# Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office says an agreement has been reached with the US-led Board of Peace to establish two working groups. This follows a meeting Netanyahu had with US envoy and president Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner yesterday. Netanyahu’s office says the first working group will focus on disarmament and demilitarisation of Gaza, […]
# Rugby: Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus says they are under no illusions about how the All Blacks want to play. There are only two injury concerns in the squad at this stage, captain Siya Kolisi and prop Ox Nche, who could miss the first Test at Ellis Park on Saturday. Erasmus shrugged off the narrative […]
# The MK Party and the United Africans Transformation are seeking leave to appeal an interim interdict by the Western Cape High Court that has halted the work of Parliament’s Impeachment Committee. This comes after the Constitutional Court denied opposition parties led by the African Transformation Movement leave to appeal the High Court interdict, pending president […]
# Consulting Engineers South Africa says the success of the National Water Action Plan will depend on whether capacity and competency development are treated as core, critical elements, and not cut when budgets tighten. The plan sets out a focused, programmatic series of actions to ensure a reliable supply of quality water to all citizens, […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has pledged to use South Africa’s chairship of the Southern African Development Community to deepen regional economic integration and advance resilient, sustainable and inclusive industrialisation. He received the SADC chairship from Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa during the 46th Ordinary Summit of SADC Heads of State and Government in Durban. The handover […]
# US president Donald Trump has threatened to bomb Oman if it “gets in the way” of his effort to end the war with Iran. This comes as the 60-day window for peace talks between America and Tehran expired yesterday. Oman has suffered several strikes from Iran since the conflict broke out; however, the two […]
# Suid-Afrikaanse huishoudings ondervind ‘n verergerende bekostigbaarheids-krisis, ondanks ‘n tydperk van gedempte amptelike voedselinflasie. ‘n Peiling deur die Pietermaritzburgse Ekonomiese Geregtigheids- en Waardigheids-organisasie toon dat die koste van ‘n noodsaaklike voedselmandjie mense se inkomste aansienlik oorskry, wat talle gesinne laat sukkel om basiese voeding te verseker. Woordvoerder Mervyn Abrahams sê daar is ‘n erge gaping […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Weermag en die polisie van Limpopo het oorgrens-misdaadoperasies naby die Zimbabwiese grens verskerp. Operasies wat tussen Donderdag en gister uitgevoer is, het daartoe gelei dat sewe vermoedelik gesteelde voertuie teruggevind en beslag gelê is op onwettige sigarette van meer as 800-duisend-rand. Polisiewoordvoerder Malesela Ledwaba sê die optredes het gefokus op die […]
# Activists and Citizens Forum sê die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag moet versterk word om sake te hanteer wat voortspruit uit die Madlanga-kommissie. Die kommissie se tweede tussentydse verslag beveel strafregtelike stappe aan teen Shadrack Sibiya, Getuie G, Fannie Nkosi en Brown Mogotsi. Die forum se woordvoerder, Dennis Bloem, sê die Nasionale Direkteur van Openbare Vervolging, Andy […]
