# French prime minister Sébastien Lecornu has given cities the power to impose partial curfews to protect people, property and businesses. The country is reeling from its worst rioting in years, as protesters have been demonstrating against rising fuel prices, the cost of living and deteriorating public services. Two-thousand businesses have been directly impacted by […]
# Minister of Water and Sanitation Pemmy Majodina says the City of Tshwane failed to warn Bronkhorstspruit residents that unchlorinated water was unsafe for use. This follows a gastrointestinal outbreak, with 408 cases reported in Tshwane Region Seven between the 7th and 8th of this month. Most of those affected were children under the age […]
# Cricket: Australia is in control of the second Test, with South Africa at 95 for five at stumps on day two in Gqeberha. Heavy overnight rain allowed play to only resume at 3.45 pm yesterday, six hours after the scheduled time. Resuming on 20 for two on day two, the Proteas quickly lost three […]
# A Kenyan High Court found cult leader Paul Mackenzie and 30 co-accused guilty of murdering 190 children and one adult. Prosecutors argued that Mackenzie and his Good News International Church ordered his followers to starve themselves and their children to death, so they could go to heaven before the end of the world. Handing […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says expanding access to early learning is a development priority and a way of addressing historical inequalities. This week, the second Bana Pele Leadership Summit is taking place in Gauteng, which aims to mobilise and strengthen collaboration to accelerate progress towards universal access to quality early learning by 2030. In his […]
# Die ANC verwelkom die Verkiesingskommissie se bevestiging dat 181 kandidate wat vroeër uitgesluit is, op stembriewe geplaas is in ses munisipaliteite in die Oos-Kaap, KwaZulu-Natal en die Vrystaat. Dit volg nadat die Konstitusionele Hof die ANC se appèlaansoek gehandhaaf het teen ‘n Kieshof-beslissing wat die kandidate uitgesluit het. Die uitsluiting het gevolg nadat die […]
# Rugby: Die Stormers beplan steeds om sommige van hul Springbokke in die komende weke te laat rus. Die toetsspelers is ingespan in die afgelope twee tuisoorwinnings oor die Haaie en Bristol Bears, maar die Bokke het rus nodig voor volgende maand se vier Nasieskampioenskapstoetse in Europa. Die direkteur van rugby, John Dobson, sê hy […]
# Die DA versoek werkers om inligting te verskaf oor munisipaliteite wat versuim om pensioenbydraes oor te betaal. Inligting aan die Parlement toon 16 munisipaliteite in die Vrystaat, die Oos-Kaap, die Noord-Kaap en Noordwes het versuim om 1,79-miljard-rand se agterstallige pensioengeld te betaal, 80-persent daarvan in die Vrystaat en Noordwes. Die DA-lid, Marina van Zyl, […]
# Owerhede in KwaZulu-Natal is op soek na die bestuurder en eienaar van ‘n wegholvragmotor wat in sewe huise vasgejaag het in Umlazi, suid van Durban. Die vragmotor, sonder ‘n bestuurder, het gisteraand teen die Prince Mcwayizeni-pad in die V-afdeling afgetuimel en ‘n spoor van verwoesting gesaai. Die provinsiale Departement van Vervoer se woordvoerder, Ndabezinhle […]
