# Die Vryheidsfront Plus sê Suid-Afrika kan nie sy handelsmarkte, beleggings en ekonomiese groei volhoubaar herstel as plaaslike regering nie eers herstel word nie. Die party sê wanbestuur, wateronderbrekings, vervalle paaie en swak vullis-bestuur is van die kwessies wat munisipaliteite raak. Woordvoerder Jaco Mulder sê hulle moet terugkeer na die basiese beginsels van bevoegde bestuur, […]
# Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Dean Macpherson says South Africa is stepping up the pace of infrastructure delivery, with 81 Strategic Integrated Projects comprising 263 individual projects. The projects’ estimated combined value is 1.9-trillion-rand. The minister says over the past 18 months, 37 projects, worth approximately 69-billion-rand, have been completed, while a further 82 […]
# Cricket: South Africa will be without all-rounder Jason Smith for the T20 Tri Series against Zimbabwe and Namibia in Windhoek due to injury. The 31-year-old has suffered an adductor muscle strain. Bjorn Fortuin will captain the squad for the tri-series, which will run from August 28 to September 6. Smith will undergo further assessments to […]
# Rwandan president Paul Kagame has rejected the narrative that his country is responsible for the current conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, blaming factions within the DRC instead. His remarks come against the backdrop of successive attempts to negotiate an end to the conflict, including the US peace agreement. Kagame says […]
# The EFF has formally lodged a complaint against the DA’s Mark Burke with Parliament’s Joint Committee on Ethics and Members’ Interests. This follows allegations that Kastelo, the company he founded, has been investigated by the South African Reserve Bank for apparent exchange control violations in transactions valued at four-billion-rand. Last week, the DA removed […]
# The Gauteng Department of Education says it is attending to infrastructure concerns raised at Reiger Park Secondary School in Boksburg. Concerns include the condition and functionality of ablution facilities at the school, as well as access to drinking water for learners. The department’s spokesperson, Onwabile Lubhelwana, says a team of inspectors will conduct an […]
# The Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein will today hear government’s appeal against the ruling by the High Court in Pretoria on the 370-rand Social Relief of Distress grant. The High Court found several SRD grant regulations unconstitutional and invalid, including the requirement for applications to be submitted online only. Civil society groups say […]
# Swimming: The international body Aquatics Integrity Unit has provisionally suspended Swimming South Africa president Alan Fritz and CEO Shaun Adriaanse over potential violations of the World Aquatics Integrity Code. The allegations include abuse of power and providing false information and fake documents. The AIU says Fritz and Adriaanse are prohibited from holding any position […]
# US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has launched ‘Operation Economic Outcast’, an economic onslaught against Iran’s financial connections around the globe. This as the US has imposed a host of new sanctions against Tehran, covering sectors like digital assets, technology and shipping that the Treasury Department determined Iran has relied on to prop up its […]
