# British Defence Secretary Wes Streeting says counter terrorism police are leading the investigation into a major incident near RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire. Five men were arrested on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act and explosive offences yesterday, after three suspicious vehicles were reported travelling towards the military airbase. The site has recently been used […]
# Die minister van Menslike Nedersettings, Thembi Simelane, sê Suid-Afrika se toekoms hang af van staatsinstellings se vermoë om beleid en staatshulpbronne te gebruik om sigbare verbetering in mense se lewens te bring. Sy het gister die 25ste konferensie van die Suid-Afrikaanse Vereniging vir Openbare Administrasie en Bestuur in Durban toegespreek. Simelane sê menslike nedersettings […]
# Die minister van Gesondheid, Aaron Motsoaledi, en sy adjunk Joe Phaahla, het bewerings van onnodig verhoogde advertensiekontrakte na die Spesiale Ondersoekeenheid, die Ouditeur-Generaal en die Openbare Beskermer verwys. Volgens News24 is kontrakte vir die Nasionale Gesondheidsversekering se bemarking en gesondheidskommunikasie wat aanvanklik net meer as ʼn duisend-rand werd was, tot altesaam 182-miljoen-rand verhoog. Die […]
# Tennis: Team Europe clinched their sixth Laver Cup after beating Team World 13-5 at London’s O2 Arena. Flavio Cobolli and Jakub Mensik put Europe within touching distance of the trophy on Sunday, with a 7-5, 6-3 victory over Alex de Minaur and Taylor Fritz. Two-time Grand Slam champion Alexander Zverev then beat Learner Tien, […]
# ActionSA veroordeel die massaskietery gisteroggend in die vroeë oggendure in Lwandle, naby die Strand by Kaapstad. Tien mense is doodgeskiet en elf gewond toe gewapende mans op ʼn kuierplek losgebrand het. Vier mense is ook in ʼn afsonderlike skietvoorval in Khayelitsha dood. Wes-Kaapse polisie het ʼn multidissiplinêre taakspan, gelei deur verskeie speurders wat ernstige […]
# Die nasionale ondersoek na die aanmelding, slagoffer-ondersteuning en voorverhoor-werking van die strafregstelsel se reaksie op geslagsgeweld en vrouemoord is verleng. Die Kommissie vir Geslagsgelykheid, die Suid-Afrikaanse Menseregtekommissie en die Kommissie vir die Bevordering en Beskerming van die Regte van Kulturele, Godsdienstige en Taalgemeenskappe doen die ondersoek. Die Menseregtekommissie se woordvoerder, Wisani Baloyi, sê die […]
# Swiss voters have overwhelmingly rejected a referendum which proposed maintaining neutrality, lifting anti-Russian sanctions, and prohibiting membership in NATO. About 70-percent voted against tightening the country’s neutrality rules. The right-wing populist Swiss People’s Party, which championed the proposal, claimed the government had gravitated too close to the European Union and NATO, particularly over Russia’s […]
# Die vakbondfederasie SAFTU vra vir die totstandkoming van ‘n breë nasionale beweging om misdaadbendes te ontwapen en gemeenskappe uit geweld te red. Dit volg na twee massaskietvoorvalle die afgelope naweek in Gauteng en die Wes-Kaap waarin 27 mense dood en 26 beseer is. Asive Dyani van SAFTU sê die regering kan nie die verspreiding […]
# Swimming: Several swimmers achieved B qualifying times at the SA Short Course Championships, which means they can still be selected for the World Short Course Championships in Beijing, China, in December. There were three B qualifiers in the men’s 100 metres freestyle, with Guy Brooks taking the title in 47.59 seconds, ahead of Armand Coetzee […]
