# ActionSA in KwaZulu-Natal het Woensdag in die raadsvergadering van eThekwini ‘n mosie ter tafel gelê om ‘n gespesialiseerde taakspan in die Metro polisie te vestig. Die party sê dis spesifiek om die krisis van onwettige vreemdelinge te hanteer wat dwelmhandel, gekaapte geboue en onwettige handel laat floreer. Zwakele Mncwango van ActionSA sê dis ‘n […]
# Tennis: Defending champion Jannik Sinner will face Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime in the US Open semifinals. The Italian defeated compatriot Lorenzo Musetti, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2. Auger-Aliassime battled past Australian Alex de Minaur in over four hours to reach the last four at a major for the first time since 2021. In the women’s draw, two-time […]
# Die GOOD Party sê hulle is erg bekommerd oor Burkina Faso se terugwaartse wysigings aan hul Persone- en Gesinskode, wat deur die land se Oorgangsparlement aangeneem is. Die party sê die wysigings kriminaliseer selfdegeslag-verhoudings, wat ‘n gevaarlike stap terug vir menseregte op die Afrika-kontinent aandui. Keagen Gertse van GOOD sê Burkina Faso sluit hom […]
# The United Nations says it is working closely with Pakistani authorities to rapidly assess the humanitarian impact of the recent floods, identify needs, and address gaps in the response to the disaster. The floods in northern Pakistan have claimed over 400 lives. The UN says this disaster, caused by a severe monsoon exacerbated by climate […]
# Die DA verwelkom die burgemeester van Stellenbosch, Jeremy Fasser se besluit om ‘n spesiale raadsvergadering te hou om die saak van die bestuurder van menslike hulpbronne, Alexander Kannemeyer, te hanteer. Dit volg nadat ‘n video van 2023 uitgelek het waarin Kannemeyer voorstel wit werknemers moet ongemaklik gemaak word totdat hulle bedank. ‘n Ondersoek teen […]
# Cosatu doen ‘n beroep vir onmiddellike regeringsoptrede om stygende kragpryse te verlaag ten einde ‘n werksgeleentheid-slagting te voorkom. Die vakbondfederasie sê sedert beurtkrag in 2006 begin het, het kragpryse met meer as 450-persent gestyg. Matthew Parks van Cosatu sê die ekonomie nie langer die massiewe finansiële verliese van Eskom se vermoë om bekostigbare elektrisiteit […]
# The United Arab Emirates has warned Israel that annexing the occupied West Bank would cross a red line and end the pursuit of regional integration. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to convene a cabinet meeting today to discuss annexation. This is in response to the plans of several major Western countries to […]
# Deputy Finance minister David Masondo says infrastructure remains a catalyst for sustainable and inclusive economic growth. Government will spend more than 940-billion-rand on infrastructure over the next three years, which includes 375-billion-rand in spending by state-owned entities. This funding will revitalise roads and bridges, build dams and waterways, modernise ports and airports, and power […]
# Die burgemeester van Ekurhuleni Nkosindiphile Xhakaza sê die metro maak vordering met die versterking van sy finansiële posisie na hy die 2,1-miljard-rand se inkomste-tekort aangespreek het. Die metro se huidige bankbalans is byna 1,2-miljard en sy beleggingsrekening is nou 672-miljoen-rand sterk teenoor die vorige balans van 245-miljoen-rand. Xhakaza sê intussen ‘n interne dissiplinêre proses […]