# President Cyril Ramaphosa says the United States’ decision to impose a 30-percent tariff on South African imports highlights the urgency to adapt to increasingly turbulent headwinds in international trade. The tariff hike threatens export capacity in strategic sectors, including automotive and agroprocessing. In his weekly newsletter, the president emphasised that the country’s exports do […]
# Altesaam 356 verdagtes is die naweek in Atteridgeville en omliggende gebiede as deel van Operasie Shanela vir verskeie strafregtelike oortredings aangekeer. ‘n Polisiewoordvoerder, Johan van Dyk, sê die verdagtes is in hegtenis geneem vir misdade wat wissel van moord, gewapende roof, besit van ongelisensieerde vuurwapens, meineed en geslagsgeweldsoortredings. Hy sê 34 ongedokumenteerde buitelandse burgers […]
# Tennis: Wimbledon champion Iga Swiatek of Poland has become the latest seed to be knocked out of the Canadian Open in Montreal. The second seed was stunned by 19th-ranked Dane Clara Tauson. American Madison Keys advanced to her eighth quarterfinal of the season with victory over Czech Karolina Muchova. In the men’s tournament in […]
# ActionSA looi die DA in Ekurhuleni oor die verspreiding van valse bewerings oor kragtariewe. Dit volg na ‘n raadsvergadering waar die DA die party daarvan beskuldig het dat hulle tariefverhogings as deel van ‘n ANC-EFF-koalisie steun. ActionSA se Ekurhuleni-koukusleier, Phillip Dolo, sê die party het die opskorting van vaste koste op A2-residensiële gebruikers ondersteun. […]
# Die Oos-Kaapse LUR vir Vervoer, Xolile Nqatha, het ʼn skoolbusbestuurder geskors omdat hy nie ingegryp het toe ʼn 18-jarige leerder verlede week op die bus aangerand is nie. In ʼn video word gesien hoe die leerder van David Mama Senior Secondary School in Mdantsane op die bus deur drie seuns geslaan word terwyl sommige […]
# A top aide to US president Donald Trump has accused India of financing Russia’s war in Ukraine by buying oil from Moscow. This comes just days after the Trump administration imposed a 25-percent tariff on Indian exports to America. The White House is also threatening more action if India continues Russian oil purchases. White […]
# Marvel’s The Fantastic Four: First Steps, starring Pedro Pascal as scientific genius Reed Richards, who leads a space expedition with his wife, stayed atop the North American box office chart in its second weekend. Universal/DreamWorks Animation’s new family pic The Bad Guys 2 came in second, with Paramount’s The Naked Gun starring Liam Neeson opposite […]
# Die ANC sê die gehalte van sommige van sy kaderontplooiings, veral in munisipaliteite, laat veel te wense oor. Slegs 41 uit 257 rade het ‘n skoon oudit ontvang in die 2023/24-boekjaar. Volgens die Ouditeur-Generaal het 99 munisipaliteite ‘n ongekwalifiseerde ouditmening ontvang met bevindinge oor prestasie-inligting en nakoming. Die minister van Elektrisiteit en Energie, Kgosientso […]
# Die African Transformation Movement het die afskuwelike dade van kindermishandeling en -uitbuiting in die land veroordeel. Dit volg na die inhegtenisneming van ‘n 59-jarige man verlede week, wat in besit gevind is van meer as 56-duisend video’s en foto’s wat seksuele mishandeling van kinders uitbeeld. Die woordvoerder van die ATM, Zama Ntshona, sê hulle […]
