# Die minister van Samewerkende Regering en Tradisionele Sake, Velenkosini Hlabisa, sê die regering is daartoe verbind om samewerking tussen munisipaliteite en tradisionele leierskapsinstellings te versterk. Hy het ‘n raadplegings-byeenkoms gelei tussen sy departement en die Nasionale Huis van Tradisionele en Khoi-San-leiers oor die Hersiene Konsep-witskrif oor plaaslike regering. Hlabisa sê die hersiening bied ‘n […]
# Motorsport: Charles Leclerc has signed a multi-year contract renewal with Ferrari ahead of his home Grand Prix in Monaco this weekend. His previous contract extension was reportedly due to expire in 2029. The 28-year-old joined the Scuderia in 2019 after stepping up to F1 with Sauber the previous year. Leclerc has competed in 155 […]
# Athletics: UK Athletics has been fined 7.67-million-rand for the death of Paralympian Abdullah Hayayei. The 36-year-old shot-putter died after a metal throwing cage fell on his head during training in London in 2017. He was preparing for the World Para-athletics Championships. In February, UK Athletics pleaded guilty to corporate manslaughter. UKA’s former head of […]
# The World Meteorological Organisation says there is an 80-percent chance that El Niño will emerge from this month to August, and a near 90-percent probability of it persisting through at least November. The periodic warming of sea surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean typically drives more extreme weather and rainfall patterns. United Nations Secretary-General […]
# The International Organisation for Migration is warning that reactive border closures in response to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda may push people towards less monitored informal crossing points. Over 600 suspected Ebola cases and more than 300 deaths were reported. The IOM says reactive border closures can reduce […]
# Die Stad Tshwane sê hy het die bykomende watertenkwaens wat tydens Rand Water se beplande instandhoudingswerk ontplooi is, onttrek nadat die verspreidingsnetwerk tekens van herstel begin toon het. Tegnici hou ‘n ogie oor die Mabopane- en die Kruisfontein-stelsel, en dele van die Soshanguve L- en die Soshanguve DD-stelsel, wat op laer vlakke funksioneer. Die […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse polisie ontken die moord op die 19-jarige Nhlamulo Sambo, oorspronklik van Giyani in Limpopo, in Mosselbaai hou verband met betogings teen onwettige immigrante. Sy ma, Patricia Sambo, het op sosiale media beweer haar seun is die naweek tydens betogings vermoor omdat hy Tsonga bepraat het. Die provinsie se polisiekommissaris, Thembisile Patekile, sê […]
# Cricket: Cricket Canada has appointed lawyer and former Pan American athlete, Dasha Peregoudova, to lead an independent investigation to examine governance and financial control issues within the organisation. This comes after the International Cricket Council suspended Canada’s membership following a series of controversies and allegations of corruption and financial mismanagement. The country’s national teams […]
# Eskom sê sy agterstallige forensiese ondersoekprojek vorder nadat ‘n tender uitgereik is vir spesialisondersoekers vanaf 1 September. Dit kom te midde van onreëlmatige dieselverkrygingskontrakte ter waarde van miljarde, en verliese weens spookverkope, wat die kragvoorsiener meer as 20-miljard-rand oor drie jaar gekos het. Eskom-woordvoerder Daphne Mokwena sê die kragopwekker se forensiese ondersoekfunksie is ‘n […]
