# Die waarnemende nasionale polisiekommissaris, Puleng Dimpane, het die Gautengse SAPD en Ekurhuleni-metropolisie geloof nadat hulle ʼn vermeende transitoroof-bende onderskep het voor die misdaad kon plaasvind. Die bende word moontlik verbind met talle ernstige en geweldsmisdade in die provinsie. Die nasionale polisiewoordvoerder, Athlenda Mathe, sê wetstoepassingsbeamptes het toegeslaan op ʼn huis in Daveyton aan die […]
# Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis struck two Saudi Arabian oil tankers in the Red Sea, days after announcing a naval blockade on Saudi vessels. The attacks were carried out using several ballistic and cruise missiles, as well as drones. Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree says they will continue their naval operations against Saudi Arabia and persist […]
# Die hof vir klein eise se monetêre regskrag word op 1 Augustus verhoog van 20-duisend- tot 30-duisend-rand. Die eerste aanpassing sedert 2019 brei toegang uit tot bekostigbare, doeltreffende geregtigheid gegrond op meriete eerder as finansiële middele. Die Departement van Justisie en Grondwetlike Ontwikkeling se woordvoerder, Palesa Rammitlwa, sê die uitwerking van die howe is […]
# Die Gauteng Departement van Menslike Behuising het die DA se bewering verwerp dat die Montrose Mega Stad-projek in Randfontein weens verwaarlosing verlaat is. Die party het Dinsdag ‘n oorsigbesoek aan die behuisingsprojek gebring en gesê dit gaan net agteruit en is ‘n simbool van wanbestuur en verwaarlosing. Die woordvoerder van die departement, Tahir Sema, […]
# Die DA sê president Cyril Ramaphosa se beloofde ondersoek na Iran se deelname aan die Will for Peace 2026-vlootoefening, het tot stilstand gekom. Die president het die ondersoek in Februarie vanjaar ingestel en ʼn ondersoekpaneel onder voorsitterskap van regter Bernard Ngoepe aangestel. Chris Hattingh van die DA sê Ramaphosa het in ʼn parlementêre antwoord […]
# Commonwealth Games: The Commonwealth Games are set to begin in Glasgow, Scotland, today. More than three-thousand athletes from 74 countries will compete across 215 medal events in 16 sports – ten able-bodied and six integrated para sports. This contingent includes a total of 112 South African athletes. Glasgow stepped in when the Australian state […]
# The British Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has temporarily withdrawn its diplomatic staff from Iran due to rising security concerns, shifting embassy operations to remote work. This is amid US president Donald Trump’s threats to “bomb and destroy” Iranian infrastructure. The British government warns that the situation in the Middle East remains unpredictable, and […]
# Eskom CEO Dan Marokane says the orderly shutdown, repowering, and repurposing of older coal-fired power stations must be informed by evidence, system adequacy, new generation delivery and the readiness of the grid. The power utility has secured minimum emission standards exemptions for eight of its coal-fired power stations, effectively permitting continued operation beyond the […]
# The MK Party says president Cyril Ramaphosa must give evidence personally before the Impeachment Committee and cannot do so through legal representation. This comes as the committee has resolved to request its legal advisers to guide the legal position regarding Ramaphosa’s appearance or testimony before it, and the implications should the president elect not […]
