# The DA wants minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Angie Motshekga, to provide Parliament with answers on Defence Force chief Lawrence Mbatha’s official visit to Russia. This week’s visit aims to strengthen bilateral defence cooperation between the two countries’ Defence Forces. The DA’s Chris Hattingh says in the context of Moscow’s ongoing war against […]
# Soccer: European governing body UEFA is reportedly considering a boycott of future FIFA events if president Gianni Infantino pushes ahead with plans to sell off part of the world body to private investors. FIFA is planning to raise an estimated 70.35 billion-rand this year by selling a reported 20-percent minority stake in a new […]
# US president Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to overturn the 1.39-billion-rand jury verdict for defamation in favour of magazine columnist E Jean Carroll. The case relates to statements Trump made while president in 2019, denying Carroll’s claim that he sexually assaulted her in a New York department store dressing room in the […]
# Rugby: Bulls coach Johan Ackermann says their clash against the All Blacks will provide the perfect test as they continue their build-up to the season. New Zealand will launch their Greatest Rivalry Tour against the Stormers in Cape Town next Friday before taking on the Bulls in Pretoria on August 15. Ackermann says the fixture demands […]
# The MK Party and the United Africans Transformation have joined the African Transformation Movement and the EFF in their direct appeal to the Constitutional Court against the Western Cape High Court judgment interdicting the work of Parliament’s Impeachment Committee. The parties want the interdict granted to president Cyril Ramaphosa set aside. The MK Party’s […]
# Ses-en-dertig motoriste is in hegtenis geneem en 42 voertuie is in Johannesburg, Tshwane en Ekurhuleni geskut tydens hoë-impak stop-en-deursoek-operasies, as deel van die #RemoveSkorokoroCampaign tussen die 20ste en die 26ste van die maand. Die woordvoerder van die Gautengse Paaie- en Vervoerdepartement, Melitah Madiba, sê 99 minibustaxi’s en privaat voertuie het opskortingskennisgewings ontvang wat hulle […]
# Approximately three-thousand-600 military personnel have been mobilised in an effort to expedite rescue and relief efforts following a 6.8 magnitude earthquake that struck southern Japan on Tuesday. Thirteen people have died, while an unconfirmed number of people are trapped at the Aeon Mall in Kumamoto. Nine people remain missing at the Nippon Paper factory […]
# Die Gautengse Gesondheidsdepartement veroordeel die diefstal van openbare eiendom by die Hillbrow-sentrum vir gemeenskapsgesondheid in Johannesburg. Drie werkers van die Uitgebreide Openbarewerkeprogram is vasgetrek vir die diefstal van 45 bokse A4-papier by die sentrum. Die departement se woordvoerder, Steve Mabona, sê die diefstal van openbare hulpbronne wat die lewering van gesondheidsdienste moet ondersteun, is […]
# AfriForum says the newly released National Water Action Plan confirms that South Africa’s water crisis is rooted in failing municipalities, neglected infrastructure, poor finances and a lack of accountability. The plan proposes sweeping reforms to fix the country’s water crisis. Municipalities lose or fail to account for almost half of the water pumped through their […]
