# Die Wes-Kaapse Hooggeregshof sal na verwagting vandag ʼn dringende aansoek van die DA en EFF aanhoor om ʼn interdik te kry teen die komende BTW-verhoging van 0,5-persent. Die partye daag die wettigheid uit van die aankondiging in Maart dat ʼn BTW-verhoging deel is van die hersiene fiskale raamwerk. Die EFF se tesourier-generaal, Omphile Maotwe, […]
# ActionSA in Johannesburg sê hy is bekommerd oor berigte van politieke inmengery by werksgeleenthede in gemeenskappe en wyksraadslede se beweerde inmengery by plaaslike projekte. Gemeenskapslede in Streek F sê werksgeleenthede in regeringsprogramme gaan aan lede van sekere politieke partye terwyl inwoners uitgesluit word. Elmari Atterbury van ActionSA sê die speaker se kantoor moet die […]
# Die ANC sê pous Franciskus het ʼn lewe van diens, nederigheid en onwrikbare morele leierskap gelei. Die 88-jarige pous, wat die eerste Latyns-Amerikaanse leier van die Rooms-Katolieke Kerk was, is Maandagoggend aan beroerte en hartversaking dood. Die ANC-woordvoerder, Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri, sê pous Franciskus se vermoë om oor godsdienstige, politieke en kulturele verdeeldheid te lei, […]
# Harvard University has launched a lawsuit against president Donald Trump’s administration. This comes after the administration recently froze around 41.4-billion-rand in multi-year grants for the university, after it defied demands made by the government including shutting down all its diversity, equity, and inclusion programmes. Harvard’s president, Alan Garber, says this case involves the government’s efforts […]
# Soccer: Burnley and Leeds have secured automatic promotion to the English Premier League for next season. Captain Josh Brownhill’s first-half double saw Burnley beat Sheffield United 2-1 to seal the Clarets’ immediate return to the Premier League. Leeds thrashed Stoke City 6-0 as they secured their return to the top flight two seasons after […]
# The MK Party believes the community of Kleinfontein near Pretoria is trying to create another white Afrikaner enclave like Orania. The party led by chief whip Mzwanele Manyi visited the white Afrikaans-only settlement on Monday in a fact-finding mission. Last year, the High Court in Pretoria declared Kleinfontein illegal due to the City of […]
# The Vatican has confirmed that Pope Francis died from a stroke that led to a coma and irreversible heart failure. The 88-year-old Pontiff passed away on Monday morning. The Vatican also shared the Pope’s final testament, where he requested to be buried in Rome’s Basilica of St Mary Major, rather than at St Peter’s […]
# Laureus Awards: The world’s most decorated gymnast, Simone Biles, was named the sportswoman of the year, while Swedish pole-vaulter Mondo Duplantis captured the men’s honour at the Laureus World Sports Awards in Madrid. Barcelona forward Lamine Yamal won the Breakthrough of the Year award, while Real Madrid won the Laureus World Team of the Year […]
# The South African Communist Party has condemned the recent attack on deputy president Paul Mashatile’s convoy. He was on his way from an ANC national executive committee meeting when his convoy was shot at in Boksburg, near the N12. The SACP says this criminal act represents not only an assault on an individual but […]
