# US president Donald Trump says a deal to end the war with Iran is very close. This comes as peace talks may resume with Tehran in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, this weekend. Speaking at an event in Las Vegas, Trump said he wasn’t sure an extension to the ceasefire with Tehran, which is due to expire […]
# Die Vryheidsfront Plus het Tshwane se burgemeester, Nasiphi Moya, gekritiseer oor vanjaar se stadsrede by Unisa, en sê sy ignoreer die metro se ernstige finansiële verknorsing. Die party sê duisende rande is vermors op ʼn ydelheidsprojek wat niks doen om dienslewering te verbeter nie. Grandi Theunissen van die VF Plus sê hierdie onnodige uitspattigheid […]
# Athletics: The World Athletics Nationality Review Panel has rejected the applications of 11 elite athletes to switch their nationality to Turkey. They include five Kenyans, including former women’s marathon world record-holder Brigid Kosgei, four Jamaicans, a Nigerian, and a Russian. The panel found that the applications formed part of a coordinated recruitment strategy led by […]
# Die vakverbond Cosatu het kommer uitgespreek oor onthullings by die SETA vir onderwys, opleiding en ontwikkelingspraktyke. Die onderwys en opleidingsowerheid is midde in ʼn twyfelagtige huurooreenkoms wat tans forensies ondersoek word. Dit hou verband met ʼn bie-proses vir ʼn hoofkantoor om werknemers te huisves. Cosatu-woordvoerder Nonzuzo Dlamini sê die betrokke kontrak van meer as […]
# Australia’s most decorated living soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, has been granted bail. The 47-year-old is facing five counts of the war crime of murder relating to his time serving in Afghanistan between 2009 and 2012. He has denied wrongdoing. Roberts-Smith’s lawyers had argued that this unprecedented case would face long delays and that ongoing imprisonment would […]
# Die Oos-Kaapse premier, Oscar Mabuyane, verwerp EFF-leier Julius Malema se bewerings dat hy ʼn vals meestersgraad van die Universiteit van Fort Hare ontvang het. Hy het die bewerings buite die KuGompo-landdroshof gemaak toe hy sy ondersteuners toegespreek het. Die provinsiale regering se woordvoerder, Sonwabo Mbananga, sê die saak rakende die premier en die universiteit […]
# Die DA het die Wysigingswetsontwerp op Voorkoming van Onwettige Uitsetting en Onwettige Grondbesetting se publikasie vir openbare kommentaar verwelkom. Die wetsontwerp wil munisipaliteite, staatsinstellings en privaat grondeienaars bemagtig om onwettige besettings en uitsettings meer doeltreffend te hanteer en seker te maak kwesbare mense se regte word beskerm. Luyolo Mphithi van die DA sê onwettige […]
# Die Forum for South Africa is bekommerd oor die toenemende patroon van selektiewe geregtigheid in die land. Dit volg op die leier van die EFF Julius Malema se vonnis van vyf jaar tronkstraf nadat hy ‘n vuurwapen onwettig in die openbaar afgevuur het. Hy staan die vonnis teen. Hy voer aan sy vonnis is […]
# The Lebanese army claims that Israel has already committed violations of the ten-day ceasefire that took effect at midnight. Israel has been fighting Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon since the early days of the Iran conflict, claiming the lives of over two-thousand people. The Lebanese army says it has recorded several Israeli attacks, including intermittent […]
