# Die ANC-jeugliga verwelkom die inhegtenisneming van ʼn gewese munisipale bestuurder van die Umzimkhulu-munisipaliteit in KwaZulu-Natal, in verband met die moord op Sindiso Magaqa. Die gewese sekretaris-generaal van die jeugliga wat ʼn raadslid in die munisipaliteit was, is in 2017 doodgeskiet. Die sluipmoordenaar, Sibusiso Ncengwa, is vroeër die maand tot 25 jaar tronkstraf gevonnis. Die […]
# Four people, including a New York Police Department officer, have been killed at a skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan. One person was wounded. According to authorities, a gunman wearing a bulletproof vest and armed with a rifle entered 345 Park Avenue. He opened fire, shooting an off-duty police officer who was working as a security […]
# South Africa has secured just over 10.4-billion-rand loan from Germany’s KfW Development Bank to support the country’s efforts to shift to a low-carbon economy. The agreement builds on two other loans concluded in 2022 and 2023 and forms part of Germany’s pledge at the COP26 Climate Change Summit to support South Africa’s shift away […]
# Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs minister, Velenkosini Hlabisa, says efficient local government is critical to economic growth and business sustainability. The minister hosted a youth and women’s dialogue on the review of the 1998 White Paper on Local Government in Boksburg yesterday. The White Paper Review was launched in May to emphasise the need […]
# Heavy rains have triggered floods and landslides in and around Beijing, killing more than 30 people, while several others are still missing. More than 80-thousand people have been relocated, including from the Miyun district, which is the most affected. The downpours have damaged dozens of roads and cut off electricity for 136 villages. On Monday, […]
# Soccer: Banyana Banyana coach Desiree Ellis says they knew that their quest to defend their Women’s Africa Cup of Nations title would not be easy. The team arrived back in South Africa yesterday evening following their fourth-place finish in Morocco, after losing 3-4 on penalties to Ghana in the bronze medal match. Deputy minister of […]
# Deputy Transport minister, Mkhuleko Hlengwa, says the transport sector is instrumental in the functioning of society, yet it has excluded those from previously disadvantaged backgrounds, women, and youth. According to the reports of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Commission, in 2022, only 38.8-percent of transport and logistics businesses were black-owned, which was a decrease […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has denied claims that his decision to place Police minister Senzo Mchunu on special leave rather than dismissing him amounted to special treatment of an ally. He has submitted papers to the Constitutional Court in response to an urgent application by the MK Party and its leader, Jacob Zuma. The application […]
# US president Donald Trump does not agree with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s assertion that there is no starvation in Gaza. The World Health Organisation has warned that malnutrition rates have reached alarming levels in Gaza. Trump, who has largely blamed Hamas for the delay in distributing aid to civilians in Gaza, acknowledged Israel […]
