# Die Stad Tshwane het in die tweede kwartaal vanjaar 22-duisend werksgeleenthede bygevoeg. Volgens Statistiek Suid-Afrika het die metro se amptelike werkloosheidsyfer met 2,6-persent gedaal, van 36,8-persent tot 34,2-persent. Tshwane-burgemeester Nasiphi Moya se woordvoerder, Zintle Mahlati, sê terwyl Tshwane werksgeleenthede bygekry het, het Johannesburg in die kwartaal sowat 28-duisend en Ekurhuleni omtrent drie-duisend werksgeleenthede verloor. […]
# ANC stalwart and former minister Naledi Pandor has expressed concern about the new private Afrikaans-only Akademia university campus being built in Pretoria. The new campus is being developed through a partnership between Solidarity and Kanton, with the total development cost expected to exceed three-billion-rand. It will cater for five-thousand full-time undergraduate students and one-thousand-500 […]
# Cosatu sê moedige en bepalende optrede is nodig om die land se werkloosheidskrisis te takel. Suid-Afrika se amptelike werkloosheidsyfer het met 0,9-persent gestyg van 32,7-persent in die eerste kwartaal vanjaar tot 33,6-persent in die tweede kwartaal. Cosatu-woordvoerder Matthew Parks sê die omvang van die krisis vereis ʼn aggressiewe stimuluspakket om die ekonomie aan die gang […]
# Thailand’s government has stopped the issuing of new licenses to possess, purchase and carry firearms following last week’s deadly school shooting. A 14-year-old shot his grandparents using a handgun owned by his grandfather, before opening fire at the Debsirin Nonthaburi School outside Bangkok, killing five staff members and one 12-year-old girl. He then turned […]
# Tennis: World number two Elena Rybakina defeated Japan’s Naomi Osaka, 4-6, 7-6, 6-4, to make the Canadian Open semifinals in Toronto. The Kazakhstani will face Coco Gauff after the American received a walkover, following Belinda Bencic of Switzerland’s withdrawal from their quarterfinal match due to a hip injury. The other semifinal will see Poland’s […]
# Netball: Cape Town narrowly defeated Tshwane 56-55 to win the National Netball Championships title at Stellenberg High School in Cape Town. Sigi Burger scored in the dying seconds to secure a last-gasp victory for the home team. Mangaung earned a narrow 45-44 win over Johannesburg in the third-place play-off. Meanwhile, in the Under 21-division […]
# Emergency rescue workers are racing to find survivors after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday, killing at least 240 people. Almost two-thousand-600 had been injured, and nearly 200 people remain missing. Further tremors were felt in Cali yesterday, one of the worst-affected cities, with more than 70 occurring since Monday. Emergency […]
# The National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure says maximum available resources have been deployed to ensure the safety of the 12 Heads of State and Government expected to attend the 46th Ordinary SADC Summit in Durban on 16 and 17 August. Extensive security preparations are already in place at the Durban International Convention Centre, […]
# The South African government is seeking reimbursements from the governments of Malawi, Nigeria and Ethiopia for costs incurred in repatriating their nationals. The Border Management Authority has revealed that 89-thousand-936 people had been repatriated through South Africa’s ports of entry by August 7th. The Department of Home Affairs director-general, Tommy Makhode, says the mass […]
