# Die adjunkminister van Wetenskap, Tegnologie en Innovering, Nomalungelo Gina, sê wetenskap moet toeganklik wees vir gemeenskappe en in praktiese oplossings omskep word wat klimaatsverandering, voedselsekerheid, landbou, openbare gesondheid en ander maatskaplike uitdagings aanspreek. Die Verenigde Nasies waarsku Suid-Afrika word twee keer vinniger warm as die res van die wêreld, wat lei tot ernstige droogtes, […]
# Die GOOD-party beskryf Kaapstad se burgemeester, Geordin Hill-Lewis, se interregeringsgeskil met die waarnemende minister van Polisie, Firoz Cachalia. as ʼn politieke foefie. Dit volg nadat die nasionale regering geweier het om Kaapstad se metropolisie-beamptes ondersoekmagte te gee. GOOD se sekretaris-generaal, Brett Herron, sê geskille met die regering gaan nie die basiese oorsake van bendebedrywighede […]
# Die ANC sê hy is nie verbaas oor die DA, AfriForum en die Instituut vir Rasseverhoudinge se regsaansoek teen die Onteieningswet nie. Die organisasies vra ‘n uitspraak deur die Wes-Kaapse Hooggeregshof of bepalings in die Wet aan die Grondwet voldoen. Die ANC sê die DA het elke beslissende ingryping teengestaan om apartheid se strukturele […]
# Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the Israeli Defence Force will not withdraw from its current lines in Gaza until Hamas has completely disarmed. This comes amid disagreements over a roadmap floated by US president Donald Trump’s Board of Peace for Hamas disarmament and Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza under a ceasefire agreement. The IDF […]
# MK Party president Jacob Zuma has placed the party’s finances under his personal control, stripping all officials of their bank account signing authority with immediate effect. This comes as he has dissolved the Strategic Presidential Team. The MK Party national spokesperson, Sifiso Mahlangu, says the moratorium previously imposed on matters relating to the party’s […]
# Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts inquiry into the Road Accident Fund has found that the fund’s former management deliberately bypassed the board when approving extensive security measures for former CEO Collins Letsoalo. RAF spent at least 27-million-rand on Letsoalo’s security between 2023 and 2025. This is despite a police security assessment revealing no […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says deputy president Paul Mashatile is recovering well and will be back at work soon. This comes after he underwent a minor surgical procedure. Ramaphosa, who visited Mashatile yesterday, says he is in high spirits and is pleased with his recovery. No further details about the procedure were provided. The Presidency […]
# The World Health Organisation says efforts are advancing towards enhanced treatment and the world’s first vaccine for the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola. Three-thousand-748 cases, including one-thousand-657 deaths, have been recorded in the largest-ever Ebola outbreak on record in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Clinical trials of medicine and treatment options are rolling out […]
# Soccer: Banyana Banyana are through to the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinals after beating Burkina Faso 1-0 in Casablanca. Striker Thembi Kgatlana scored the all-important winning goal in the 21st minute as South Africa finished second in Group B behind Ivory Coast, who defeated Tanzania 2-1 in the other match. Desiree Ellis’ side will […]
