Die GOOD-party in Tshwane sê stappe wat die metro se veelparty-koalisieregering gedoen het, lewer goeie resultate op en bevorder groei en verandering. Tshwane werk met ‘n ten volle ondersteunde begroting met kontantvloei wat van net 17 dae verlede jaar tot 25 dae toegeneem het. Sarah Mabotsa van GOOD sê byna een-derde van die 6,67-miljard-rand […]
# Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, says complaints about xenophobia in South Africa undermine the country’s foreign policy, particularly its human rights outlook. Countries including Ghana, Nigeria, Mozambique, and Lesotho have expressed concern that their nationals are encountering xenophobic violence in the country. Lamola says there is no way migration can be […]
# The US and Iranian forces exchanged fire in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday. The US Central Command said its forces intercepted unprovoked Iranian attacks and responded with self-defence strikes targeting launch sites in Tehran. Iran’s top military command alleged the US had targeted an Iranian oil tanker and another vessel approaching the Strait. […]
# Cricket: Bottom of the table Lucknow Super Giants stunned defending champions the Royal Challengers Bengaluru by nine runs in a rain-interrupted Indian Premier League clash. The match was reduced to 19 overs due to repeated rain interruptions. Mitchell Marsh scored 111 off 56 balls as he powered the Super Giants to 209 for three. […]
# The Department of Health says it is monitoring four contact cases in the Western Cape linked to the hantavirus outbreak onboard the MV Hondius cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean. About 150 passengers and crew from 28 countries were initially aboard the vessel, but dozens disembarked on the island of St Helena last month. […]
