# US president Donald Trump has called Iranian leaders ‘unbelievably duplicitous’ after Tehran denied it was in negotiations with America. On Sunday, Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that a deal was close to reopening the Strait of Hormuz and negotiations would commence on Monday. Iran denied this, instead saying it was in talks with […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa’s Just Energy Transition is gathering momentum, with clean energy investments being driven from abroad and by domestic firms. According to Statistics South Africa, renewable energy accounted for just two-percent of locally generated electricity in 2016. This figure increased to nine-percent in 2024. At this year’s South Africa Investment […]
# Forum for South Africa verwelkom die regering se verbintenis om die oorskot van Suid-Afrikaners te repatrieer wat tussen 1976 en 1992 tydens apartheid in Angola gesterf het. ‘n Voorlopige sending is verlede jaar na Angola onderneem om die ligging van grafte te karteer, waartydens 89 moontlike grafte vir opgrawing identifiseer het. FOSA se leier, […]
# Eskom sê die onafhanklike ondersoek na moontlike onreëlmatighede met die verkryging van dieselbrandstof en bergingskontrakte sal nou eers einde Augustus voltooi wees. Daar is voorsien dat die regsontleding teen 31 Julie voltooi sou wees. Eskom se woordvoerder, Daphne Mokoena, sê verdere dokument-ontleding en -vertolking, aanvullende onderhoude en oorweging van bepaalde regsaspekte van die bestuur […]
# UK prime minister Andy Burnham says his government will be relentless in tackling small boat crossings across the English Channel. Official provisional figures suggest 14-thousand-526 have entered the UK so far this year, with more than two-thousand people crossing the channel in small boats since he became prime minister. Burnham says his government is […]
# Rugby: ‘n Voormalige Springbok-losskakel gaan na verwagting binnekort as die Bulle se skopafrigter aangewys word. Die 58-jarige Vlok Cilliers, wat in 1996 een toets vir Suid-Afrika teen die All Blacks gespeel het, het onlangs van Frankryk teruggekeer, waar hy dieselfde rol vir die nasionale span vervul het. Hy was ook die Bulle se skopafrigter […]
# Die vakbondfederasie SAFTU verwerp president Cyril Ramaphosa se verdediging van Eskom se ontbondeling en sy bewering dat mededinging in elektrisiteits-opwekking pryse gaan verlaag. Hy het die eerstefase-verslag van die Eskom-herstrukturerings-taakspan aanvaar wat die plan ondersteun om Suid-Afrika se verspreidingsnetwerk ten volle onafhanklik van Eskom te maak. SAFTU se sekretaris-generaal, Zwelinzima Vavi, sê Ramaphosa se […]
# Die Stad Kaapstad ondersoek virtuele kragaanleg-moontlikhede terwyl die metro deel is van ʼn beoordelings-toetslopie vir ʼn tegniese vennootskap. ʼn Virtuele kragaanleg is ʼn netwerk gedesentraliseerde skoner energiebronne, van fotovoltaïese sonkragstelsels op dakke tot nutskaal-opwekking en bergings-aanlegte wat saam as ‘n tradisionele kragstasie funksioneer. Die burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Energie, Xanthea Limberg, sê die metro is op […]
# Commonwealth Games: Ahmedabad in India is looking to build on the work done by Glasgow 2026, as it prepares to host the 2030 Commonwealth Games. Scotland hosted the Games for the fourth time after the Australian state of Victoria withdrew, bringing together over three-thousand athletes from 74 nations competing in 215 medal events. Gujarat’s deputy […]
