# The Madlanga Commission has served notorious Mpumalanga taxi boss Joe ‘Ferrari’ Sibanyoni with a Rule 10.6 notice, requiring him to respond to questions relating to matters the commission is investigating. He reportedly needs to answer questions about alleged criminal syndicates and his association with the late taxi boss Jothan “King Mswazi” Msibi and controversial businessman Steven […]
# Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky says his country has only about one-percent of the required stockpile of Patriot interceptor missiles needed to defend against intensified Russian ballistic attacks. Moscow has stepped up its ballistic missile strikes against Kyiv in recent weeks. There is a global shortage of the interceptor missiles due to the US-Israeli war […]
# Business Leadership South Africa says the Public Investment Corporation needs a fundamental overhaul of its governance. Last week, the Gauteng High Court overturned the suspension of PIC CEO Patrick Dlamini, ruling that the board that suspended him lacked the authority to do so, as only the Finance Minister holds that power. The Mpati Commission […]
# The death toll from the Lake Kariba ferry disaster in Zimbabwe has risen to 44. An overcrowded ferry carrying about 120 people, including children and five crew members, capsized after it hit large waves. According to Zimbabwe’s Civil Protection Unit, the boat had a capacity of 90 people. So far, 77 people have been […]
# Rugby: Bulls coach Johan Ackermann says they are relishing the chance to test themselves against the All Blacks at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday. The Bulls have had to split their pre-season to accommodate this one-off game, as ordinarily they would have just returned from their off-season break. The All Blacks have defeated both the […]
# Parliament’s Impeachment Committee says it has noted the Constitutional Court’s ruling, denying the direct application for leave to appeal against the Western Cape High Court judgment on president Cyril Ramaphosa’s interdict. The African Transformation Movement had sought to overturn the court’s ruling last month, halting a parliamentary inquiry into Ramaphosa’s handling of a burglary […]
# The International Energy Agency has warned that world oil supply is set to fall further than previously expected this year, as a result of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. The vital waterway has effectively been closed by Iran since the US-Israeli war with Tehran began in late February. The IEA forecast that […]
# Suid-Korea het ‘n omvattende tegnologiestrategie onthul wat op sewe sleutelprojekte fokus en wissel van kernenergie en kwantumrekenaars tot ruimtevaart en biotegnologie. Die land wil nuwe dryfkragte vir ekonomiese groei ontwikkel wat verder strek as halfgeleiers en kunsmatige intelligensie. President Lee Jae-myung het tydens die bekendstelling gesê die strategie verenig doelwitte. Dit sluit in die […]
# Die vakbondfederasie SAFTU sê duisende verlate, vervalle en onbeveiligde myne het doodstrikke, omgewingsgevare en ‘n teelaarde vir georganiseerde misdaadsindikate geword. Veertien onwettige mynwerkers is gister dood in ‘n rotstorting in ‘n myn in Nkaneng naby Rustenburg in Noordwes. Die meeste van hulle was van Lesotho. Asive Dyani van SAFTU sê die tragedie toon opnuut […]
