# Rugby: Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus has named a strong matchday-23 for the one-off Test against Argentina in Buenos Aires on Saturday, with Siya Kolisi returning to captain the side. The starting lineup carries 13 changes from the one that beat Wales, with Eben Etzebeth, Lood de Jager, Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu and Morné van den Berg […]
# US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says progress has been made in talks with Iran and Oman on the Strait of Hormuz, but no final agreement has been reached. This comes as oil prices fell to a three-week low yesterday, with a barrel of Brent crude falling by almost five-percent. Tehran says it is […]
# MK Party president Jacob Zuma has appointed his son, Duduzani, as the party’s first deputy president. He replaces John Hlophe, who retains his position as the party’s parliamentary leader. Tony Yengeni is now the second deputy president. As part of several changes to the party’s national structure, Zuma has fired Nkosinathi Nhleko as national […]
# Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi has reaffirmed the provincial government’s commitment to winning the fight against crime, describing it as the biggest obstacle to economic growth, job creation and safer communities. The province recorded an overall 5.2-percent decrease in 17 community-reported serious crimes during the fourth-quarter crime statistics for the 2025/2026 financial year. Speaking at […]
# Qatar’s Foreign Ministry says efforts to reach a diplomatic solution between the US and Iran are ongoing, and no direct negotiations between the two sides are scheduled. There have been conflicting statements from both Washington and Tehran on whether talks had resumed. The ministry’s spokesperson, Majed al-Ansari, says mediators are coordinating closely to facilitate […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says government is taking steps to root out the so-called construction mafia, who are disrupting building sites and new infrastructure projects. The country’s construction industry estimates that 180 public infrastructure projects worth 63-billion-rand have been delayed as a result of extortion, intimidation or violence before the intervention. Speaking at the opening […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse LUR vir Landbou, Ekonomiese Ontwikkeling en Toerisme, Ivan Meyer, sê volhoubare ekonomiese groei vereis doeltreffende vennootskappe tussen die regering en die sakewêreld, en ‘n gedeelde verbintenis tot die instel en lewering daarvan. Hy het ‘n ontmoeting met sakeleiers aangebied. Meyer sê die drie belangrikste punte wat geïdentifiseer is, is die versnelde lewering […]
# Die Motorbedryfpersoneelvereniging bevraagteken of die Nasionale Raad vir Geslagsgeweld en Vrouemoord betekenisvolle verandering sal teweegbring. Die statutêre liggaam het die mandaat om strategiese leierskap te bied wat geslagsgeweld sal uitwis. Die raad is ook verantwoordelik om samewerking tussen verskillende sektore te bevorder in die uitvoering van die nasionale strategie teen geslagsgeweld en vrouemoord. Woordvoerder […]
# Die minister van Menslike Nedersettings, Thembi Simelane, sê die land benodig bekwame staatsamptenare wat die staatsdiens beskou as ‘n roeping en nie slegs ‘n loopbaan nie. Sy sê die land se ontwikkelingsagenda is afhanklik van bekwame instellings, etiese leierskap en ‘n nuwe geslag beroepslui wat daartoe verbind is om in openbare belang te dien. […]
