# Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane has expressed sadness at the passing of two Grade 5 boy learners from Dan Radebe Primary School in Duduza, Ekurhuleni. They are suspected to have drowned after their bodies were discovered in a water pond last Friday. The department’s spokesperson, Steve Mabona, says the pond was reportedly formed by […]
# Iran fired missiles at a US base in Qatar, with explosions heard in the capital city of Doha yesterday evening. This comes after Qatar temporarily closed its airspace, forcing planes to divert away from Doha, saying this is a precautionary measure due to regional security concerns. Both the US and UK embassies also advised […]
# The Special Investigating Unit says it has obtained a court order preventing former National Lotteries Commission senior manager, Sanele Dlamini, from accessing his pension benefits. This is until the finalisation of a civil case against him, related to the misallocation of six-million-rand in NLC grant funds. The SIU says its probe revealed that an […]
# Government and the World Bank have signed a 27-billion-rand loan that will assist in unlocking key infrastructure bottlenecks, particularly in the energy and freight transport sectors. The National Treasury states that the loan is intended to support critical structural reforms aimed at enhancing the efficiency, resilience, and sustainability of the country’s infrastructure services. Treasury […]
# The White House says president Donald Trump was simply raising a question when he suggested there should be a regime change in Iran. In a social media post on Sunday, Trump wrote that if the current Iranian regime is unable to make Iran great again, why wouldn’t there be a regime change. White House […]
# Die DA in Gauteng sê dit is onaanvaarbaar dat daar nie ‘n begroting is vir die 1,7-miljard-rand brandbeveiligings- en -voldoeningsopgradering by die Charlotte Maxeke-hospitaal nie. Die LUR vir Gesondheid, Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko het onthul dat befondsingsopsies nog steeds ondersoek word. Jack Bloom van die DA kritiseer die vertragings terwyl die herstelwerk van die 2021 brand […]
# Basketball: The Oklahoma City Thunder are the 2024-2025 NBA Champions after defeating the Indiana Pacers 103-91 in Game 7 of the NBA Finals in Oklahoma. This is the franchise’s first title since moving to Oklahoma City from Seattle in 2008. NBA Finals Most Valuable Player, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, capped off an amazing season, scoring 29 points […]
# Die minister van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking, Ronald Lamola, het met Zambië se president, Hakainde Hichilema, vergader om die netelige situasie oor die repatriasie van oudpresident Edgar Lungu se oorskot te bespreek. Die 68-jarige Lungu is die vyfde van die maand in ʼn Pretoriase hospitaal dood, maar nog nie begrawe nie weens ʼn geskil […]
# Die Noordwes-universiteit sê hy is ʼn vernuwende instelling wat wêreldwyd kontak het en verbind is tot uitnemendheid en maatskaplike tersaaklikheid. Quacquarelli Symonds se jongste Wêreld-universiteitsranglys plaas die instelling onder die top-agt in Suid-Afrika en die top-16 in Afrika. Die lys betrek een-duisend-501 universiteite op 105 plekke reg oor die wêreld. NWU se adjunk-visepresident vir […]
