# The DA is calling on Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie, to account for the last-minute decision to move the national Heritage Day celebrations to the Western Cape. The event was originally planned for KwaZulu-Natal, to coincide with uMkhosi weLembe, the Zulu nation’s annual commemoration of King Shaka. However, McKenzie stated that […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa will lead the National Heritage Day celebrations at the Rosemoor Stadium in Thembalethu, George, Western Cape today. The celebration will be held under the theme “Celebrating Our Living Heritage: Strengthening the Ties That Bind Us”. The Presidency says the theme highlights the role of living heritage in promoting national unity, social […]
# Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian has rejected US president Donald Trump’s characterisation of Iranians as “terrorists,” asserting Iranians have been “the victims of terrorism.” In his speech to the United Nations General Assembly in New York, he highlighted the bombing of a Minab school in February, which left 120 children and 26 teachers dead. The […]
# ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula believes the party has a strong case before the Constitutional Court against the Election Commission. The party is seeking to appeal last week’s Electoral Court decision, which ruled in favour of the IEC to bar 181 councillors from contesting the November local government elections. The ANC failed to submit the […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says there is a need to build a new multilateral frontier and expand a global coalition against inequality. He delivered a message virtually at the International Panel on Inequality high-level event on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Ramaphosa says the decision to establish the panel […]
# US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says a deal with Iran would involve hard work over a period of time. President Donald Trump warned that he faces a decision between annihilating Tehran and making a deal to end the war. Delegations from both countries held talks through mediators on the sidelines of the United […]
# Die Vereniging van Staatsamptenare verwelkom die nuwe besturende direkteur van die Staats-inligtingstegnologie-agentskap, Magatho Mello, se verbintenis om vertroue te herstel. Hy erken die agentskap se negatiewe openbare beeld, lae kliënte-tevredenheid en nadelige uitwerking op personeel. Claude Naicker van die vakbond sê die herstel van vertroue kan nie beperk word tot veranderings op uitvoerende of […]
# Die burgerlike organisasie Forum for South Africa is bekommerd oor die aanklagte teen die geskorste adjunk-nasionale polisiekommissaris, Shadrack Sibiya. Die 59-jarige word aangekla van die verkragting van ‘n 18-jarige vrou in ‘n hotel in Sandton, Johannesburg, in Mei, en die seksuele voorbereiding van ‘n 16-jarige meisie tussen Julie en Augustus vanjaar. Die forum se […]
# Die George-munisipaliteit en die Wes-Kaapse regering het ‘n GO GEORGE-proefroete tussen George-middestad en George-lughawe ingestel. Dit sal weekliks nuwe reiskeuses aan buspassasiers bied, insluitende mense wat op die lughawe werk. Die munisipaliteit se woordvoerder, Ntobeko Mangqwengqwe, sê roete 19 sal daagliks van 5-uur soggens tot 8-uur saans bedryf word. Hy sê busse sal in […]
