# Prime minister Andy Burnham says the UK will continue providing support to Ukraine to defend itself against Russia’s aggression. Moscow’s UK embassy has accused Britain of deliberately opting for an escalation of the crisis, saying the deeper its involvement, the higher the price it will pay. This follows after British-made drones were used in […]
# US president Donald Trump’s administration has imposed sanctions on International Criminal Court president Tomoko Akane and senior trial lawyer Abdoulaye Seye. This brings to eleven the ICC officials sanctioned by the administration. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has accused the two of directly engaging in efforts to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute officials […]
# Die Forum for South Africa sê die Nasionale Finansiële Hulpskema vir Studente moet ontbind word en met ʼn nuwe, deursigtige, aanspreeklike model vervang word wat studentebefondsing professioneel bestuur. Die Openbare Beskermer se verslag oor die skema het tekortkominge in bestuur, administrasie en fonds-koördinering gevind. Die forum se leier, Tebogo Mashilompane, sê Suid-Afrika kan nie […]
# Die burgerlike organisasie, Soil of Africa, vra omvattende hervorming by die Nasionale Finansiële Hulpskema vir Studente. ʼn Ondersoek deur die Openbare Beskermer het onthul sowat 40-duisend studente by 76 hoëronderwys-instellings is onbehoorlik befonds teen ʼn koste van 5,1-miljard-rand. Die organisasie se woordvoerder, Luzuko Sofute, sê die land se studentebefondsing-krisis is nie meer net ʼn […]
# Tennis: Former US Open singles champions Venus Williams and Sloane Stephens have received wild cards into the women’s singles draw. They join five other players, including fellow Americans Carol Young Suh Lee, Reese Brantmeier and Thea Frodin. The US Tennis Association has held back one further wild card place, potentially for six-time champion Serena […]
# The National Prosecuting Authority says the gap between referrals and prosecutions must be understood against the complexity of corruption cases. The Special Investigating Unit had made five-thousand-944 criminal referrals to the NPA since 2011, but only ten-percent translated to dockets and prosecutions. Gauteng has accounted for two-thousand-655 referrals since 2011, resulting in 206 dockets. […]
# Die Stad Kaapstad sê hy wil sterk openbare-privaat vennootskappe smee vir meer bekostigbare behuising. Die aktiewe grondvrystellingspyplyn of projekverpakkingsfase sluit tans grond met meer as 14-duisend bekostigbare eenhede in. Dit is nagenoeg 26-miljard-rand in privaat sektor-ontwikkelingskapitaal. Die burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Menslike Nedersettings, Carl Pophaim, sê die metro het in die afgelope twee jaar alleen grond […]
# Die Midvaal Plaaslike Munisipaliteit sê die voltooide Savanna City-substasie sal beskikbare elektrisiteit vermeerder en verspreiding verbeter. Die bou van die projek van 49-miljoen-rand sluit in die ontwikkeling van belangrike elektriese infrastruktuur in ooreenstemming met Eskom se standaarde en spesifikasies. Burgemeester Peter Teixeira sê die projek het bygedra by tot die plaaslike ekonomie en minstens […]
# Die GOOD-party in die Wes-Kaap verwelkom die inhegtenisneming van vier verdagtes wat verbind word met ʼn afpersing-bende wat meer as 50 Somaliese en Ethiopiese sake-eienaars in Kayamandi en die groter Stellenbosch-area teiken. Die vier bestaan uit drie familielede van Nyanga, ʼn pa en twee seuns waarvan een ʼn polisiekonstabel is, en ʼn Somaliese sakeman […]
