# Die minister van Binnelandse Sake, Leon Schreiber, sê die departement versnel die bekendstelling van slim-ID-kaarte deur banke en digitale stelsels. Volgens die Suid-Afrikaanse identiteitsbeheer-platform VerifyNow het nabootsingsbedrog met groen ID-boeke jaarliks toegeneem met 400-persent, omdat bedrieërs kunsmatige intelligensie gebruik om die ou identifikasiestelsel uit te buit. Schreiber sê die groen ID-boek is uiters kwesbaar […]
# Willem Els van die Instituut vir Sekerheidstudies sê verlede week se twee bomontploffings by Woolworths-winkels in Gauteng en die Vrystaat beklemtoon breër kommer oor georganiseerde misdaad en afpersing in Suid-Afrika. Die eerste ontploffing het Donderdag by Woolworths se tak in Menlynpark in Pretoria plaasgevind. Die tweede was minder as 24-uur later by die Preller […]
# Soccer: President Cyril Ramaphosa says it has been a long and difficult journey to transform Bafana Bafana’s fortunes as the national team heads off to the World Cup. South Africa is participating in the tournament for the first time since 2010. In his weekly newsletter, Ramaphosa gave credit to the Department of Sport, Arts and […]
# Business Leadership South Africa says the country is operating from a position of relative strength amid the geopolitical tensions, which is a direct reward for eight years of fiscal discipline and structural reform. Two major rating agencies, Standard and Poor’s and Moody’s, now have the country on a positive outlook. The Reserve Bank has […]
# Cricket: Fifteen-year-old local batting sensation, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, won five Indian Premier League awards after yesterday’s final in Ahmedabad. The Rajasthan Royals player won for the most valuable player, the orange cap for most runs with 776, best emerging player, super striker and the super sixes award, finishing with 72. Gujarat Titans’ South African fast bowler, […]
# Soccer: FIFA’s board has approved several rule changes for the World Cup in the US, Mexico and Canada. The rules include five-second countdowns for throw-ins and goal-kicks, red cards for players covering their mouths during confrontations, punishments for teams walking off the pitch in protest, and mandatory one-minute off-field treatment periods. There will also […]
# Die Stad Kaapstad se Energiedirektoraat is besig met ‘n projek van 3,2-miljoen-rand om oorhoofse elektrisiteitsinfrastruktuur na ondergrondse infrastruktuur in Pinelands om te skakel. Dit is deel van die metro se voortgesette belegging in die versterking en modernisering van die elektrisiteitsnetwerk in alle gebiede. Die burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Energie, Xanthea Limberg, sê die oorgang van oorhoofse […]
# Rugby: Springbok flyhalf, Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, is facing a lengthy spell on the sidelines after suffering an injury in the Stormers’ United Rugby Championship quarterfinal victory over Cardiff. Scans confirmed the 24-year-old sustained a high ankle sprain. Feinberg-Mngomezulu is facing up to three months on the sidelines, ruling him out of the Springboks’ Nations Championship […]
# Die GOOD-party in die Wes-Kaap het die munisipale bestuurder van Stellenbosch, Geraldine Mettler, amptelik versoek om ‘n deurtastende ondersoek na die bedryf van die GoNOW elektriese bromponiedienste in die middedorp van stapel te stuur. Dit volg na talle klagtes oor roekelose en onveilige gedrag rondom die bedryf van hierdie elektriese bromponies in openbare ruimtes […]
