# Die regering sê Statistiek Suid-Afrika se 2025 Algemene Huishouding-opname toon aansienlike vordering in toegang tot formele behuising, elektrisiteit, water, sanitasie en digitale kommunikasie. Die opname wat sedert 2002 jaarliks gedoen word, volg vordering met ontwikkeling en lig voortslepende diensleweringsgapings in Suid-Afrika uit. Die regering se waarnemende woordvoerder, Nomonde Mnukwa, sê formele wonings het tot […]
# Die DA sê die bevindinge van die jongste Algemene Huishoudelike Opname beklemtoon die groeiende uitdagings waarmee baie Suid-Afrikaners te kampe het, veral in ANC-beheerde provinsies en munisipaliteite. Op nasionale vlak rapporteer 22-persent van huishoudings nou onvoldoende of ‘n ernstige gebrek aan voedsel, teenoor 17,8-persent in 2019. Jan de Villiers van die DA sê voedselonsekerheid, […]
# Israeli airstrikes killed 31 people in Lebanon on Tuesday, following prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s vow to step up military action against Hezbollah. Forty people were wounded, including children and women. This is one of the deadliest attacks since a US-brokered ceasefire began in mid-April. The Israel Defence Force says it hit more than 100 […]
# Tennis: Top seed Jannik Sinner began his quest for a maiden French Open title with a 6-1, 6-3, 6-4 victory over French wildcard Clement Tabur. The Italian is aiming to complete the Career Grand Slam. Australian Adam Walton knocked out sixth-seeded Russian Daniil Medvedev, 6-2, 1-6, 6-1, 1-6, 6-4. In the women’s draw, defending […]
# US president Donald Trump has signed a presidential determination to admit an additional ten-thousand white South Africans into America as refugees this year. This raises the limit from seven-thousand-500 to 17-thousand-500 in this fiscal year. In the presidential determination, Trump states that an unforeseen emergency refugee situation now exists in South Africa, due to […]
# The ANC’s Integrity Commission has reportedly recommended that former Social Development minister, Sisi Tolashe, resign as ANC Women’s League president and as a member of Parliament. This comes after the commission found her guilty on four counts. Tolashe was recently fired as minister by president Cyril Ramaphosa amid multiple allegations of misconduct, including failing […]
# The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, warns that wars, arms races, climate shocks, and the erosion of international law are placing intense pressure on the multilateral system established to prevent a third world war. He addressed a high-level Security Council debate yesterday, amid growing concern over the future of multilateralism. Guterres warned that a […]
# Cricket: Defending champions the Royal Challengers Bengaluru are through to the Indian Premier League final after thrashing the Gujarat Titans by 92 runs in Dharamsala. Captain Rajat Patidar scored an unbeaten 93 from 33 balls to help RCB post 254 for five, the highest total in IPL playoff history. In reply, Jacob Duffy took […]
# Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Parks Tau, says as a net oil importer, South Africa faces real recessionary risks and threats to industrial competitiveness. The US-Israeli war on Iran has severely curtailed shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, through which around one-fifth of the world’s supply of oil and energy normally flows. Tau says […]
