# Die DA het ‘n paar dae voor die munisipale verkiesing gesê alle politieke partye moet regverdig en gelyk behandel word. Die party het ‘n hofbevel bekom wat radiostasies verplig om toegekende party-verkiesingsuitsendings uit te saai. Die uitsendings is gratis radio- en televisie-lugtyd wat toegeken word aan mededingende politieke partye en onafhanklike kandidate. Die DA-lid […]
# Senator and defeated presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro has declared himself Brazil’s rightful leader after fleeing to the US. He lost Sunday’s run-off election to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who was re-elected for a fourth term. Bolsonaro, who is currently under investigation by Brazil’s highest court for alleged acts of corruption and money laundering, […]
# Namibia’s central bank has raised its main interest rate by 25 basis points to seven-percent as inflation accelerated to 5.4-percent – the highest level since January 2024. It has kept its growth outlook unchanged at 2.1-percent this year and 2.8-percent next year, although foot-and-mouth disease, weaker global growth and potential El Niño conditions still pose risks. Governor […]
# With South Africans heading to the polls next week, president Cyril Ramaphosa has called for unity, saying divisions should not be allowed to undermine citizens’ democratic rights. He addressed the Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s 170th anniversary gala dinner. Forty-three suspected political assassinations were recorded between January and last month. Ramaphosa says local […]
# City Power in Johannesburg het in die 2025/26-boekjaar 236-miljoen-rand bestee om elektrisiteit-infrastruktuur te vervang weens kabeldiefstal en opsetlike beskadiging. Dit veroorsaak sowat 20-persent van alle kragonderbrekings in die nutsmaatskappy se netwerk in die metro. City Power se waarnemende hoof, Charles Tlouane, sê dis nie bloot misdadige optrede nie, maar ondermyn regstreeks hulle vermoë om […]
# Die Vryheidsfront Plus in Gauteng vra ʼn dringende ondersoek na sekere bedrywighede in Lewisham en Krugersdorp in Mogale City. Party-lede het gister ʼn oorsigbesoek gebring en talle kommerwekkende situasies identifiseer. Dit sluit ʼn aanleg in wat op munisipale grond reg onder elektriese kragdrade kompos vervaardig. Jaco Mulder van die VF Plus sê zama-zamas se […]
# Olympics: The International Olympic Committee says it’s all systems go for the historic Dakar Youth Games in Senegal. Two-thousand-655 of the world’s best young athletes aged 14 to 17 are expected to take part in the first Olympic event to be held in Africa, from Saturday to 13 November. The event will feature 25 competition […]
# Die Gautengse Gesondheidsdepartement moedig gemeenskappe aan om voort te gaan met gesprekke oor geestesgesondheid en waarsku werkloosheid, finansiële probleme, geslagsgeweld en dwelmmisbruik kan geestes-welstand benadeel. Oktober is Geestesgesondheid-bewusmakingsmaand in Suid-Afrika. Die departement se woordvoerder, Steve Mabona, sê volgehoue stigma, diskriminasie en gevaarlike stereotipes keer dat mense in die vroeë stadiums noodsaaklike hulp soek:
# Motorsport: Thirty-six-year-old Sergio Perez has signed a new multi-year contract with Cadillac which will see him remain with the American Formula One outfit until at least 2029. His contract was understood to have been due to expire at the end of next year. Perez, who joined the team ahead of its F-1 debut this […]
