# US president Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to overturn the 1.39-billion-rand jury verdict for defamation in favour of magazine columnist E Jean Carroll. The case relates to statements Trump made while president in 2019, denying Carroll’s claim that he sexually assaulted her in a New York department store dressing room in the […]
# Rugby: Bulls coach Johan Ackermann says their clash against the All Blacks will provide the perfect test as they continue their build-up to the season. New Zealand will launch their Greatest Rivalry Tour against the Stormers in Cape Town next Friday before taking on the Bulls in Pretoria on August 15. Ackermann says the fixture demands […]
# The MK Party and the United Africans Transformation have joined the African Transformation Movement and the EFF in their direct appeal to the Constitutional Court against the Western Cape High Court judgment interdicting the work of Parliament’s Impeachment Committee. The parties want the interdict granted to president Cyril Ramaphosa set aside. The MK Party’s […]
# Ses-en-dertig motoriste is in hegtenis geneem en 42 voertuie is in Johannesburg, Tshwane en Ekurhuleni geskut tydens hoë-impak stop-en-deursoek-operasies, as deel van die #RemoveSkorokoroCampaign tussen die 20ste en die 26ste van die maand. Die woordvoerder van die Gautengse Paaie- en Vervoerdepartement, Melitah Madiba, sê 99 minibustaxi’s en privaat voertuie het opskortingskennisgewings ontvang wat hulle […]
# Approximately three-thousand-600 military personnel have been mobilised in an effort to expedite rescue and relief efforts following a 6.8 magnitude earthquake that struck southern Japan on Tuesday. Thirteen people have died, while an unconfirmed number of people are trapped at the Aeon Mall in Kumamoto. Nine people remain missing at the Nippon Paper factory […]
# Die Gautengse Gesondheidsdepartement veroordeel die diefstal van openbare eiendom by die Hillbrow-sentrum vir gemeenskapsgesondheid in Johannesburg. Drie werkers van die Uitgebreide Openbarewerkeprogram is vasgetrek vir die diefstal van 45 bokse A4-papier by die sentrum. Die departement se woordvoerder, Steve Mabona, sê die diefstal van openbare hulpbronne wat die lewering van gesondheidsdienste moet ondersteun, is […]
# AfriForum says the newly released National Water Action Plan confirms that South Africa’s water crisis is rooted in failing municipalities, neglected infrastructure, poor finances and a lack of accountability. The plan proposes sweeping reforms to fix the country’s water crisis. Municipalities lose or fail to account for almost half of the water pumped through their […]
# Die DA in die Tuinroete-distriksmunisipaliteit verwelkom die raad se goedkeuring van die skeidingsooreenkoms met die munisipale bestuurder, Monde Stratu. Hy was sedert Maart 2017 die munisipaliteit se bestuurder. Marais Kruger van die DA sê die onlangse gebeure rondom die Padagentskap-funksie weerspieël die gevolge van swak administratiewe leierskap. Hy sê in plaas daarvan dat die […]
# Rugby: Springboks coach Rassie Erasmus says almost his entire squad is fit and available for next weekend’s one-off Test against Argentina in Buenos Aires. Ox Nché and Franco Mostert have been ruled out, but players such as captain Siya Kolisi, Eben Etzebeth, Lood de Jager, and Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu are back from injury. Twenty-six Boks […]
