# Outgoing British prime minister Keir Starmer says he will ensure an orderly transition of power. He announced his resignation on Monday, with Andy Burnham his likely replacement as both prime minister and leader of the Labour Party. Burnham is the only candidate to have emerged so far, and if he does not face a challenger, […]
# Gauteng Police Commissioner, Tommy Mthombeni, has warned that South Africans who harbour or employ illegal immigrants could face fines of ten-thousand-rand per person, and possible criminal charges. This comes as law enforcement agencies ramp up preparations ahead of nationwide anti-illegal immigration protests next Tuesday. Mthombeni says operational plans are in place to maintain law and […]
# Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, says South Africa pursues an independent foreign policy firmly anchored in the principle of non-alignment, and will not be dictated by external pressure. He was responding to comments made by the US ambassador to Pretoria, Leo Brent Bozell, who claimed that deputy president Paul Mashatile’s visit […]
# Former MK Party members Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla and Nhlamulo Ndhlela have filed papers in the South Gauteng High Court, challenging their removal from the party. They are seeking to have their expulsions set aside, arguing that the decision to terminate their membership should be reviewed and reversed. In court papers, the duo argues that they were […]
# The US Supreme Court has ruled that president Donald Trump’s administration can end legal protections for migrants fleeing violence and natural disaster in Haiti and Syria. The termination of the Temporary Protected Status will affect as many as 350-thousand Haitians and six-thousand Syrians in America. Meanwhile, in a separate ruling, the court has revived a […]
# Die vakbondfederasie Cosatu vra Suid-Afrika, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho en Namibië om hul stelsel vir die verdeling van doeane‑inkomste te hersien. Suid-Afrika bied môre in Kaapstad die negende beraad van staatshoofde en regeringsleiers van die Suider-Afrikaanse Doeane-unie aan. Die vyf lidlande sal belangrike kwessies bespreek rondom streeks-ekonomiese integrasie, nywerheidsontwikkeling en handelsamewerking. Cosatu se woordvoerder, Zanele […]
# Die Stad Kaapstad sê beamptes verbonde aan die Wetstoepassingsbevorderingsplan het in die 11 maande sedert Julie, hulle beslaglegging op dwelms met 41-persent verhoog. Altesaam 148 vuurwapens en byna een-duisend-500 rondes ammunisie is ook gekonfiskeer waar beamptes ontplooi is. Die burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Veiligheid en Sekerheid, JP Smith, sê LEAP-beamptes het ook toenames in algehele inhegtenisnemings […]
# Rugby: Suid-Afrika se Wêreldbekerwenner-skrumskakel, Faf de Klerk, voer die Barbarians aan in Saterdag se wedstryd teen Wallis op Twickenham. Hy neem oor by die Nieu-Seelander TJ Perenara, terwyl die groep 19 toetsspelers uit elf lande insluit. De Klerk het ‘n drie gedruk toe hy van die bank opgedraf het in verlede naweek se kragmeting […]
# Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, has called for an investigation into what he calls anti-Israel bias at the UN. A commission found Israeli authorities and security forces deliberately targeted Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, resulting in genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. Danon says the […]
