# The DA says it is ready for the local government elections and is hoping to translate its extensive campaign into votes. Recent opinion polls show the party in a close race with the ANC. Internal and public tracking place the DA at roughly 28.4-percent to 35-percent nationally, just 1.2 percentage points behind the ANC. […]
# ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa has reiterated his confidence that the party will do well in the local government elections. The party’s support has fallen from 65-percent in the 2006 municipal elections to 40.2-percent in the 2024 national elections. Projections suggest the ANC could lose at least six percentage points from its 2024 results, falling […]
# The National Prosecuting Authority says the charges against former Investigating Directorate Against Corruption head Andrea Johnson and Former Crime Intelligence deputy Feroz Khan are very serious. The two were granted bail of ten-thousand-rand each in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court yesterday. At the centre of the allegations is a 2018 assault and intimidation complaint involving […]
# Political parties will hold their final rallies this weekend as they make a final push ahead of the local government elections. Today, the DA will have its final national rally at Moretele Park in Mamelodi, Tshwane, while the EFF will be hosting its Tshela Thupa rally at the Orlando Stadium in Soweto. On Sunday, […]
# Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, is undertaking a major security overhaul after hackers broke into its digital wallets and stole about 104.77-billion-rand, in what has been described as the biggest heist in history. An initial investigation suggested the hack went through an engineer’s laptop to gain access to a service container and submit […]
# Cricket: Australia will need 288 to win the third and final Test and the series against South Africa on day five in Cape Town today. Ryan Rickelton and Wiaan Mulder both scored centuries as the Proteas were dismissed for 387 in their second innings, a lead of 287 runs. Rickelton scored 101 from 219 […]
# Rugby: Die Bulle se afrigter, Johan Ackermann, glo die Springbok-losskakel Handré Pollard sal fiks wees vir die Verenigde Rugbykampioenskapswedstryd teen die Leeus vroeg in Desember. Hy is verlede naweek beseer in die wedstryd teen Ulster en sal nie volgende maand vir die Bokke kan speel in die Nasieskampioenskap se noordelike veldtog nie. Ackermann het […]
# Rugby: Leinster se stut, Tadhg Furlong, is skotvry nadat hy beskuldig is van onbetaamlike fisieke kontak met ‘n teenstander in die Verenigde Rugbykampioenskaps-wedstryd teen Munster. Hy is uitgewys en daar is verwag hy sal ‘n stewige skorsing ontvang. ‘n Tugverhoor het hom egter vrygespreek nadat bevind is daar was nie voldoende bewyse nie. Furlong […]
# Lawyers for Human Rights het ‘n dringende interdik teen die Festive Chicken-maatskappy by die Johannesburgse Arbeidshof aangevra oor beweerde intimidasie en afdankings-dreigemente teen stakende personeellede. Werkers in die hoofverwerkingsaanleg in Olifantsfontein aan die Oos-Rand het gister gestaak nadat salarisonderhandelings met die Kommissie vir Versoening, Bemiddeling en Arbitrasie vasgeval het. Woordvoerder Constance Masekwameng sê hul […]
