# Government has secured a 15.91-billion-rand loan from the World Bank’s International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. The six-year South Africa Metro Trading Services Programme aims to improve the accountability, financial health, and operational performance of essential urban services in the country’s eight largest metropolitan municipalities. These include Johannesburg, Cape Town, eThekwini, and Buffalo City. Minister of Finance […]
# Die woordvoerder van die Waarheid- en Versoeningskommissie, Lionel Adendorf, sê die Khampepe-kommissie van ondersoek sal help om afsluiting te bring vir 25 gesinne wat steeds geregtigheid soek. Die kommissie begin vandag met sy werk in Johannesburg en ondersoek beweerde politieke inmenging in apartheidsera-vervolgings. Adendorf sê dit is noodsaaklik om te bepaal waarom die Nasionale […]
# South Korea’s former president, Yoon Suk Yeol, has been indicted on additional charges of abusing power and aiding an enemy state. This relates to his short-lived imposition of martial law last year. The country’s special prosecutor says Yoon attempted to provoke military conflict between South and North Korea to declare martial law, citing evidence found […]
# The Gauteng Department of Education has welcomed the conviction and sentencing of a former finance clerk at Laerskool Akasia in Pretoria following an investigation by the department’s Anti-Corruption Unit. She was found guilty of fraud and theft by the Pretoria North Magistrate’s Court, and sentenced to three-years imprisonment, wholly suspended for five-years. The department’s […]
# Soccer: Manchester City has moved up to second place on the Premier League table with their 3-0 victory over reigning champions Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium. Erling Haaland scored his 99th Premier League goal, with Nico Gonzalez and Jeremy Doku also on the scoresheet. City is now only four points behind leaders Arsenal following their […]
# Rugby: Welsh captain Jac Morgan will miss the rest of the Autumn Nations Series after he suffered a dislocated shoulder in the record 52-28 defeat to Argentina in Cardiff yesterday. Former captain Dewi Lake will assume the captaincy, while Tommy Reffell and Harri Deaves are among those under consideration for Morgan’s replacement. Wales’ new […]
# Die minister van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing, Dion George, het sy beslissing afgehandel oor ongeveer 150 appèl-aansoeke in die perlemoensektor. Die aansoeke spruit uit besluite om vrystellings ingevolge die Wet op Mariene Lewende Hulpbronne te weier na die departement se streng nagaan-proses. Woordvoerder Thobile Zulu-Molobi sê daar is bevind dat baie aansoekers die […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse LUR vir Landbou, Ekonomiese Ontwikkeling en Toerisme, Ivan Meyer, sê die eerste Wes-Kaapse Beleggingsberaad het die kern-visie van die provinsie se Groei-vir-Werk-strategie omvat. Ses belangrike beleggingsverklarings ter waarde van altesaam 50-miljard-rand is tydens die beraad gemaak. Die provinsie se ekonomie het verlede jaar met 0,5-persent gegroei wat dieselfde as die nasionale gemiddeld […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says an important part of South Africa’s response to inequality is to promote debt sustainability, especially for developing economies. He says in his weekly newsletter interest on sovereign debt repayments, particularly in Africa, is stifling public spending and economic growth. Ramaphosa says South Africa is using its G20 presidency to advocate for […]
