# Die minister van Indiensneming en Arbeid, Nomakhosazana Meth, het die skietvoorval waarin drie vrouebestuurders by ‘n Boxer Superstore in Eshowe, KwaZulu-Natal, gesterf het, veroordeel. Na berig word het ‘n ongeïdentifiseerde gewese werknemer, wat van die polisie op vlug is, die drie bestuurders in ‘n kantoor toegesluit. Hy het toe ‘n vuurwapen uitgepluk en ‘n […]
# Die vakverbond COSATU verwelkom die minister van Vervoer, Barbara Creecy, se ingryping om nog ʼn verhoging in die brandstofheffing te keer. Sy het ʼn voorstel van die Padongelukkefonds om die POF-heffing tot drie-rand per liter te verhoog, afgekeur en sê verbruikers is reeds onder groot druk. COSATU-woordvoerder Matthew Parks sê werkers en die ekonomie […]
# Iran-aligned Houthi rebels killed five people in a missile and drone attack at the presidential Al-Maashiq Palace in Aden, the headquarters of Yemen’s internationally recognised government. The attack was the first on the palace in the current conflict between the Houthis and Saudi Arabia. The deceased include two members of prime minister Shaya Al-Zindani’s security […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse regering sê hy is bekommerd oor die huidige toename in aanvalle in die Rooisee-streek, veral in en om die Straat van Bab el-Mandeb, en aanvalle op Saoedi-Arabië. Jemen se Houthi-rebelle het hommeltuig- en missielaanvalle oor die grens verskerp, insluitend ʼn aanval op die Koning Khaled Internasionale Lughawe in Riaad waarin 13 mense […]
# South African Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago warns that rising global energy and food prices could create additional inflationary pressures in South Africa, making it more difficult to bring consumer prices under control. Inflation is expected to average 4.4-percent this year, with the central bank projecting a gradual decline into its target range in […]
# Mpumalanga police are investigating an unregistered rehabilitation centre after approximately 200 people were found at the premises, allegedly chained and starved, in Waterval B near Siyabuswa. Those found include roughly 30 females and the rest being males at the centre, allegedly operated from a church under the management of a pastor and his wife. Police […]
# Motorsport: President Cyril Ramaphosa has congratulated Rwandan president Paul Kagame and his government on securing a ten-year agreement to host the Formula One African Grand Prix. Rwanda will join the calendar in the early 2030s. Ramaphosa has described the deal as recognition of the country’s capabilities to host major sporting events. He adds that […]
# Three children, aged five, eight and eleven, and one teacher have been killed in a shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in the US state of Oregon. The attacker, a 16-year-old boy, forced his way into the school by firing at locked doors. A seven-year-old and another teacher were wounded. Bend Police Department chief Mike […]
# Minister of Transport Barbara Creecy says government is committed to restoring the country’s rail network, attracting private investment and embedding reforms in law to ensure their continuity beyond the current administration. The National Rail Master Plan identifies a core rail network on which the government will focus investment, while allowing private operators to explore opportunities […]