# Minerals Council South Africa says in the short term to medium term, the South African economy’s ability to retain and sustain jobs will depend on trade negotiations with the US. On a quarter-on-quarter basis, mining added two-thousand second-quarter jobs, with formal mining employment as of June 30 this year reaching the 468-thousand mark compared […]
# Cricket: Bangladesh recorded their second-ever win at a Women’s World Cup, defeating Pakistan by seven wickets in their opening match in Colombo. Shorna Akter claimed career-best figures of three wickets for just five runs as Pakistan were bowled out for 129 in 38.3 overs. In reply, Rubya Haider Jhilik scored an unbeaten 54 off 77 […]
# The World Health Organisation has warned that nearly 42-thousand people in Gaza are living with life-changing injuries from the ongoing conflict, including more than ten-thousand children. This is due to the health system collapsing under relentless strain as the war continues. WHO’s doctor Rik Peeperkorn says over five-thousand people have faced amputation and other […]
# Golf: South Africans Louis Oosthuizen, Herman Loubser, Michael Hollick and Richard Sterne have all made a strong start at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland. The quartet are just two shots off the lead held by England’s Matthew Jordan, American Ryan Brehm and the Netherlands’ Darius van Driel on nine under par. Of […]
# The White House says president Donald Trump expects Hamas to accept his Gaza peace proposal. The 20-point Gaza peace plan, which Israel has accepted, includes the release of all hostages, the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Palestinian territory, and the disarmament of Hamas. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says if Hamas reject […]
# The DA says Wednesday’s actions by the City of Cape Town, bringing in the police to raid and investigate suspected malfeasance by officials, demonstrate the metro will not tolerate crime or corruption. Police executed warrants at 26 locations in Cape Town, related to an alleged tender fraud totalling 1.6-billion-rand. The DA’s Willie Aucamp says […]
# Finance minister Enoch Godongwana has introduced a Special Appropriation Bill in Parliament to allocate 754-million-rand to address the funding shortfall caused by the US withdrawal of health sector donor funding. Last week, the US Supreme Court extended an order that allows president Donald Trump to keep the freeze on foreign aid. The funding termination […]
# Higher Education and Training minister, Buti Manamela, has formally appointed new accounting authorities across all 21 Sector Education and Training Authorities. The appointments follow a high-profile controversy earlier this year that saw former minister Nobuhle Nkabane withdraw a slate of politically linked Seta board chairpersons, after intense public and parliamentary backlash. Manamela says these […]
# Police say the deadly attack on a synagogue in Manchester, England, has been declared a terrorist incident. Two people were killed and four others wounded yesterday when a man drove a car into pedestrians, then attacked people with a knife outside Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue. The attack happened on Yom Kippur, the holiest […]
