# Parliament’s presiding officers have expressed shock and condemned the senseless killing of IFP deputy chief whip Khethamabala Petros Sithole. The 68-year-old, who was deployed to the National Assembly in 2010, was gunned down in Katlehong on the East Rand on Saturday evening. Parliament’s spokesperson, Moloto Mothapo, says Sithole was a seasoned and principled public […]
# At least 31 people were killed and over 100 injured after Israeli forces opened fire near the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation hub on Sunday. According to the Palestine Red Crescent Society, crowds of people had converged on the site in the Rafah area to obtain aid when Israeli forces opened fire. However, the US and […]
# The US embassy in Pretoria says refugees continue to arrive in America from South Africa on commercial flights as part of the Afrikaner resettlement programme’s ongoing operations. Last month, a group of 49 Afrikaners left the country for the US, claiming that they were victims of genocide and sought refugee status. The embassy told […]
# Motorsport: McLaren’s Oscar Piastri has extended his lead in the drivers’ championship over teammate Lando Norris to ten points, after winning a dramatic Spanish Grand Prix. Norris finished second with Charles Leclerc in third for Ferrari. Reigning world champion Max Verstappen of Red Bull, who was involved in a series of incidents, crossed the […]
# The Gauteng police say they are looking for three suspects in connection with the killing of IFP deputy chief whip Khethamabala Petros Sithole. He was killed in a shooting at the Buyafuthi Hostel in Katlehong on the East Rand on Saturday. His party has described the killing as an assassination. Provincial police spokesperson, Brenda […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Verdedigingsvakbond is bekommerd oor onderbefondsing en soldate se swak lone. Dit was gister die Verenigde Nasies se Internasionale Dag vir Vredebewaarders. Jeff Dubazani van die vakbond het aan die SABC gesê dit is onaanvaarbaar om te verwag dat Suid-Afrika moet voortgaan met sy deelname aan wêreldwye vredesendings, ondanks besnoeiings aan verdedigingsbegrotings […]
# Die helfte van die wêreldbevolking het die afgelope jaar ‘n bykomende maand van uiterste hitte verduur as gevolg van mensgemaakte klimaatsverandering. ‘n Nuwe studie beklemtoon hoe die voortgesette verbranding van fossielbrandstowwe gesondheid en welstand op elke vasteland benadeel, terwyl die gevolge in ontwikkelende lande moeiliker is om te bepaal. Die ontleding deur wetenskaplikes by […]
# Cosatu verwelkom die Monetêre Beleidskomitee van die Suid-Afrikaanse Reserwebank se verlaging van 25 basispunte in die terugkoopkoers. Dit beteken die terugkoopkoers is tans 7,25-persent en die prima uitleenkoers is 10,75-persent. Matthew Parks van Cosatu sê al het hulle gehoop vir ‘n groter koersverlaging van ten minste 50 basispunte, sal dit nietemin waardevolle verligting bied […]
# Die minister van Hoër Onderwys, Nobuhle Nkabane, het een van die Universiteit van Pretoria se jongste gegradueerdes ooit, Mongiwa Hazel Ntuli, gelukgewens. Sy het die graad in Aktuariële Wetenskap op die ouderdom van 17 voltooi. Die departement se woordvoerder, Camagwini Mavovana, sê Ntuli is ‘n sprekende voorbeeld van akademiese uitnemendheid, volharding en die hervormende […]
