# The MK Party has expressed disappointment at the Constitutional Court judgment allowing the ANC to include more names on its list of councillor candidates submitted to the Electoral Commission. The court has instructed the IEC to include 181 councillor candidates excluded from the ANC lists in all electoral processes ahead of next month’s local […]
# The DA says the Constitutional Court judgment in the ANC’s candidate list case raises serious concerns about the precedent it sets for complying with the Electoral Commission’s deadlines and requirements. The apex court overturned the Electoral Court’s decision that resulted in the exclusion of 181 ANC candidates from six municipalities ahead of the next […]
# Cricket: KwaZulu-Natal Cricket Union chief executive Heinrich Strydom says a thorough internal review will be conducted into the low crowd at Kingsmead in Durban for the first Test between South Africa and Australia. A total of just under 20-thousand fans attended across the five days, which was the Proteas’ first home Test since January […]
# Two ANC councillors were shot and killed while doing door-to-door campaigning in Umgababa, along the south coast of Durban. Three other people were wounded and are currently in hospital. KwaZulu-Natal Police spokesperson Robert Netshiunda says preliminary reports indicate that two women and a man, along with their bodyguards, were campaigning when a white Isuzu […]
# The Electoral Commission says it will now start the process of amending and reprinting the ballot papers where necessary to include 181 ANC candidates in six municipalities. This comes after the Constitutional Court ruled in favour of the ANC in a dispute over candidates excluded from next month’s local government elections. Earlier this week, […]
# Die parlementêre portefeuljekomitee oor Kommunikasie en Digitale Tegnologieë is bekommerd omdat minder as die helfte van die openbare diensinstellings wat internetverbinding moes ontvang, tot dusver verbind is. Die spektrumveiling het vyf suksesvolle bieërs opgelewer: Vodacom, MTN, Telkom, Liquid en Rain, aan wie die taak opgedra is om openbare diensinstellings aan die internet te verbind. […]
# Eskom versoek politieke partye, onafhanklike kandidate, ondersteuners, veldtogspanne en advertensie-agentskappe om nie verkiesingsplakkate, baniere of ander promosiemateriaal op elektriese infrastruktuur aan te bring nie. Die kragvoorsiener sê daar is ‘n toename in verkiesingsplakkate op kragpale, mini-substasies, transformators en ander elektriese infrastruktuur. Woordvoerder Daphne Mokwena sê mense stel hulself bloot aan ernstige gevaar wanneer hul […]
# At least 26 children, all below the age of 13, and two teachers have died when a school roof collapsed in Peshawar in northwestern Pakistan. The roof of a higher floor reportedly collapsed onto the roof of the first floor, which in turn collapsed on children in classes. About 40 people have been injured […]
# Rugby: Flyhalf Declan Meredith and prop Aidan Ross are among four changes made to the Australian team to take on New Zealand in Saturday’s second Bledisloe Cup Test in Sydney. The Wallabies suffered a crushing 50-19 defeat in the first Test at Eden Park last weekend. Meredith replaces the injured Ben Donaldson, while Ross […]
