# Die Oos-Kaapse Gesondheidsdepartement ondersoek 111 gevalle van maagderm-siekte wat onder studente en personeel by die Rhodes Universiteit in Makhanda aangemeld is. Die betrokke persone het die afgelope naweek diarree, maagkrampe, naarheid en koors ontwikkel. Die departement se woordvoerder, Siyanda Manana, sê voorlopige watertoetse by die universiteit dui op besmetting en hoë vlakke koliform-tellings, die teenwoordigheid […]
# Die vakverbond COSATU het teleurstelling uitgespreek met die Mini-begroting en sê die regering het ʼn geleentheid misgeloop om streng maatreëls in te stel om Suid-Afrika se maatskaplik-ekonomiese probleme aan te spreek. Die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, het die begroting gister in die Parlement voorgelê. Hy sê die land se skuld is bestendig, en […]
# The Freedom Front Plus says a welcome counterbalance in the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement is the higher-than-projected tax revenue and the stabilisation of the budget deficit and associated government debt. Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana announced a downward revision of the government’s economic growth forecast for 2026 to 1.2-percent from 1.6-percent projected in the […]
# Soccer: Declan Rice scored a late equaliser as Arsenal drew two-all against Bayern Munich in the Champions League in Germany. Eberechi Eze scored the opening goal for the Gunners before Harry Kane responded for the hosts with his tenth successive goal in the competition. Bayern then won a penalty, which Kane scored before Rice’s […]
# The US State Department has ordered non-essential staff and family members at its embassy and satellite consulates in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to leave the country. This is amid intensifying attacks by the Iranian-supported Houthis in Yemen. On Wednesday, Saudi Arabia intercepted seven drones, including one targeting the Shaybah oil field, which left two people […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has described the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement as a progressive budget, aimed at stabilising South Africa’s finances, strengthening economic growth and addressing the challenges faced by citizens. Finance minister Enoch Godongwana cut the 2026 growth forecast to 1.2-percent from 1.6-percent, and also identified a further 38.1-billion-rand in savings over the […]
# North-West businessman Suliman Carrim is due to appear in the Musina Magistrate’s Court in Limpopo today. He is facing additional charges of attempted theft and money laundering linked to two vehicles belonging to Absa. Carrim is currently in custody awaiting the bail judgment in another matter where he faces charges of contravening the Commissions […]
# Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov says Russia is prepared to resume trilateral negotiations with the US and Ukraine, focusing on establishing a postwar security framework. This follows Russian president Vladimir Putin’s meeting with US president Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, in the Russian city of St. Petersburg yesterday. Moscow has refused talks for months, […]
# French president Emmanuel Macron has accused foreign leaders of making “stupid comments” about the country’s unrest for political gain. Protests over the state of education and cost of living in France have since spiralled into nationwide violence and rioting, with more than two-thousand people arrested this past weekend alone. US president Donald Trump claimed migrants, […]
