# President Cyril Ramaphosa vra kiesers om die ANC nog ‘n geleentheid te bied om te regeer. Hy het gister die ANC se verkiesingsbyeenkoms in Polokwane, Limpopo toegespreek. Ramaphosa het die party se prioriteite uiteengesit, insluitend werkskepping, die opknapping van water- en elektrisiteitsinfrastruktuur, en die bekamping van misdaad soos geslagsgeweld en korrupsie. Hy beklemtoon die […]
# North West police have arrested two suspects in connection with the brutal farm attack and robbery in Syferfontein, Ventersdorp, earlier this week. Fifty-year-old farmer Donovan Marks was shot and assaulted during the attack on Wednesday. He is still recovering in hospital. Provincial Police Commissioner Peter Adams says Marks’ bakkie, which was stolen by the suspects, […]
# Krieket: Die Proteas het die derde en laaste Toets teen Australië in Kaapstad met 176 lopies gewen om die reeks met 2-1 te beklink. Die toeriste is ‘n teiken van 288 gestel maar uitgeboul vir 111. Die oorwinning beteken die Proteas is vir die eerste keer sedert Januarie 2016 weer nommer een op die […]
# Eskom se groep finansiële hoof, Calib Cassim, het ná 24 jaar by die kragvoorsiener afgetree. Eskom sê Cassim het ‘n belangrike rol gespeel om sy geldelike posisie te versterk en die organisasie se langtermynvolhoubaarheid te bevorder. Volgens Eskom het Cassim oor meer as twee dekades ‘n belangrike rol gespeel in sy omkeerstrategie. Cassim bly […]
# A largely peaceful mass protest over the cost of living turned violent in Frankfurt, Germany’s financial hub, as rioters looted shops and targeted emergency workers yesterday. The new German youth-led movement dubbed “Gen Z” protested against the high cost of living, underfunded schools and universities, environmental concerns and a potential reintroduction of mandatory military […]
# Die EFF-leier, Julius Malema, beskryf die plaaslikeregeringsverkiesing as ‘n saak van oorwinning of ondergang en sê Suid-Afrikaners sal steeds worstel teen korrupsie, onbevoegdheid en gebrekkige plaaslike regering indien sy party nie wen nie. Dit was gister die EFF se laaste verkiesingsbyeenkoms op die Orlando-stadion in Soweto. Malema beskuldig politici en kontrakteurs dat hul munisipaliteite […]
# Die DA-leier, Geordin Hill-Lewis, beskryf die plaaslikeregeringsverkiesing Woensdag as ‘n tweestryd tussen sy party en die ANC. Hy het gister gepraat tydens die party se laaste verkiesingsbyeenkoms in Tshwane. ‘n Onlangse Ipsos-meningspeiling toon die DA staan tans op 25-persent teenoor die ANC op 31-persent, maar die verskil in sleutelmetro’s is aansienlik kleiner. Hill-Lewis sê […]
# Rugby: The Bulls ran in eight tries to secure a comfortable 54-26 win over Scarlets at Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria, moving up to second on the United Rugby Championship log. In Cape Town, Yaqeen Ahmed scored 13 points as the Stormers notched four successive bonus-point wins with a 33-7 win over Ulster. Gianni […]
# Soccer: Orlando Pirates secured the bragging rights in the Soweto derby, defeating Kaizer Chiefs 2-1 in Johannesburg. The Buccaneers broke the deadlock in the 24th-minute through Yanela Mbuthuma, and Amakhosi equalised through Pule Mmodi, who capitalised on an error by Pirates goalkeeper Sipho Chaine. In the second half, Tshepang Moremi’s 55th-minute goal proved to […]