# Die minister vir Vroue, die Jeug en Persone met Gestremdhede, Sindisiwe Chikunga, doen ʼn beroep op lande om die Konvensie vir die Regte van Persone met Gestremdhede vinniger in te stel. Sy het gister by die Verenigde Nasies se hoofkwartier in New York, Suid-Afrika se verklaring gelewer by die 19de sitting van die Konferensie van […]
# Die minister van Hoër Onderwys, Buti Manamela, sê die Spesiale Ondersoekeenheid maak vordering met sy ondersoek na korrupsie by die Nasionale Finansiële Hulpskema vir Studente. Die minister het die skema verlede maand weens onbestendige bestuur onder administrasie geplaas. Tot op hede het die ondersoekeenheid twee-miljard-rand by die skema teruggekry. Die departement se woordvoerder, Matshepo […]
# Die DA in Gauteng sê die dodelike massaskietery in die Jumpers informele nedersetting in Cleveland wys weer op die toenemende misdaadkrisis en hoe wetstoepassing nie aan inwoners die veiligheid en sekuriteit bied wat hulle verdien nie. Die skietery, wat die polisie met onwettige mynbedrywighede verbind, het die lewens van 12 mense geëis en ten […]
# At least 15 people, eleven civilians and four security personnel, have been killed in violent clashes between protesters and security forces in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. At least 50 people have been injured. The unrest erupted following a call from the Joint Awami Action Committee, a coalition of activist groups, urging citizens to march to the regional […]
# Tennis: Twenty-three-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams’ comeback could be cut short, after her doubles partner at Queen’s, Victoria Mboko, retired injured in her singles match. The 19-year-old Canadian suffered a knee injury and was forced to retire during her match against Karolina Pliskova, with the score 6-2, 3-4 to the Czech in the second […]
# The Department of Home Affairs says none of the 268 Nigerian nationals repatriated from South Africa yesterday evening were in the country legally. About one-thousand Nigerians have registered for repatriation ahead of the June 30th deadline set by anti-migrant groups, with 500 being cleared. Of the 500, 268 were undocumented. The department’s Immigration and […]
# The US launched new strikes against targets in Iran for the second consecutive day, after president Donald Trump warned that they would resume attacks, citing slow progress in negotiations for a deal to end the war. The US Central Command says Iranian military surveillance capabilities, communication systems, and air defence sites were targeted. In […]
# Cricket: England captain Ben Stokes and fast bowler Gus Atkinson have been dropped for the second Test against New Zealand, as they are being investigated for breaching team protocols. They broke the team’s midnight curfew when they were present at a nightclub during an altercation with a Saracens rugby player in the early hours […]
# The National Assembly’s Rules Committee has referred the rules set out to guide the work of the Impeachment Committee back to the Rules Subcommittee for refining. Members of the committee have questioned whether a president can be impeached for direct conduct only or also indirect conduct. They also clashed over whether only certain members […]
