# Die GOOD-party sê die Ouditeur-generaal se bevindings oor verkrygingsprosesse in die Stad Kaapstad bevestig die bekommernisse wat inwoners, gemeenskapsaktiviste en opposisiepartye al jare lank opper. ʼn Partywoordvoerder, Suzette Little, sê die metro se terugsak van ʼn skoon oudit-uitslag na ʼn ongekwalifiseerde oudit met bevindings is nie ʼn geringe administratiewe kwessie nie. Sy sê die […]
# South Korea’s former-president Yoon Suk Yeol has been sentenced to 30 years in prison over charges of ordering drone infiltrations into North Korea. This was in a bid to escalate tensions and to help justify his failed 2024 martial law declaration. The Seoul Central District Court found Yoon, together with his former Defence minister Kim […]
# Die minister van Wetenskap, Tegnologie en Innovering, Blade Nzimande, sê Suid-Afrika wil bande met China versterk wat wetenskap, tegnologie en innovering betref. Die minister het gister ʼn bilaterale hoëvlak-vergadering met die Chinese ambassadeur in Suid-Afrika, Wu Peng, gehou. Dis in aanloop tot volgende week se Wêreld KI-konferensie en hoëvlakvergadering oor wêreldwye KI-bestuur in Sjanghai, […]
# The South African Reserve Bank warns that advances in artificial intelligence models pose risks to financial stability, and have led to a significant increase in software and IT system vulnerability. The Reserve Bank’s latest half-yearly financial stability review shows that a sophisticated multistep attack that previously required scarce, elite human expertise can now be […]
# Die minister van Samewerkende Regering en Tradisionele Sake, Velenkosini Hlabisa, sê voorbereidings vir die komende plaaslikeregeringverkiesing in November verloop vlot. Hy het gister die voorlegging van die Departement van Samewerkende Bestuursbegrotingstemming aan die Nasionale Raad van Provinsies voorgelê. Hlabisa sê vier-duisend-488 stadswyke is gefinaliseer. Dis ‘n toename van 20 wyke van die vier-duisend-468 in […]
# Rugby: Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus says, despite an extensive injury list and the entire Bulls squad being unavailable, they have more than enough players to choose from ahead of the 2026 season. The Boks are counting down to the start of a gruelling 14-match campaign that stretches from next weekend’s Barbarians showdown in Gqeberha […]
# Die Vryheidsfront Plus sê die salarisooreenkoms tussen die ANC-geleide koalisie in die Johannesburgse metroraad en die vakbond SAMWU is in die metro se huidige finansiële posisie eenvoudig onbekostigbaar. Die ooreenkoms van 10,3-miljard-rand sal oor ʼn tydperk van twee jaar ingestel word. Franco de Lange van die VF Plus sê alhoewel burgemeester Dada Morero volhou […]
# Iran says it has not yet made a final decision on any deal, emphasising that reports of a finalised agreement with the US were “merely speculation”. US president Donald Trump has stated that the final points of a deal to end the war had been approved. Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei says the […]
# The National Assembly has passed the Defence Amendment Bill, which amends the Defence Act of 2002 to ensure compliance with a ruling of the Constitutional Court. The court found that sections of the Defence Act are unconstitutional, to the extent that they permit members of the Executive to establish boards of inquiry to investigate […]
