# Cricket: The South African Institute for Drug-Free Sport says Kagiso Rabada’s one-month ban earlier this year was due to testing positive for cocaine. The Proteas fast bowler returned home from his Indian Premier League stint with Gujarat Titans in April and revealed he had failed a drug test. SAIDS says Rabada had been tested in […]
# The US non-partisan Congressional Budget Office says president Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill will add 42.73-trillion-rand to the federal government’s debt over the next decade. The bill, which includes significant tax breaks and increased defence spending, was passed by the House of Representatives last month and is now under consideration in the Senate. […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed sadness at the passing of renowned photographer, cultural activist, and jazz promoter Rashid Lombard. The 74-year-old died in Cape Town on Wednesday. He founded an events management company in 1997, which gave birth to the iconic Cape Town International Jazz Festival in 2000. In 2014, Lombard was awarded the […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Higher Education has cautioned Walter Sisulu University students that disagreement with a court ruling does not justify actions that undermine the rule of law and public safety. Three students were arrested on Wednesday following another protest action. This comes after the residence manager, Manelisi Mampane, accused of killing student Sisonke […]
# British prime minister Keir Starmer has called the war in Gaza an appalling and intolerable situation. At least 54-thousand-381 people have been killed in Gaza since Hamas’ deadly attack in Israel on 7 October 2023. Four-thousand-117 people have been killed since Israel resumed its offensive in Gaza on 18 March this year. Addressing the […]
#’n Derde-jaar student in BCom Internasionale Sake aan die Universiteit Stellenbosch, Abigail Larsen, is mede-ontwikkelaar van ‘n grensverskuiwende digitale platform ontwerp om ‘n nuwe generasie vrywilligers, leiers en maatskaplike entrepreneurs byeen te bring. Thallo is ‘n sosiale media platform wat maatskaplik-bewuste vrywilligers van organisasies en liefdadigheidsorganisasies bymekaar bring om die gaping tussen individue en organisasies […]
# Cosatu sê die regering moet sy beloftes van 2018 en 2022 nakom en die talle brandstofbelastings en -heffings hersien wat sowat ʼn derde van die brandstofprys uitmaak. Die verhoging in die brandstofheffing het ingetree nadat die Wes-Kaapse Hooggeregshof die EFF se aansoek om dit op te skort, verwerp het. Cosatu-woordvoerder Matthew Parks sê dis […]
# Soccer: Banyana Banyana coach, Desiree Ellis, says the focus will now turn to their preparations for the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco next month. South Africa were crowned champions of the Three Nations Series after defeating Zambia 2–0 at the Lucas Moripe Stadium in Pretoria on Tuesday. Banyana finished the tournament unbeaten, scoring […]
# Die Stad Tshwane se Departement van Gemeenskapsveiligheid het ‘n memorandum van samewerking met die Tshwane Metropolisie en Aware.org onderteken. Die departement sê dis ‘n deurslaggewende stap in die stryd teen dronkbestuur. As deel van die ooreenkoms het Aware.org 200 ultramoderne bloed-alkohol-toetsstelle aan die metropolisie geskenk. Die departement sê dit sal beamptes in staat stel […]
