# Soccer: Manchester United will face Tottenham Hotspur in an all-English Europa League final in Bilbao, Spain, on May 21st. Two goals from Mason Mount saw United come from a goal down to beat Athletic Club 4-1 in the second leg of their semifinal at Old Trafford, to win the tie 7-1 on aggregate. Tottenham […]
# US president Donald Trump says the election of Robert Prevost as the new pope, the first American pontiff to be elected leader of the Catholic Church, is a great honour for the country. Pope Leo The 14th was chosen as the 267th pope elected by 133 cardinals locked inside the Sistine Chapel on the […]
# Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane says he is devastated at the tragic death of an 18-year-old boy learner from Musi High School in Soweto. Simphiwe Biyela was allegedly stabbed by a University of Johannesburg student while on his way home. This incident led to disruptions at Musi High School and other schools in Pimville […]
# Sixty-nine-year-old Robert Prevost of the US has been chosen as the 276th pope, the first American pontiff in history. The Chicago-born will be known as Pope Leo the 14th. His election comes despite the Vatican’s longstanding opposition to the idea of a pope from the US, because of the country’s superpower status. Prevost was made […]
# Finance minister Enoch Godongwana says that the government must accelerate economic reform to drive more rapid and inclusive growth over the next five years. This as the second phase of Operation Vulindlela will increase the pace of reforms already underway in phase one. Godongwana says commitment to the swift implementation of reforms is required […]
# AfriForum sê hy is kommerwekkend dat die minister van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing, Dion George, stilbly oor Tenbosch Mining se aansoek om ‘n steenkoolmyn naby die Krugerwildtuin te vestig. Die burgerregteorganisasie het in April die departement en SANParke versoek om ‘n openbare verklaring uit te reik oor hul standpunt rakende die aansoek. Lambert […]
# Qatar Airways het aangekondig dat een van sy weeklikse vlugte vanaf Doha na Kaapstad vanaf 1 Junie met ‘n Boeing 777 sal wees, wat gratis ultra-vinnige Starlink wi-fi sal insluit. Die lugredery het reeds die wêreld se grootste vloot Starlink-toegeruste 777’s en is ook die eerste om die stelsel op Airbus A350’s aan te […]
# Die Nelson Mandelabaai-munisipaliteit en die Uitenhage-distriks-taxivereniging gaan twee brûe herbou wat in die Junie-oorstromings ineengestort het. Die Nasionale Tesourie het ná vergaderings met rolspelers befondsing van 89-miljoen-rand goedgekeur. ‘n Deel daarvan is vir herstelwerk en instandhouding van paaie. Die voorsitter van Uitenhage se distriks-taxivereniging, Mbuyiseli Mfengu, het aan die SABC gesê die samewerking tussen […]
# Die Stad Kaapstad sê hy gaan voort met die ondersteuning van projekte om die metro se wêreldverbintenisse per lug en ter see uit te brei. ‘n Uitstekende voorbeeld is die Air Access and Cruise Cape Town-inisiatiewe wat Wesgro bestuur. Die burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Ekonomiese Groei, James Vos, sê nuwe vlugte en passasierskeepsvaarte beteken meer toeriste, […]
