# Amnesty International has accused the Taliban government in Afghanistan of shrinking the operations of humanitarian and aid agencies in the country due to restrictive policies. These include a ban on Afghan women working for the United Nations in the country. A magnitude 6.0 earthquake hit eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing one-thousand-400 people and injuring […]
# Acting Police minister, Firoz Cachalia, and National Police Commissioner, Fannie Masemola, have agreed to submit the 121 dockets from the KwaZulu-Natal Political Killings Task Team to the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry. This comes after the two disagreed over the return of case dockets that were taken from the task team. The dockets are central […]
# Cricket: South Africa thumped England by seven wickets at Headingley in Leeds to take a 1-0 lead in their three-match one-day series. Keshav Maharaj took four wickets and Wiaan Mulder three, as the homeside was bowled out for just 131 within 25 overs. In reply, Aiden Markram scored 86 from just 55 balls and […]
# The DA says Tourism minister Patricia de Lille’s decision to dissolve the SA Tourism board was a blatant abuse of power designed to shield her ally, suspended CEO, Nombulelo Guliwe, from accountability. The minister has defended her decision in Parliament, citing unlawful conduct, procedural violations, and reckless financial management as grounds for intervention. The DA’s […]
# Die Padvragvereniging verwelkom die daling in brandstofpryse vir September. Die petrolprys daal van Woensdag af met vier-sent per liter vir 93- en 95-oktaan. Dieselpryse daal, afhangende van die swaelinhoud, met 56- tot 57-sent per liter. Paraffien se groothandelprys kom af met 37-sent per liter. Kevin van der Merwe van die vereniging sê die daling […]
# Die Stad Kaapstad se Openbare Nooddiens-kommunikasiesentrum het die naweek 140 oproepe oor aanrandings ontvang, méér as die vorige naweek se 78. Dit sluit in 41 van fisieke aanranding, 98 met ‘n vuurwapen, met gevalle van huishoudelike geweld wat van 36 die vorige naweek to 53 gestyg het. Die burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Veiligheid en Sekuriteit, JP […]
# Die DA sê die Departement van Landbou se optrede om die bek-en-klouseer-uitbreking in die land te bekamp, is bemoedigend. KwaZulu-Natal bly die middelpunt van die siekte. Altesaam 274 van die uitbrekings is nog aktief, waarvan 180 in KwaZulu-Natal is. Willie Aucamp van die DA sê die skepping van ‘n taakspan met lede uit die […]
# AfriForum het kommer uitgespreek oor die omvang van veediefstal in die land. Volgens die polisie se statistiek is daar in die 2024/2025-boekjaar meer as 53-duisend-600 beeste gesteel. Verlede week is ʼn 34-jarige polisieman, wat deel is van die SAPD se veediefstaleenheid, in Standerton, Mpumalanga, gearresteer omdat hy na bewering 450-duisend-rand se beeste gesteel het. […]
# Die Verenigde Nasies se Klimaatsweek word in die Ethiopiese hoofstad, Addis Abeba, aangebied. Dit word bygewoon deur regeringsamptenare, finansiers soos ontwikkelingsbanke, sakeondernemings, die burgerlike samelewing en inheemse bevolking. Die doel is om die lewering van waarborge en klimaatsoptrede op grondvlak te versnel. Die VN-klimaatsverandering se adjunk- uitvoerende sekretaris, Noura Hamladji, sê klimaatsweke word gehou […]
