# The United Nations says it is working closely with Pakistani authorities to rapidly assess the humanitarian impact of the recent floods, identify needs, and address gaps in the response to the disaster. The floods in northern Pakistan have claimed over 400 lives. The UN says this disaster, caused by a severe monsoon exacerbated by climate […]
# Die DA verwelkom die burgemeester van Stellenbosch, Jeremy Fasser se besluit om ‘n spesiale raadsvergadering te hou om die saak van die bestuurder van menslike hulpbronne, Alexander Kannemeyer, te hanteer. Dit volg nadat ‘n video van 2023 uitgelek het waarin Kannemeyer voorstel wit werknemers moet ongemaklik gemaak word totdat hulle bedank. ‘n Ondersoek teen […]
# Cosatu doen ‘n beroep vir onmiddellike regeringsoptrede om stygende kragpryse te verlaag ten einde ‘n werksgeleentheid-slagting te voorkom. Die vakbondfederasie sê sedert beurtkrag in 2006 begin het, het kragpryse met meer as 450-persent gestyg. Matthew Parks van Cosatu sê die ekonomie nie langer die massiewe finansiële verliese van Eskom se vermoë om bekostigbare elektrisiteit […]
# The United Arab Emirates has warned Israel that annexing the occupied West Bank would cross a red line and end the pursuit of regional integration. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to convene a cabinet meeting today to discuss annexation. This is in response to the plans of several major Western countries to […]
# Deputy Finance minister David Masondo says infrastructure remains a catalyst for sustainable and inclusive economic growth. Government will spend more than 940-billion-rand on infrastructure over the next three years, which includes 375-billion-rand in spending by state-owned entities. This funding will revitalise roads and bridges, build dams and waterways, modernise ports and airports, and power […]
# Die burgemeester van Ekurhuleni Nkosindiphile Xhakaza sê die metro maak vordering met die versterking van sy finansiële posisie na hy die 2,1-miljard-rand se inkomste-tekort aangespreek het. Die metro se huidige bankbalans is byna 1,2-miljard en sy beleggingsrekening is nou 672-miljoen-rand sterk teenoor die vorige balans van 245-miljoen-rand. Xhakaza sê intussen ‘n interne dissiplinêre proses […]
# The MK Party has accused the government of tampering with police investigations into political killings. This comes after National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola and Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia agreed to send copies of 121 dockets from the KwaZulu-Natal political killings task team to the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry. The MK Party’s David Skosana […]
# At least 15 people have been killed and 18 others injured after Lisbon’s famous Glória Funicular railway car derailed and crashed in Portugal. According to reports, a cable came loose along the railway’s route, causing it to lose control and collide with a nearby building. Authorities say some foreign nationals were among the dead, […]
# Golf: South Africa’s Jacques de Villiers fired an opening round 63 to share the lead with England’s Joe Knox on seven under par at the Sunshine Tour’s Sunbet Challenge at the Wild Coast Sun Country Club in Port Edward. South Africa’s Albert Venter is two strokes further back and the leaders’ nearest challenger on […]
