# Die DA sê dit is kommerwekkend dat die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag nie kan naspoor of SAPD-arrestasies vir onwettige vuurwapenbesit tot vervolging of skuldigbevindings lei nie. Die Wes-Kaapse polisie het tussen Januarie 2020 en Desember 2024 13-duisend-727 arrestasies vir onwettige vuurwapenbesit aangemeld. Slegs een-duisend-745 sake het egter in skuldigbevindings geëindig, terwyl een-duisend-897 van die rol geskrap […]
# UK Tory leader, Kemi Badenoch, has criticised the government’s policy on migration. The latest data shows that more than 50-thousand migrants have crossed the English Channel on small boats since Keir Starmer became prime minister. According to the International Organisation for Migration, at least 20 people have died this year attempting to cross the […]
# Die Vryheidsfront Plus het gister se gewelddadige betoging wat gelei het tot die brand in die Binnelandse Sake-gebou in Germiston, Ekurhuleni, sterk veroordeel. Twee verdagtes het volgens berigte tydens die betoging ʼn petrolbom in die gebou gegooi wat ontplof en die brand veroorsaak het. Monique Kriek van die VF Plus sê inwoners van die […]
# Die vakbondfederasie, Saftu, waarsku die land se werkloosheidskrisis gaan verder toeneem weens die Amerikaanse tariewe van 30-persent op Suid-Afrikaanse goedere. Die land se amptelike werkloosheidsyfer het vanjaar in die tweede kwartaal met 0,3-persentasiepunte toegeneem tot 33,2-persent. Saftu se woordvoerder, Asive Dyani, sê president Donald Trump se handelsoorlog is nie oor regverdige mededinging nie, maar […]
# The EFF has expressed alarm at the latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey results, saying these figures come at a time when the economy is stagnant. The official unemployment rate has risen to 33.2-percent in the second quarter of this year. The EFF says the government of national unity has no plan to stimulate growth […]
# Tennis: Five-time Grand Slam champion Carlos Alcaraz is through to the fourth round of the Cincinnati Open. The Spaniard cruised past Serbian Hamad Medjedovic, 6-4, 6-4, to secure a tour-leading 50th victory of the season. Russia’s Andrey Rublev battled past Australian Alexei Popyrin, 6-7, 7-6, 7-5. In the women’s draw, American Coco Gauff moved […]
# Golf: The top two players in the world, American Scottie Scheffler and Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy, have been paired together for the first two rounds of the BMW Championship, which tees off in Baltimore, Maryland, tomorrow. The championship is the PGA Tour’s second of three legs in the FedEx Cup Playoffs. Fresh from winning […]
# Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky says he will not agree to any Russian proposal to give up more of his country’s territory in exchange for a ceasefire. Last week, Russia indicated it was prepared to consider a ceasefire, in exchange for Ukraine withdrawing from the parts of Donbas it still controlled. The Donbas, comprising the eastern […]
# The National Student Financial Aid Scheme has attributed instances of Technical Vocational Education and Training students not being paid their allowances to accounts that are not updated. The scheme has been plagued by controversy for years and faces persistent complaints from students over its failure to pay their accommodation and living allowances on time. Nsfas spokesperson, […]
