# 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 […]
# The Road Accident Fund says it will proceed with the implementation of the appointment of Waseem Carrim as CEO, with a clear focus on stability, accountability and results. The High Court in Pretoria dismissed an urgent application by the City of uMhlathuze Municipality chief financial officer, Mxolisi Kunene, who sought to prevent Carrim from […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on voters to give the ANC another opportunity to govern. He addressed the Limpopo ANC rally in Polokwane, Limpopo, yesterday ahead of the local government elections on Wednesday. Ramaphosa outlined the party’s priorities, including job creation, water and electricity infrastructure upgrades, and fighting criminality such as gender based violence […]
# The death toll from the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has surpassed five-thousand, as authorities battle the country’s largest and deadliest Ebola outbreak on record. Ten-thousand-300 cases have been recorded in eight of the country’s 26 provinces. The Bundibugyo species is behind the current outbreak, but there is no treatment […]
# KwaZulu-Natal se waarnemende polisiekommissaris, Phumelele Makoba, sê geen optogte gaan Woensdag tydens die plaaslikeregeringsverkiesing toegelaat word nie. Onlangse gewelddadige betogings in Durban het die polisie gedwing om ʼn hofbevel teen ontwrigtende en gewelddadige betogings te kry. Makoba sê die polisie het landwyd 331 stemlokale geïdentifiseer wat moontlike brandpunte kan wees. KwaZulu-Natal het met 165 […]
# Oudpresident Kgalema Motlanthe sê Suid-Afrika moet ʼn soewereine rykdom-fonds stig en ʼn deel van toekomstige inkomste uit minerale, staatsbates en ander volhoubare bydraes gebruik. Hy het deelgeneem aan die Kgalema Motlanthe-stigting se Drakensberg Inklusiewe Groei-forum se debat oor ekonomiese groei en werkskepping. Motlanthe sê die doel is om beperkte natuurlike bronne te omskep in […]
# Eskom Group Chief Financial Officer Calib Cassim has retired, concluding 24 years of service to the power utility. Eskom says Cassim played a key role in strengthening the utility’s financial position and advancing the organisation’s long-term sustainability. It says returning to profitability reflects his significant contribution over more than two decades. Cassim will continue […]
