# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Vereniging vir Plaaslike Regering verwelkom die hersiene Witskrif oor Plaaslike Regering en beskryf dit as ʼn mylpaal om die land se munisipale stelsel te hervorm en openbare vertroue te herstel. Die witskrif lê die grondslag vir verreikende wetgewende, institusionele en finansiële hervorming van die hele plaaslikeregeringstelsel. SALGA se adjunkpresident, Xola Pakati, sê die […]
# Die regering ondersoek 111 gevalle van mense met maagdermsiekte aan die Rhodes-universiteit in Makhanda, asook 23 gevangenes in die St Albans-korrektiewe sentrum in Nelson Mandelabaai, Oos-Kaap. Die aangemelde gevalle ervaar almal simptome soos erge buikkrampe, diarree, braking en dehidrasie. Die woordvoerder vir die Departement van Water en Sanitasie, Wisane Mavasa, sê hulle wag nog […]
# Die minister van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging, Parks Tau, sê Suid-Afrika wil China se zero-tarief beleid vir Afrikalande gebruik vir meer uitvoere, plaaslike vervaardiging en werkskepping. China het die eensydige voorkeurskema bekendgestel wat belastingvrye toegang bied vir alle produkte, behalwe 47 tarief-lyne wat onderworpe sal wees aan tariefkoers-kwotas, vir die tydperk van 1 Mei […]
# Oil prices jumped to a five-month high yesterday, with Brent crude, the international benchmark for oil prices, rising by three-percent to hit 112 dollars a barrel for the first time since 18 May. This comes as Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis have intensified attacks in Saudi Arabia, while four vessels involved in illegal oil transfers in the […]
# KwaZulu-Natal Police have intensified deployments in areas affected by recent attacks on foreign nationals in Durban. This follows several incidents over the past two days, including one in which a foreign national died after allegedly being assaulted by a group of about 50 people in the city centre yesterday. Police spokesperson Robert Netshiunda says […]
# The MK Party has removed Sibonelo Nomvalo as secretary-general, citing concerns over internal factionalism, dual remuneration and councillor selection processes. The party accused Nomvalo of setting up high-level deployment committees without its leadership’s knowledge, while allegedly reshuffling its parliamentary caucus and administration without informing leader Jacob Zuma, national officials or the party’s presidency collective. […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has apologised and acknowledged a constitutional failure in not addressing the litigation by Simon Mofokeng and the late Tshokolo Joseph Mokoena. The two spent 19 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted for the 1992 murder of a police officer in the Free State. Earlier this week, the Constitutional Court unanimously […]
# Motorsport: Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli admits that claiming his maiden Formula One title in the United States Grand Prix this weekend would be a dream. The Italian leads the Drivers’ Championship by a season-high 102 points. To become world champion on Sunday, Antonelli will need to win the race and hope his teammate George […]
# A federal judge has ordered US president Donald Trump to sit for a deposition in his 164.95-billion-rand defamation lawsuit against the BBC by December 11th, or face sanctions. Trump is seeking damages over a Panorama episode that edited together two different sections of a speech he gave before the US Capitol riots in 2021. […]
