# US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth says president Donald Trump’s administration is rebuilding a military that the American people can be proud of, one that instils unrelenting fear in its adversaries and the utmost confidence in its allies. He appeared before the House Armed Services Committee yesterday. Hegseth slammed opposition to the ongoing war with […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa will convene the Extended Presidential Coordinating Council meeting in Boksburg, Gauteng, today. The PCC is the president’s platform for consultations and engagement with provinces and organised local government, in order to raise matters of national interest, coordinate alignment of priorities, and discuss performance. The Presidency says the meeting will discuss immediate […]
# The National Prosecuting Authority Gauteng has welcomed the sentences handed to the late former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe’s son, Bellarmine Mugabe, and his co-accused, Tobias Matonhodze. The Alexandra Magistrate’s Court sentenced Mugabe to 24 months in prison or 600-thousand-rand fine for firearms and immigration charges. His cousin Matonhodze was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment […]
# Two Jewish men were stabbed in the Golders Green area of north London yesterday in what police have formally declared a terrorist incident. The victims, aged 76 and 34, are in a stable condition in hospital. This incident follows a spate of antisemitic attacks in Britain. Head of Counter Terrorism Policing, assistant commissioner Laurence Taylor, […]
# Die onderwysaktivis Hendrick Makaneta het die minister van Basiese Onderwys, Siviwe Gwarube, geprys oor die oproep tot verantwoordbaarheid in die handboektender van 1,6-miljard-rand. Lighthouse Publishers is meer as ‘n kwart van die tender toegestaan vir die publikasie van handboeke vir grondslagfase, al is dit blykbaar eers geregistreer na die formele bekendstelling van die kontrakvereistes. […]
# Die ANC is bekommerd oor die handboektender van 1,6-miljard-rand vir die publikasie van handboeke vir Graad 1 tot 3. Die minister van Basiese Onderwys, Siviwe Gwarube, het die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, formeel versoek om ‘n ondersoek te open na beweerde onreëlmatighede met die verkrygingsproses. Lighthouse Publishers is meer as ‘n kwart van […]
# Die minister van Hoër Onderwys en Opleiding, Buti Manamela, het die bedanking van twee raadslede van die Nasionale Finansiële Hulpskema vir Studente aanvaar. Die tussentydse raadsvoorsitter, Mugwena Maluleke, het weens persoonlike en akademiese verpligtinge bedank. Karabo Mohale was voorsitter van die ontwikkelingskomitee vir Menslike Hulpbronne en Organisasie. Manamela se woordvoerder, Matshepo Seedat, sê hierdie […]
# AfriForum has written a representation rejecting the MK Party’s Amendment Bill on Section 235 of the Constitution. The party has proposed repealing the section which gives communities with a common cultural and language heritage the right to pursue self-determination. It argues the Bill of Rights already protects language, cultural rights, freedom of association and religious […]
# Rugby: Springbok Women coach Swys de Bruin has invited the experienced Sizophila Solontsi and Nomawethu Mabenge to join a group of 36 players at a training camp in Stellenbosch next month. Lerato Makua has also been invited. Solontsi missed the previous camp due to a head knock, while Mabenge has been undergoing rehabilitation from a […]
