# Die African Transformation Movement sê hy is woedend oor die katastrofiese wanbestuur van Suid-Afrika se ekonomie wat beklemtoon word deur ʼn kommerwekkende styging in werkloosheid. Die land se werkloosheidsyfer het in vanjaar se eerste kwartaal tot 32,9-persent geklim vanaf die 31,9-persent in die vierde kwartaal van 2024. ATM-woordvoerder Zama Ntshona sê hoë werkloosheidsvlakke en […]
# Two South African restaurants have made the coveted World’s 101 Best Steak Restaurants list for 2025. Stellenbosch’s VUUR, which is ranked 87, has also been named Africa’s Best Steak Restaurant, while Johannesburg’s The Blockman is ranked 97th. Argentina’s Don Julio Parrilla, located in the heart of Buenos Aires’ ever-vibrant Palermo district, tops the list. […]
# Die Vryheidsfront Plus in Tshwane sê hy ondersteun die voorstel dat kontrakteurs wat nie aan die vereiste standaarde voldoen nie, op ʼn swartlys geplaas word. Dit sluit kontrakteurs in wat lieg oor hul vermoëns, verkrygingsprosesse manipuleer of nie projekte voltooi nie. Roche Grobler van die VF Plus sê die metroraad het die voorstel eenparig […]
# Die GOOD-party sê die jongste kwartaallikse arbeidsmag-opname vir die eerste kwartaal bevestig wat Suid-Afrikaners reeds weet: Werkloosheid raak erger en nie beter nie. Die amptelike werkloosheidsyfer het tot 32,9-persent gestyg wat beteken 8,2-miljoen landsburgers is amptelik werkloos. GOOD se sekretaris-generaal, Brett Herron, sê die land het nie net ʼn werkloosheidskrisis nie, maar ʼn waardigheidskrisis:
# The International Atomic Energy Agency says that with nuclear power expanding in Africa, it is supporting countries in the development of the necessary infrastructure for safe and secure nuclear energy. South Africa, which operates the continent’s only nuclear power plant, Koeberg, plans to add two-thousand-500 megawatts of new capacity. Egypt is building its first plant, comprised […]
# A California judge has resentenced Erik and Lyle Menendez to 50 years to life in prison for the 1989 murders of their parents, making them eligible for parole. The brothers acknowledged killing Kitty and Jose Menendez but said they acted out of self-defence after years of abuse. They were found guilty of first-degree murder […]
# ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula says the misrepresentation of the Expropriation Act is evidence that the beneficiaries of apartheid will not sleep. He made the remarks during his keynote address at the ANC’s Duma Nokwe Memorial Lecture, held in the Sedibeng Municipality in Gauteng on Tuesday. The DA is challenging the Act in court, saying […]
# Government says Statistics South Africa’s latest quarterly labour force survey results for quarter one of 2025 is a reminder of the ongoing challenges in the labour market. Unemployment figures increased to 32.9-percent in the first quarter of this year, and close to 300-thousand jobs were lost between January and March in comparison to the […]
# An Israeli air strike has killed 28 people and injured dozens at the European Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza. According to reports, the target of the strike was senior Hamas figure Mohammed Sinwar, who is believed to have taken command of the group’s military wing. The Israeli military says it had conducted a precise […]
