# Eskom says it is planning to return a total of four-thousand-151-megawatts of generation capacity to service on Monday, in a bid to further strengthen grid stability. Between first April and 14 August, the unplanned capability loss factor, which reflects the percentage of generation capacity lost due to unplanned outages, further decreased to 28.14-percent. Eskom’s […]
# Cricket: Former Australian Test captain and coach, Bob Simpson, has died at 89. He is regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of Australian cricket. Simpson played 62 Test matches between 1957 and 1978 and claimed 71 wickets. He retired in 1968 after an 11-year career, but returned as Test captain […]
# Vyf mense is vanoggend dood in ‘n motorongeluk op die pad tussen Dokodweni en Amatikulu langs die N2 in KwaZulu-Natal. ‘n Ligte motorvoertuig het met ‘n vragmotor gebots. Die woordvoerder van die Provinsiale Departement van Vervoer, Ndabezinhle Sibiya, sê gedurende die eerste week van hierdie maand is meer as 30 mense op paaie dood:
# The SACP says the muddled response of the government towards the SANDF chief, General Rudzani Maphwanya’s trip to Iran, is not only concerning but problematic as well. During the trip, Maphwanya pledged common goals with Iran, supported its Gaza position, and called for deeper strategic alignment. Defence minister Angie Motshekga confirmed that she approved […]
# ActionSA Tshwane het die suksesvolle afsluiting van die sogenaamde Luistertoer-besoek deur sy Gautengse provinsiale wetgewerskoukus aan die Mamelodi Hostel verwelkom. Die besoek het deel gevorm van die party se verbintenis om die stemme van hostelbewoners in die wetgewer te hoor. Derick Mahlangu van ActionSA sê kwessies wat inwoners geopper het, sluit in elektrisiteit- en […]
# Die vakbondfederasie, Saftu sê die Marikana-slagting was nie ‘n tragiese ongeluk nie, maar ‘n voorbedagte daad van staatsgeweld om kapitaal te beskerm. Vandag is dit 13 jaar sedert die polisie 34 stakende mynwerkers in Marikana, Noordwes, doodgeskiet het. Nog tien mense, insluitend polisie- en veiligheidsbeamptes, is in die weke voor die slagting dood. Asive […]
# The United Nations has reiterated its warning that without an urgent and unrestricted flow of aid, Gaza’s already dire humanitarian crisis could deteriorate further. This week, of 12 aid missions requiring coordination with Israeli authorities, five were facilitated without impediments, four missions were cancelled, and three were impeded. These included the collection of food […]
# US president Donald Trump’s administration is reportedly discussing a refugee admissions cap of about 40-thousand for the coming year. Some 30-thousand spaces will be allocated to white Afrikaner South Africans. Trump has maintained that Afrikaners have suffered racial discrimination and violence in South Africa. The first group of 59 South Africans arrived in America in May, […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse Departement van Onderwys het gisteraand die provinsie se toponderwysers by die 2025 Wes-Kaapse Provinsiale Onderwystoekennings vereer. Daar was 15 wenners, insluitend Charissa Shay-Sithole van Apex High School, wat die toekenning vir Uitnemendheid in Wiskunde-onderrig ontvang het. Die Nasionale Beste Onderwyser-toekenning is aan Wedaad Esau van die Bridgeville Primary School toegeken. LUR David […]
