# Die vakverbond Saftu sê die Reserwebank se Monetêre Beleidskomitee se besluit om rentekoerse met 25 basispunte tot sewe-persent te verhoog, is ekonomies roekeloos en maatskaplik vernietigend. Die basiese uitleenkoers is nou 10,5-persent. Saftu-woordvoerder Asive Dyani sê die besluit om koerse te verhoog is heeltemal verwyderd van die werklikheid van miljoene werkers en arm mense […]
# Die Gautengse Gesondheidsdepartement het ‘n verskoning uitgereik aan studentverpleërs wat weens administratiewe vertragings nie hul toelaes ontvang het nie. Menslike Hulpbronnebestuur is besig om die nodige dokumente voor te berei. Die woordvoerder van die departement, Steve Mabona, sê die betrokke lêers word by e-Regering ingedien om die uitbetaling van die sowat 500 betrokke studente […]
# The European Union has sanctioned four entities and three individuals, it says, who are “extremist Israeli settlers” responsible for serious and systematic human rights abuses against Palestinians in the West Bank. Under the sanctions, all individuals and entities are subject to an asset freeze and also face a travel ban. Among those designated is […]
# Tennis: Defending champion Coco Gauff and world number one Aryna Sabalenka are through to the French Open third round. American Gauff eased past Egypt’s Mayar Sherif, 6-3, 6-2, while Sabalenka of Belarus beat France’s Elsa Jacquemot, 7-5, 6-2. Sixth-seeded American Amanda Anisimova also advanced to the third round after Austrian Julia Grabher retired after losing […]
# The National Assembly’s Impeachment Committee, established to investigate alleged misconduct by president Cyril Ramaphosa, will sit for its first meeting on Monday. During the meeting, the chairperson of the committee will be elected. The Constitutional Court ruled earlier this month that the 2022 vote by Parliament not to proceed with an impeachment inquiry following recommendations […]
# Johannesburg mayor, Dada Morero, has welcomed the Gauteng High Court ruling against the owners of Marble Towers. The court ruled that the structures inside Marble Towers, where hawkers have been trading, are unlawful and were erected without building plans. The owners, Goldenrod Group, were found to have failed to obtain approved building plans from […]
# Organisers of the Conference of the Left have dismissed suggestions that they are forming a political party, but rather creating a framework to coordinate and strengthen their work through a common platform and programme. The South African Communist Party-sponsored gathering will take place in Boksburg, east of Johannesburg, today and tomorrow. Fourteen political parties, […]
# US vice president JD Vance says Washington and Iran have made good progress on reaching an agreement, but there are still several sticking points. The deal would reportedly extend the ceasefire for 60 days, reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and launch talks on the future of Tehran’s nuclear programme. Meanwhile, both Iran and the […]
# Rugby: Junior Springbok coach Kevin Foote has named a reshuffled match-day squad for their final Under-20 International Series encounter against Georgia in Stellenbosch tomorrow. Captain Riley Norton is back after missing the opening match against Chile because of his involvement at the Springbok alignment camp. Vusi Moyo will start his third consecutive game at flyhalf, […]
