# Rugby: South Africa remains top of the World Rugby rankings following their 32-17 comeback victory against France in Paris on Saturday. The Springboks’ lead over second-placed New Zealand has increased to 1.71 points. Ireland and England remain in third and fourth after victories over Japan and Fiji, respectively, and France is still fifth. The […]
# Die Stad Tshwane het ‘n groot elektrisiteitskapitaalprojek in Olievenhoutbosch aan die kontrakteur oorhandig. Dit is die begin van ‘n noodsaaklike infrastruktuur-herstelprojek wat daarop gemik is om die kragvoorsiening aan Olievenhoutbosch en aangrensende gebiede bestendig te maak. Die plaaslike substasie, wat in 2017 verniel is, is reeds etlike jare buite werking. Dit maak groot dele […]
# The national chairperson of the South African Communist Party, Blade Nzimande, has called for a special national congress to address several structural and ideological challenges ahead of next year’s local government elections. The SACP’s fifth national congress in December last year resolved to contest the elections independently from the ANC. In a scathing document, […]
# Tshwane se metropolisie sê hy gaan voort met sy onverbiddelike pogings om die oppergesag van die reg en alle inwoners se veiligheid en sekerheid te verseker. Die departement het die afgelope week ʼn verordening-afdwingingsoperasie uitgevoer in Eersterust en op klein sakeondernemings gefokus. Die burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Gemeenskapsveiligheid, Hannes Coetzee, sê daar is beslag gelê op […]
# ActionSA se burgemeesterskandidaat vir Ekurhuleni, Xolani Khumalo, word vandag amptelik ingehuldig as raadslid. Hy is die voormalige aanbieder van die teen-misdaad TV-program Sizok’thola, wat daarop gemik is om dwelms in gemeenskappe uit te wis. ActionSA se woordvoerder, Matthew George, sê as raadslid sal Khumalo eerstehandse ervaring opdoen van die munisipaliteit se stelsels, bedrywighede en […]
# Die Stad Kaapstad sê die warm somerweer bevorder die verspreiding van kieme, wat beteken meer kinders word tussen November en Mei siek met diarree en ontwatering. Ontwatering is ʼn algemene newe-effek van siektes met buikloop en kan veral vir babas en jong kinders gevaarlik wees. Die burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Gemeenskapsdienste en Gesondheid, Francine Higham, sê […]
# Die GOOD-party vra die nuwe Wes-Kaapse kinderkommissaris, Sarah Roberts, om ʼn vyfjaarstrategie te ontwikkel wat op drie kwessies fokus. Hierdie fokuspunte is honger en voedselonsekerheid, afknouery en seksuele oortredings deur jong seuns en selfs onderwysers by skole. GOOD se sekretaris-generaal, Brett Herron, sê kinders, en veral jong meisies wat seksuele teistering deur medeleerders of […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says if the G20 is going to live up to its mission to tackle pressing global economic and financial issues, then it needs to significantly and urgently reduce inequality. The world’s richest ten-percent account for more than half of total global income; meanwhile, one in four people globally face moderate or […]
# US Senators have passed a funding bill that paves the way to ending the 40-day government shutdown, the longest in American history. The bill received exactly the 60 votes needed to advance in the Senate, with almost all Republicans voting in favour along with eight Democrats. The amended package will still have to be […]
