# Die Landbouminister John Steenhuisen het ʼn volledige verslag aangevra oor die onlangse verkiesingsproses van die Suid-Afrikaanse Veeartsenykundige Raad. Dit volg nadat kommer uitgespreek is oor die proses se deursigtigheid en prosedurele integriteit. Die ministerie se woordvoerder, Joylene van Wyk, sê dit sluit teenstrydige kommunikasie aan geregistreerde veeartse in oor stemdatums, die bevoegdheid van sekere […]
# Parliament’s select committee on Public Infrastructure says the suspension of Independent Development Trust CEO, Tebogo Malaka, signals a serious and long-overdue commitment to consequence management within this entity. Her suspension follows the finalisation of a forensic investigation into the botched 836-million-rand oxygen plant project. Committee chairperson, Rikus Badenhorst, says they want a full review […]
# The trial of Limpopo pig farmer Zachariah Olivier and his two co-accused farm employees, Rudolf De Wet and William Musora, will begin in the Polokwane High Court today. The trio is accused of shooting and killing Maria Makgato and Lucia Ndlovu, and feeding their bodies to pigs at a farm outside Polokwane. The decomposed […]
# Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has appealed to the International Committee of the Red Cross to bring food and medical care to hostages held in Gaza. This comes after Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad released videos showing captives Rom Braslavski and Evyatar David in a visibly fragile state. Hamas says it is prepared to deal positively with any […]
# Cycling: Pauline Ferrand-Prévot made history by becoming the first French winner of the women’s Tour de France in 36-years. The 33-year-old, who won gold in mountain biking at the Paris Olympics last year, took the overall title by a three-minute-42-second margin over 2023 champion Dutch rider Demi Vollering. Defending champion Katarzyna Niewiadoma of Poland […]
# Sixty-eight Ethiopian migrants have died, and 74 others are missing after a boat capsized off Yemen’s coast on Sunday. According to the International Organisation for Migration, the vessel had 154 migrants onboard, 54 bodies washed ashore in the district of Khanfar, while 14 others were found dead and taken to a morgue. Only 12 survived […]
# The KwaZulu-Natal delegation to the National Council of Provinces will meet with provincial Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi today. This comes as Mkhwanazi alleged criminal syndicates have infiltrated the highest levels of government. He has also accused Police minister Senzo Mchunu, who has been placed on special leave, of corruption. NCOP KZN delegation leader, Mzamo […]
# Cricket: England reached 339 for six in their second innings at stumps on day four of the fifth and final Test against India at the Oval, needing another 35 runs to win the series. The visitors require four wickets to draw the series. Harry Brook and Joe Root shared a 195-run fourth-wicket partnership to […]
# French president Emmanuel Macron has condemned the videos of Israeli hostages held in Gaza released this weekend. Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad released clips showing captives Rom Braslavski and Evyatar David in a visibly fragile state. They were kidnapped during the 7 October 2023 attack on Israel that triggered the war. Macron says Hamas has […]
