# Die medenavorser in die Departement Afrikaans, Nederlands, Duits en Frans aan die Universiteit van die Vrystaat, professor Naòmi Morgan, het die UJ Prys vir vertaling ontvang. Dit erken buitengewone vertalings uit enige taal na een van Suid-Afrika se amptelike tale. Professor Morgan het die prys ontvang vir haar vertaling van Ons wag vir Godot, […]
# Die Johannesburg Ontwikkelingsagentskap het in samewerking met die stad se Departement van ontwikkelingsbeplanning begin begin met infrastruktuur vir ‘n projek om die voorbestaan van stedelike landbou te verseker. Die doel is om voedselonsekerheid te beveg, nuwe boere te bemagtig en volhoubare stedelike boerdery in die metro uit te brei. Die woordvoerder van die metro, […]
# Die Vryheidsfront Plus sê ʼn deeglike ontleding van die Ekurhuleni-munisipaliteit se ongeouditeerde jaarverslag en finansiële state vir 2024/2025 onthul ernstige tekortkominge wat bestuur, dienslewering en finansiële verantwoordbaarheid betref. Volgens die verslag het die metro slegs 79-persent van sy teikens bereik terwyl daar aan 21-persent niks gedoen is nie. ʼn VF Plus-woordvoerder, Denise Janse van […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Basic Education has commended the Education Labour Relations Council for its work in verifying educators across the country. Last month, the council started its investigation at more than 22-thousand public schools to identify ghost teachers, and probe allegations involving the sale of teacher posts. Teacher posts are allegedly being sold […]
# Die DA vra vir die ontbinding van die regering se pensioenadministrasie-agentskap en dat die Regeringswerknemers Pensioenfonds sy werk oorneem ter wille van die beskerming van pensioentrekkers en belastingbetalers. Die agentskap word beskuldig van onwettige aankope en onder meer die toeken van ‘n biometriese kontrak van 500-miljoen-rand aan ‘n maatskappy sonder enige direkteure. Willie Aucamp […]
# The US House of Representatives Oversight Committee has released over 33-thousand pages of Jeffrey Epstein-related files it had received from the Justice Department. These include flight logs, jail surveillance video, court filings, audio recordings and emails. Disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Epstein died by suicide in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges. […]
# My Vote Counts says the IEC’s annual Political Party Funding Report reveals a need for a more transparent and accountable party funding system. The report, which covers the period from April 1st 2023, to March 31st 2024, shows that political parties received over 3.2-billion-rand in total funding. Together, the ANC and DA received over […]
# Deputy president Paul Mashatile has expressed concern over delays to the start of the Madlanga Commission. The commission is tasked with investigating criminality, political interference, and corruption within the criminal justice system. Its hearings were scheduled to begin on Monday, 1st September, but a procurement delay meant critical infrastructure was not ready, forcing a […]
# The US military carried out a deadly strike in the Caribbean targeting a Venezuelan drug-carrying boat. Eleven people, believed to be members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, were killed in the strike. US president Donald Trump says the strike occurred while the terrorists were at sea in international waters transporting illegal narcotics, […]
