# Right-wing candidate, Abelardo de la Espriella, has won the presidential runoff election in Colombia, narrowly defeating left-wing Iván Cepeda. Preliminary results released by the National Civil Registry show the 47-year-old lawyer and businessman has won 49.8-percent of the vote, with Cepeda winning 48.7-percent. De la Espriella, who has been backed by US president Donald Trump, has promised a […]
# Die Oos-Kaapse LUR vir Vervoer en Gemeenskapsveiligheid, Xolile Nqatha, het woede uitgespreek na die moord op ʼn ANC-raadslid in Nelson Mandelabaai, Sicelo Mleve. Hy is Saterdagaand deur ʼn onbekende man doodgeskiet terwyl hy besig was met ʼn vergadering in sy kantoor in Zwide, Gqeberha. Die departement se woordvoerder, Makhaya Komisa, sê raadslede se veiligheid is […]
# DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis says they cannot rule out political motives behind the killing of a party ward by-election candidate in Dunoon, Cape Town. Sinovuyo Dyokwe was shot dead on her way home from a voter registration venue on Saturday. No arrests have been made as yet. Hill-Lewis says just months ago, Dyokwe was […]
# Die landbou-organisasie, TLU SA, sê die vervanging van die minister van Landbou, John Steenhuisen, sal nie die bek-en-klouseer-krisis oplos nie. DA-leier Geordin Hill-Lewis het president Cyril Ramaphosa gevra om Steenhuisen te vervang met die huidige minister van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing, Willie Aucamp. TLU SA se president, Bennie van Zyl, sê die regering moet […]
# Cricket: Captain Ben Stokes and fast bowler Gus Atkinson have been included in England’s squad for the series-deciding third Test against New Zealand, starting at Trent Bridge on Thursday. They were not picked for the second Test at the Oval which England lost by 253 runs, following an incident in a London nightclub earlier this month. […]
# Die premier van Gauteng, Panyaza Lesufi, sê die provinsie se program vir verkeerswagte sal vervang word met ‘n hibriede-veelstroommodel wat wetgewende vereistes, nasionale opleidingstandaarde en langtermyn operasionele behoeftes sal belyn. Die beplande model sal ‘n enkele verkeerseenheid vir die provinsie vestig wat verkeersbeamptes, verkeerswagte en veiligheidsbeamptes sal integreer. Lesufi sê die program sal die beskerming […]
# Die minister van Landbou, John Steenhuisen, sê die stryd teen bek-en-klouseer gaan voort met die aankoms van ʼn nuwe besending entstowwe en vinniger inentings in provinsies. Nog ʼn besending van twee-miljoen Dollvet-entstofdosisse het gister op OR Tambo Internasionale Lughawe aangekom. Steenhuisen sê die Landbounavorsingsraad het vroeër die maand 20-duisend dosisse gebottel en die proses […]
# Public Investment Corporation board chairperson, deputy minister of Finance David Masondo, will refer the Acupulco investment transaction matter to the Special Investigating Unit. This follows a legal review of PwC’s forensic investigation into the transaction. In 2013, the PIC provided around 333-million-rand in funding for Acapulco to acquire a 25-percent stake in Lanseria International Airport. […]
# Soccer: Spain bounced back from their draw with Cape Verde in their World Cup opener by thrashing Saudi Arabia 4-0 in Atlanta. Goals from 18-year-old Lamine Yamal, a brace from Mikel Oyarzabal, and Hassan Al Tambakti’s own goal completed the victory for the European champions. In Los Angeles, Belgium were held to a goalless draw […]
