# Gauteng Finance MEC, Nkululeko Dunga, says a plan of action has been established to address the worrying state of finances in the province’s municipalities. Six of the eleven municipalities received unqualified audit opinions with findings in the 2024/2025 financial year. For the year under review, Gauteng municipalities recorded a total of 14.4-billion-rand in irregular […]
# Forum for South Africa het kommer uitgespreek oor oudpresident Jacob Zuma se onlangse besoek aan Indië. Hy is tydens die reis afgeneem saam met Suid-Afrika se hoëkommissaris in Indië, Anil Sooklal, en die vermeende staatskapings-argitek, Ajay Gupta. Die Departement van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking ondersoek nou die kwessie. FOSA se leier, Tebogo Mashilompane, sê […]
# Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, has once again defended her government’s handling of last month’s deadly twin earthquakes, accusing critics of seeking to stir hatred against the state. Many Venezuelans have accused the government of chronic mismanagement and corruption, and an inadequate response to the disaster. Three-thousand-342 people have been killed after two earthquakes […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse regering sê hy het die gekoördineerde humanitêre repatriasie om buitelandse burgers te help wat vrywillig na hul geboortelande wou terugkeer, suksesvol voltooi. Die repatriasie het gevolg na omvattende verifiëring, registrasie en logistieke beplanning deur die Departement van Binnelandse Sake en sy ondersteunende vennote. Premier Alan Winde sê die tydelike geriewe wat vir […]
# Die adjunkminister van Openbare Werke en Infrastruktuur, Sihle Zikalala, het die regering se verbintenis herbevestig tot die uitbreiding van veilige, bekostigbare en gehalte-studenteverblyf. Hy sê die infrastruktuurprogram vir studentebehuising by universiteite en TVET-kolleges beoog om teen 2030 ongeveer 300-duisend beddens te lewer. Zikalala sê fase een het reeds minstens 12-duisend-219 beddens gelewer, ongeveer drie-duisend […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Police chairperson, Ian Cameron, has called on SAPS management to consider whether additional charges should be pursued against suspended deputy Crime Intelligence head, Feroz Khan. Last week, the Madlanga Commission heard evidence on how Khan allegedly facilitated tenders on behalf of controversial businessman Mohammed “Mo” Sayed. The tenders include an […]
# The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies, including Russia, have agreed to increase oil production as traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains below pre-war levels. The seven oil-producing members will raise daily output by 188-thousand barrels from August. This is on top of similar increases for June and July. Gulf oil exports in June jumped […]
# Tennis: Seven-time champion Novak Djokovic is through to his 17th Wimbledon quarterfinal after defeating Russian qualifier Roman Safiullin. The Serb has broken Roger Federer’s record for match victories at the All England Club with 106. Italian defending champion Jannik Sinner beat Japanese qualifier Shintaro Mochizuki, 6-3, 7-6, 6-3, to make the last eight. In […]
# The Department of Home Affairs says one of the Zimbabwean immigrants processed at the Musina Repatriation Centre in Limpopo has been detained on suspicion of murder. No further details were given about the incident. The department has been accelerating the repatriation of Malawian and Zimbabwean nationals at the centre over the weekend. Limpopo Home […]
