# Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says his country will not allow domestic or foreign actors to interfere with what he describes as the people’s democratic choice. This comes amid growing allegations of foreign interference in Brazil’s October elections, in which Lula da Silva is seeking a fourth, non-consecutive presidential term. Addressing the […]
# South African investigative journalist Micah Reddy, who was detained by government authorities in Djibouti, was released unharmed and without charge yesterday. He and his local fixer Kooki Mahmoud, who was also released, disappeared from their hotel in the East African country on Saturday afternoon. Reddy is the Africa Coordinator at the International Consortium of Investigative […]
# The DA has filed an urgent application in the Electoral Court accusing the EFF, ActionSA, MK Party and the GOOD Party of deliberately concealing candidates from voters. It alleges that the parties are bending the rules by misinterpreting the law, which allows the Electoral Commission to request a party to submit extra names after […]
# US president Donald Trump says he has a big decision to make on Iran: reach a deal or face annihilation. He addressed the United Nations General Assembly yesterday, where he also expressed gratitude to the UN Security Council for its unanimous support of the US 20-point Gaza peace plan and for officially approving the Board […]
# Die Departement van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing sê die tydelike voorsorgmaatreël wat ingestel is om die buitengewone sardynvrektes te bestuur, bly van krag. Dit volg al is geen nuwe grootskaalse sardynvrektes aangemeld nie, buiten ‘n afsonderlike voorval toe vars sardyne verlede week naby Mbotyi aan die Noordelike Wildekus uitgespoel het. ‘n Woordvoerder, Zolile […]
# Die Raad van Gesondheidsorgbefondsers steun die doelwit om verhogings in mediese skemabydraes so laag moontlik te hou, maar beklemtoon dit kan nie net deur bydrae-riglyne bereik word nie. Die Raad op Mediese Skemas het aanbeveel verhogings in bydraes vir die 2027-voordeeljaar moet op 3,8-persent gegrond wees. Besturende direkteur Katlego Mothudi sê gesondheidsorgverskaffers en groot […]
# Die adjunkminister van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing, Bernice Swarts, gaan Donderdag op Erfenisdag ‘n landwye veldtog lei om 10-miljoen bome te plant. Dis deel van president Cyril Ramaphosa se Een-Miljard-Bome-program, om burgers aan te spoor om die uitwerking van klimaatsverandering te beperk. Swarts sal die hoofgeleentheid in Vryheidspark in Pretoria lei voor sy […]
# Die parlementêre portefeuljekomitee oor Vervoer betreur die beweerde voorval waarin ‘n kontrakteur van die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Padagentskap betrokke was. Die Zimbabwiese sakeman Lawrence Mudzinganyama is op kamera vasgevang toe hy ‘n groep vroue in die Vlamo-restaurant in Sandton, Johannesburg, gedreig het nadat hulle sy toenaderings verwerp het. Voorsitter Donald Selamolela verwelkom minister Barbara Creecy […]
# Die organisasie Suid-Afrikaanse Vroue in die Boubedryf en Bou-omgewing veroordeel alle vorms van intimidasie, teistering, dreigemente of mishandeling van vroue. Beeldmareriaal toon hoe die Zimbabwiese sakeman Lawrence Mudzinganyama ‘n groep vroue dreig nadat hul sy toenadering verwerp het in ‘n luukse restaurant in Sandton, Johannesburg. Mudzinganyama het hom aan die polisie oorgegee en is […]
