# Commonwealth Games: South African swimmers secured another five medals to take the country’s tally to 16 in Glasgow. Chad le Clos earned a record-equalling 20th Games medal as he helped Team SA claim silver in the mixed four-by-100-metres relay. Lara van Niekerk won gold in the women’s 50-metres breaststroke. Aimee Canny secured silver in […]
# The US Central Command says Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched ballistic missiles at American bases in the region, in what amounted to a “surprise attack”. All the missiles were intercepted. In retaliation, Centcom says the US military and Saudi Arabian forces conducted joint precision strikes “against Iran-aligned terrorists” in Iraq. It says the […]
# At least 13 people have been confirmed dead and many are still unaccounted for after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit southern Japan yesterday. Over 170 people have been injured. More than 260-thousand people were advised to evacuate, most of them in Kumamoto Prefecture and in the neighbouring Nagasaki Prefecture. Officials say people are unaccounted for […]
# Golf: The Sunshine Tour is expanding further into Africa with the launch of the new Rwanda Open, which will be played at the Kigali Golf Club in September. The 2.5-million-rand tournament will feature Sunshine Tour and Rwandan professionals, leading amateur stars, and a host of players from throughout Africa. The Tour already has a […]
# Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Velenkosini Hlabisa, says municipalities should only budget for expenditure that can be financed through available revenue. This comes as the National Treasury will release the remaining 7.1-billion-rand of the 13.5-billion-rand in Local Government Equitable Share allocations withheld at the beginning of July. Hlabisa has warned municipalities to […]
# Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana says the National Treasury must balance enforcing financial management requirements with the need to avoid communities carrying the immediate consequences of failures by municipal institutions and officials. This comes as Treasury will release the remaining 7.1-billion-rand in equitable share funding that was withheld from municipalities over serious financial failures. […]
# Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi says skills development is critical in driving economic growth, creating sustainable employment opportunities, and building a capable workforce for the future. He launched the Gauteng Human Resource Development Council yesterday, which will respond to the needs of the province’s economy. Lesufi emphasised that the provincial government is committed to building […]
# Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky says he had a good meeting with US president Donald Trump yesterday. The two leaders met behind closed doors at the White House. Zelensky says they discussed Kyiv’s access to Patriot missile interceptors and reviving diplomacy to end the war with Russia. Moscow has stepped up its use of ballistic […]
# Die vakbondfederasie Cosatu sê die mylpaaloonooreenkoms tussen NUM en die South Deep-myn van Gold Fields sal werknemers die volgende vyf-jaar ondersteun. Die ooreenkoms sluit aanpassings in die behuisingstoelaag, ‘n mediese ongeskiktheidsvoordeel en ‘n begrafnisvoordeel in. Gold Fields het ook ‘n eenmalige kontant-aansporing van 50-duisend-rand goedgekeur vir permanente en vastetermyn-werknemers. Nonzuzo Dlamini van Cosatu sê […]
