# The City of Cape Town’s Library and Information Services is once again hosting a writing competition for children aged between 9 and 13-year-old. In 2024, the competition, which focused on environmental awareness, garnered entries from 100 young people. The theme this year focuses on a mysterious box. Mayoral committee member for Community Services and […]
# Die EFF in Gauteng sê hy het besluit om vandag ‘n optog te hou na die Afrikaanse gemeenskap Kleinfontein naby Pretoria. Die Gautengse Hooggeregshof het Kleinfontein verlede jaar as onwettige nedersetting verklaar wat nie aan die Tshwane-munisipaliteit se regulasies vir grondgebruik voldoen nie. Dumisani Baleni van die EFF sê die optog is ‘n optrede […]
# Newly appointed Trade, Industry and Competition director-general, Simphiwe Hamilton, says they are acutely aware of the potential for corruption in the proposed 100-billion-rand Transformation Fund. The government believes the fund will help improve the effectiveness of broad-based black economic empowerment spending. Hamilton says the structuring around the fund will mitigate against any possibility of […]
# Boxing: South Africa’s Kevin Lerena has retained his World Boxing Council Bridgerweight title by beating Ukraine’s Serhiy Radchenko in the third of 12 rounds at the SunBet Arena in Pretoria. This is the first time a WBC world title has been defended on South African soil. The bridgerweight class is between the cruiserweight and […]
# The United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator, Tom Fletcher, has condemned Israel’s decision to halt humanitarian assistance as a cruel collective punishment of the Palestinian population. No food, water or medical supplies have been allowed to enter the Gaza Strip since March 2nd. This prolonged humanitarian blockade comes as Israeli forces continue bombarding the territory, killing […]
# The SACP says its decision to contest the 2026 local government elections is not for narrow party-political reasons, but a direct response to the crisis of working-class representation. The SACP will be contesting the elections for the first time outside of its alliance with the ANC. It says that for years, decisions about the […]
# Tennis: World number one Aryna Sabalenka will face Coco Gauff in the Madrid Open final on Saturday. Belarusian Sabalenka beat Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina, 6-3, 7-5 in the semifinal, while Gauff dispatched reigning champion Iga Swiatek of Poland, 6-1, 6-1. In the men’s draw, Norwegian Casper Ruud defeated Russia’s Daniil Medvedev, 6-3, 7-5, to reach the […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has defended the Employment Equity Amendment Act, saying the legislation seeks to correct what apartheid did to the country. The DA is challenging the employment equity quotas in the Act in court, which it says are merely racial exclusion under a new name. The Act sets hiring quotas for 18 economic […]
# The South African National Defence Force says it has started the phased withdrawal of its personnel and equipment from the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. This follows a directive issued by the Southern African Development Community. Last month, SADC decided to end its deployment in the DRC after 17 soldiers died in the conflict […]
