# The death toll from last week’s flash flooding disaster in the Nepal-Tibet border region now stands at 955, with some four-thousand-471 people still unaccounted for. Among the missing are hundreds of workers in hydro project tunnels, underground passages that facilitate the movement of water from hydro projects. Nepal’s prime minister, Balendra Shah, has acknowledged […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says the focus on modernising and transforming South Africa’s energy system is to ensure energy security and provide cheap and clean electricity for all citizens. In his weekly newsletter, he says the country must move away from its century-old reliance on a single utility provider if it hopes to secure an […]
# Soccer: Argentina’s Lionel Messi has retired from international soccer, leaving a record-breaking legacy of 125 goals from 207 games. The 39-year-old played in six World Cups, won the tournament in Qatar in 2022 and led Argentina to the final this year but lost to Spain. Messi, who is Argentina’s all-time leading goal scorer and most-capped […]
# Soccer: Argentina great Lionel Messi has announced his retirement from international soccer at the age of 39, saying he has nothing left to give to the national side.
# President Cyril Ramaphosa en die voorsitter van Eskom se raad, Mteto Nyati, het vergader om Suid-Afrika se verbintenis tot energiehervorming te herbevestig. Hervormings is noodsaaklik om bekostigbare, betroubare en volhoubare elektrisiteitsvoorsiening te verseker. Nyati het vroeër gewaarsku regeringsplanne oor eienaarskap van Eskom kan die onderneming se finansies benadeel en beleggers afskrik. Woordvoerder Vincent Magwenya […]
# DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis has criticised president Cyril Ramaphosa’s claim in his party’s local government manifesto that ANC-run municipalities will enjoy an advantage because their mayors can turn to a comrade in national government. He says this is contrary to the reality and the spirit of the government of national unity. Hill-Lewis says Ramaphosa […]
# Soccer: Mamelodi Sundowns will face Orlando Pirates in the MTN8 final. The Brazilians claimed a hard-fought 3-2 win over Golden Arrows in their semifinal second leg in Durban yesterday. The victory sent Sundowns through on the away-goals rule after a 3-3 aggregate draw. Orlando Pirates are one win away from a fifth successive MTN8 […]
# Dis vandag Internasionale Oordosis-bewusmakingsdag. Die Departement van Maatskaplike Ontwikkeling sê dit herinner mense dat oordosisse ʼn ernstige uitdaging bly wat mense, gesinne en gemeenskappe raak. Woordvoerder Sandy Godlwana sê om dwelmverwante skade teen te werk, vereis volgehoue voorkoming, vroeë ingryping, toegang tot behoorlike dienste en die gesamentlike pogings van die regering en samelewing. Sy sê […]
# Special Olympics: Sixty-five athletes will represent South Africa at next year’s Special Olympics World Games in Santiago, Chile. The team was selected after the weekend’s National Summer Games in Rustenburg, North West, attended by over 800 athletes. Team SA won 49 medals at the 2023 World Summer Games in Berlin. Deputy minister in the Presidency […]
