# Die regering sê die aankoms van entstof om die hardnekkige bek-en-klouseersiekte te bestry sal help teen die verspreiding van die siekte en biosekuriteit verbeter. Altesaam 900-duisend entstofampules wat van die Botswana Entstofinstituut verkry is, het verlede week in die land aangekom. Die siekte is in KwaZulu-Natal aangemeld wat die ergste geraak is, asook Gauteng, […]
# Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Parks Tau, says allegations about conflicts of interest involving the winning bidder of the lottery licence will be investigated thoroughly. Sizekhaya Holdings won the multi-billion-rand tender for the eight-year lottery licence; however, questions have arisen over alleged links between the company and deputy president Paul Mashatile’s sister-in-law. Tau […]
# Cricket: England chased down 371 to seal a five-wicket victory over India in the first Test in Headingley. Player of the match Ben Duckett scored 149 and shared an 188-run opening partnership with Zak Crawley, as England completed the tenth-highest successful run chase in Test history. India posted scores of 471 and 364, while […]
# A leaked preliminary US intelligence assessment has concluded that core components of Iran’s nuclear programme were not destroyed in America’s military strikes on three facilities. This is despite president Donald Trump claiming that the strikes obliterated Iran’s nuclear programme. According to the Pentagon’s Defence Intelligence Agency, Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium that could […]
# The South African Students Federation will march to the Department of Higher Education’s head office in Pretoria today. The federation says it is concerned about several unresolved National Student Financial Aid Scheme matters, which have led to gross tuition accumulation fees for students and the disbursement of allowances. The march will begin at Old […]
# Democratic Congressman Al Green has introduced articles of impeachment against president Donald Trump, accusing him of abusing his powers. He says the president disregarded the doctrine of separation of powers by usurping Congress’s power to declare war, by ordering the US military to bomb Iran without the constitutionally mandated authorisation. Green’s resolution labels Trump […]
# Athletics: South Africa’s Prudence Sekgodiso won the women’s 800-metres final in a meeting record and personal best time of one-minute-57.16-seconds at the Ostrava Golden Spike in the Czech Republic. Botswana’s Oratile Nowe and Ethiopian Nigist Getachew completed the podium. Another South African, Douw Smit, finished second behind India’s multiple Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra in […]
# Parliament’s standing committee on Public Accounts has resolved to launch a full inquiry into the Road Accident Fund. The inquiry will probe allegations of maladministration, financial mismanagement, wasteful and reckless expenditure, and related financial misconduct. The committee says this decision follows months of repeated attempts to obtain truthful, complete information from the RAF board […]
# Deputy Finance minister David Masondo has defended the 27-billion-rand loan from the World Bank, saying it aligns with the National Treasury’s commitment to responsible and sustainable borrowing. The loan will support urgently needed structural reforms in the country’s infrastructure sectors, with a particular focus on energy and freight transport. Speaking on the sidelines of […]
