# South African award-winning drummer and composer Kesivan Naidoo, and his acclaimed ensemble, Kesivan and The Lights, will be doing a special live recording at the Baxter Concert Hall in Cape Town on Saturday. This is part of their national tour titled Freedom in Sound. The tour honours South Africa’s rich jazz heritage to celebrate 30 years of democracy. […]
# Die burgemeester van Kaapstad, Geordin Hill-Lewis, het ‘n bomdreigement veroordeel wat per selfoon na die Al-Azhar-moskee in Distrik Ses gestuur is. Die moskee was uitgesproke oor sy steun aan die Palestynse kwessie. Hill-Lewis sê hy veroordeel die duistere motiewe agter die dreigboodskap. Hy sê Kaapstad is ‘n stad van vredeliewende mense, waar verskille oor […]
# Die MK-party verwerp onomwonde die Konstitusionele Hof se uitspraak wat dubbele burgerskap verseker. Dié beslissing bevestig die Appèlhof se uitspraak wat ‘n bepaling van die Wet op Burgerskap onwettig verklaar. Die Konstitusionele Hof het wetgewing as ongrondwetlik verklaar wat Suid-Afrikaners van hulle burgerskap ontneem as hulle die burgerskap van ‘n ander land aanvaar. Die […]
# Pakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, has vowed to retaliate after India’s deadly missile strike. At least 31 civilians were killed and 46 wounded when India fired missile strikes in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered parts of Kashmir. India says the strikes were a direct retaliation for an attack in their administered parts of Kashmir late last […]
# Soccer: Paris St-Germain are through to the Champions League final after defeating Arsenal 2-1 in the semifinal second-leg, winning the tie 3-1 on aggregate. Goals from Fabian Ruiz and Achraf Hakimi ensured the victory for PSG, who have set up a final against Inter Milan. PSG will be looking to become the first French […]
# Black smoke emerged from the chimney over the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday evening, signalling that a first ballot had been held at the conclave and had concluded without the election of a pope. Sixteen days after Pope Francis’s death, 133 cardinals from around the world swore an oath of secrecy as the conclave got underway. […]
# Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi says the DA’s planned motion of no confidence against Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero will not succeed. The DA has accused the mayor of failing the residents, saying instead of leading with integrity, his administration has been marked by mismanagement, patronage networks, and a disturbing lack of transparency. Lesufi says they […]
# The ANC has accused the DA of misusing the judiciary to score cheap political points. This comes as the High Court in Pretoria has dismissed the DA’s application for leave to appeal an earlier judgment that rejected its request to declare the ANC’s cadre deployment policy unconstitutional. The court found that the DA failed […]
# Afrikaans’ centenary as an official language is celebrated today. Thomas Walters of the DA says over the decades, Afrikaans has developed into a language that reflects the diversity of South Africa, and is a language that connects people, carries stories, and shapes communities. He says today is an opportunity to pay tribute to all […]
