# Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Dean Macpherson, says municipal infrastructure is essential to service delivery and economic growth. He was speaking on the sidelines of the Sustainable Infrastructure Development Symposium South Africa, currently underway in Cape Town. The event brings together a broad spectrum of stakeholders, including investors, financial institutions, policymakers, thought leaders and […]
# Motorsport: McLaren’s Lando Norris claimed his second straight race win by taking the Dutch Grand Prix. The Briton crossed the line ahead of the Mercedes pair of Kimi Antonelli and George Russell. Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc finished fourth and fifth, respectively, for Ferrari. Home favourite Red Bull’s Max Verstappen crashed after just one […]
# Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has defended the memorandum of understanding signed in mid-June with the US as the best way for the country to move beyond a situation of “neither war nor peace.” The MOU opened a 60-day window for talks aimed at ending the war and reaching an accord on Tehran’s nuclear programme. […]
# Rugby: The Cheetahs have joined the Griquas in securing a Currie Cup home semifinal, after a hard-fought 33-24 victory against an ill-disciplined Boland Kavaliers in Bloemfontein. The visitors, who were leading 10-7 at the break, conceded four yellow cards in the space of ten minutes. Michael Annie ran in two of the Cheetahs’ five […]
# ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa says the party accepts responsibility for both the progress it has made and its shortcomings in governance. He unveiled the party’s manifesto ahead of the November fourth local government elections in Johannesburg yesterday. Ramaphosa says they will not run away from the challenges facing municipalities, including unreliable services, deteriorating infrastructure, […]
# ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa says the party’s manifesto sets out six key actions, which aim to fix local government, improve basic services and build municipalities that work for the people. He launched the ANC’s 2026 local government election manifesto at Riverside Park in Diepsloot north of Johannesburg yesterday. The six priorities include providing basic […]
# Forum for South Africa eis sterker ingrypings om die koste van basiese voedsel en noodsaaklike huishoudelike goedere te verminder, energiesekerheid te verbeter en elektrisiteit mer bekostigbaar te maak. Statistiek Suid-Afrika berig dat verbruikersinflasie in Julie gedaal het tot 4,3-persent teenoor vyf-persent in Junie. FOSA se leier, Tebogo Mashilompane, het die regering gewaarsku om nie […]
# Die vakbond GIWUSA is bekommerd oor die konsep-hersiene elektrisiteitsprysbeleid. Dit stel ontbondelde, deursigtige fakturering in, beperk die verskuiwing van wanbetalingsverliese na verbruikers wat hulle verpligtinge nakom, brei gratis basiese toegang tot elektrisiteit uit en stel konsessie-tariewe vas vir sleutelnywerhede in nood. Zaki Mamdoo van GIWUSA sê die beginpunt van enige elektrisiteitsbeleid moet nie wees […]
# Die Gautengse LUR vir Onderwys, Sport, Kuns, Kultuur en Ontspanning, Lebogang Maile, sê sy departement is verbind tot die versterking van spesialis-onderwys. Hy het die Clapham Gespesialiseerde Sportskool in Queenswood, Pretoria, bekendgestel, die 40ste spesialis-skool in die provinsie. Maile sê die sportskool-model kombineer sportontwikkeling, akademiese onderwys, praktiese vaardighede en nuwe geleenthede om goed afgeronde […]
