# Padwedlope: Die eThekwini-munisipaliteit sê hy is druk besig om gereed te maak vir die 98ste Comrades-marathon, wat een van die grootste sportgeleenthede op die Suid-Afrikaanse kalender is. Meer as 80 nasies word Sondag verteenwoordig wanneer die 89 kilometer van Pietermaritzburg na Durban aangedurf word. Die munisipaliteit se woordvoerder, Gugu Sisilana, sê hulle werk hard […]
# Die vakbondfederasie Saftu sê hy verwerp die regering se oppervlakkige viering van die 0,1-persent groei in bruto binnelandse produk in vanjaar se eerste kwartaal. Hy sê die sogenaamde groei is nie insluitend of hervormend nie. Saftu-woordvoerder Newton Masuku sê fiskale, monetêre en handelsbeleid sal radikaal verander moet word om groeivlakke te haal wat genoeg […]
# The Global Environment Facility has announced funding for three new UN Environment Programme-led projects. They are the Climate Transparency Global Support Programme, the global elimination of mercury in non-ferrous metals production in South Africa, and the elimination of mercury-added skin-lightening products in Africa. The three projects aim to deliver practical solutions to pressing environmental […]
# Die Vryheidsfront Plus in Gauteng sê die begroting wat die LUR vir Finansies en Ekonomiese Ontwikkeling, Lebogang Maile, opnuut voorgelê het, verskil nie veel van verlede jaar s’n nie, behalwe die toename van 886,6-miljoen-rand. Die begroting vir die 2025/2026-boekjaar beloop 172,3-miljard-rand. Anton Alberts van die VF Plus sê hy sal met Maile vergader om […]
# Cosatu sê werkloosheid bly Suid-Afrika se grootste bestaanskrisis. Hy sê dis ʼn tikkende tydbom en die regering in samewerking met die sakebedryf, arbeid en die samelewing moet alles moontlik doen om dit te hanteer. Die vakverbond neem met kommer kennis van die skamele ekonomiese groei van 0,1-persent in vanjaar se eerste kwartaal. Cosatu-woordvoerder, Matthew […]
# Die DA sê hy wil aan die voorsitter van die parlementêre portefeuljekomitee oor Justisie skryf en eis dat die Departement van Justisie en die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag rekenskap gee van nog ‘n mislukte poging om staatskapingsake te vervolg. Die Hooggeregshof in Bloemfontein het uitspraak gegee dat die uitlewer van die voormalige premier van die Vrystaat […]
# The Democratic Party’s Lee Jae-myung has won South Korea’s snap presidential election, securing almost 50-percent of the vote. His main rival, Kim Moon-soo of the incumbent conservative People Power Party, has conceded defeat, saying he accepts the people’s decision. The election comes after former president Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached and dismissed following his […]
# The EFF in Gauteng says the provincial government needs to play a participatory role in the economy as the over reliance on investors is not sustainable. MEC for Finance and Economic Development, Lebogang Maile, has re-tabled the 2025/2026 financial year budget, which now stands at 172.3-billion-rand, an increase of some 886.6-million-rand from the one tabled […]
# The US and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation says its aid distribution centres will be closed today. This comes after the Israeli Defence Forces warned residents of Gaza against travelling in areas leading to aid distribution centres, which are considered combat zones. Twenty-seven people were killed on Tuesday as they gathered to receive food at […]
