# Employment and Labour minister, Nomakhosazana Meth says despite signs of economic stabilisation and improving investor confidence, South Africa continues to face a massive job crisis. The country’s official unemployment rate rose to 32.7-percent in the first quarter of this year. Meth says her department is intensifying efforts to tackle unemployment through a combination of […]
# Ukraine’s Foreign minister, Andrii Sybiha, says the latest strikes by Russia show president Vladimir Putin is running out of options. Moscow launched massive missile and drone attacks in Kyiv and the central city of Dnipro yesterday morning, killing at least 22 people, including two children. Russia says the systematic strikes were retaliation for last month’s […]
# Schools in the Eden and Central Karoo districts of the Western Cape will be closed today and tomorrow. This is due to the South African Weather Service issuing a Level 8 Orange warning for heavy rainfall and potential widespread flooding for parts of the Western and Eastern Cape. Western Cape Education MEC, David Maynier, […]
# Die Johannesburgse Eiendomsmaatskappy verwerp bewerings wat die Proton House-skikkingsooreenkoms verbind met politieke ontwikkelinge binne die Stad Johannesburg. Die voormalige burgemeester, Mpho Phalatse, het beweer die skikking was korrup en fondse wat met die saak verband hou, is vir onbehoorlike politieke doeleindes gebruik. Die maatskappy sê die skikking was ‘n wettige kontraktuele besluit en nie […]
# Gun Free South Africa sê vuurwapenlisensie-aansoeke het skerp toegeneem, met kommer oor misdaad, geweld en persoonlike veiligheid wat meer Suid-Afrikaners aanmoedig om vuurwapens te besit. Die Wysigingswetsontwerp op Vuurwapenbeheer, wat voorstel selfverdediging moenie meer as ‘n geldige rede vir die besit van ‘n vuurwapen beskou word nie, is terugverwys vir verdere raadpleging ná openbare […]
# Die ANC-Jeugliga sê hy bring hulde aan die dapper gees van die jongmense van 1976 wat opgestaan het teen onreg en geveg het vir ‘n beter toekoms. Die 50ste herdenking van die Soweto-opstand vind oor twee weke plaas. Duisende studente het destyds betoog teen die Bantoe-onderwysstelsel en die verpligte gebruik van Afrikaans in skole. […]
# The director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, says the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran is no longer a workable model. Tehran’s nuclear and technological capabilities have significantly advanced since the previous deal was reached. Iran shipped approximately eleven tonnes of low-enriched uranium to Russia in exchange for natural uranium as a […]
# The United Nations says the escalation of hostilities in Lebanon underscores the need for a diplomatic solution to end the cycle of violence. Israel and Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah have continued attacks despite accepting a US plan to halt hostilities. Since March, three-thousand-412 people have been killed and more than ten-thousand injured in strikes […]
# Parliament says the impeachment committee investigating president Cyril Ramaphosa will now focus on determining its programme of work and considering the next steps in the enquiry process. This follows yesterday’s appointment of Rise Mzansi’s Makashule Gana as chairperson. Parliament says he will provide leadership to the committee, oversee its proceedings, guide its deliberations, and ensure its […]
