# China se Nasionale Energie-administrasie sê die land se geïnstalleerde sonkrag-vermoë het teen die einde van Julie 1,286-miljard kilowatt bereik. Geïnstalleerde sonkrag-vermoë het die eerste keer steenkool-krag verbygesteek om die grootste kragbron in China te word. China het in die eerste sewe maande van vanjaar meer as 86 gigawatt sonkrag bygevoeg, wat die algehele sonkragvermoë […]
# FNB se senior landbou-ekonoom, Paul Makube, sê vandag se skerp brandstofprysverhoging kom op ‘n kwesbare tyd vir die landbousektor, slegs weke voor die begin van die somergewas-produksieseisoen. Petrolpryse het met een-rand-34-sent per-liter gestyg, en dieselpryse met tussen twee-rand-93- en drie-rand-15-sent per-liter. Makube sê die jongste styging in dieselpryse dui aan kostedruk kan weer begin […]
# Die Spesiale Ondersoekeenheid verwelkom die inhegtenisneming van die sindikaatbaas Joel Govindraju in verband met die ondersoek na meer as twee-miljard-rand wat deur tenderbedrog van die Tembisa-hospitaal in Gauteng geplunder is. Hy staan tereg op verskeie aanklagte in verband met die beweerde verkryging van mediese voorraad en toerusting. Die SOE beweer die Govindraju-sindikaat het sowat […]
# A report shows the glacier that collapsed and triggered the deadly flash floods in Nepal and Tibet last week, showed visible signs of instability days before the disaster. The death toll stands at over one-thousand-100, with some four-thousand people still missing. The report, compiled by a group of international scientists, states pre-event indications included […]
# Golf: Fifteen-time major champion Tiger Woods, who is scheduled to appear in a Florida court today, is reportedly set to change his not guilty plea as part of an ongoing driving under the influence case. The 50-year-old was arrested after he crashed his Land Rover in Florida in March. He passed a breathalyser test but […]
# The US Congress has passed an extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act until the end of 2028. This followed Senate’s approval last month. AGOA was first enacted in 2000 to provide duty-free access to the US market for eligible Sub-Saharan countries, including South Africa, covering over one-thousand-800 products. Democratic Congresswoman Terri Sewell […]
# Die minister van Justisie en Grondwetlike Ontwikkeling, Mmamoloko Kubayi, sê Leonard Lekgetho is aangestel as nuwe hoof van die Spesiale Ondersoekeenheid terwyl die regering sy pogings voortsit om korrupsie te bekamp. Lekgetho het 19 jaar ervaring in die eenheid. Woordvoerder Palesa Rammitlwa sê Kubayi glo sy ondervinding en grondige kennis sal hom goed te […]
# Soccer: English Premier League clubs have smashed the transfer spending record for a second straight year, spending 75.5-billion-rand. Eleven of the 20 clubs broke their transfer records. Enzo Fernandez’s joint-British transfer record move from Chelsea to Manchester City grabbed the headlines after being sold for 2.7-billion-rand. The Argentinian is the fourth player to be […]
# Die Vereniging van Staatsamptenare doen ʼn beroep op die regering om dringend maatreëls in te stel wat Suid-Afrikaners teen vandeesmaand se skerp styging in brandstofpryse kan beskerm. Albei grade petrol het met een-rand-34-sent per liter gestyg terwyl diesel tussen twee-rand-93-sent en drie-rand-15-sent per liter meer kos. Die vakbond-woordvoerder, Claude Naicker, sê dringende maatreëls, soos onmiddellike […]
