# Eskom chairperson Mteto Nyati says government needs to address risks to the power utility’s finances and its lenders before transferring assets to the Independent Transmission System Operator. President Cyril Ramaphosa has endorsed the first phase of recommendations from a task team that reaffirmed the objective of placing the grid under the control of a […]
# Gauteng se LUR vir Paaie en Vervoer, Kedibone Diale-Tlabela, vra sterker vennootskappe tussen regerings, die privaat sektor en vervoer-rolspelers om Afrika se volgende mobiliteit-revolusie aan te dryf. Sy het gister die internasionale vereniging vir openbare vervoer in Afrika se konferensie in Sandton, Johannesburg, toegespreek. Die departement se woordvoerder, Lesiba Mpya, sê die LUR het beklemtoon […]
# Soccer: European governing body UEFA maintains that its intention to boycott FIFA competitions still stands, despite president Gianni Infantino’s apology over his abandoned plans to sell off stakes in the World Cup to private investors. UEFA says member nations were clear about the conditions attached to the non-participation in FIFA competitions. It says that […]
# A New Mexico court has ordered social media giant Meta to pay 9.3-billion-rand, over its failure to warn the public about the dangers its platforms pose to children. The ruling comes after a March judgement in which Meta, the company behind Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook, was found to have misled users about the dangers […]
# Tennis: World number one Aryna Sabalenka is through to the Canadian Open round of 16 in Toronto. The Belarusian defeated China’s Zhang Shuai, 6-3, 6-4. American third seed Jessica Pegula advanced to the fourth round after defeating Uzbekistan’s Kamilla Rakhimova, 6-4, 6-0, while Polish seventh seed Iga Swiatek recorded a 6-2, 6-1 victory over […]
# Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi, will appear before the Khampepe Commission of Inquiry into the Investigation and Prosecution of Apartheid-Era crimes in Johannesburg today. Her testimony will include her role as minister in the investigation and prosecution of apartheid-era crimes, and the implementation of the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation […]
# ActionSA member of Parliament, Dereleen James, has strongly denied claims made at the Madlanga Commission that she received classified Crime Intelligence documents. The allegations were made by Investigating Directorate Against Corruption state advocate Drushantha Ramsamy, who claimed the documents were slipped under James’ parliamentary office door. James has told the SABC her only interaction […]
# The ANC in the eThekwini region has condemned the killing of Ward 17 councillor, Sibusiso Khwela, saying the barbaric act has robbed the community of a good public servant. Khwela was shot and killed at his offices in Klaarwater, west of Durban, yesterday. The KwaZulu-Natal Political Killings Task Team will be investigating the murder. […]
# The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organisation have called for an urgent scale-up of the community-led Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of Congo. There have been three-thousand-973 confirmed cases and one-thousand-801 deaths recorded in the DRC. More than two-thirds of Ebola deaths are happening in the community […]
