# President Cyril Ramaphosa waarsku dat bestuursmislukkings en swak infrastruktuur in Gauteng ‘n bedreiging vir vooruitgang in die provinsie is. Hy het in Johannesburg teenoor provinsiale leiers finansiële wanbestuur, onbetroubare dienslewering en toenemende misdaad beklemtoon. Ramaphosa het regeringsleiers aangemoedig om saam te werk om die uitdagings doeltreffender aan te pak, om ekonomiese groei te versterk […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa vra dringende optrede om misdaad en wetteloosheid in Gauteng aan te pak. Hy het op ‘n vergadering tussen die nasionale uitvoerende gesag en die provinsiale uitvoerende raad in Johannesburg gewaarsku vertragings met die oplossing van hierdie kwessies kan vordering ondermyn. Ramaphosa het werkloosheid en armoede as die provinsie se grootste uitdagings […]
# Rugby: Springbok head coach Rassie Erasmus says Siya Kolisi will captain the team as long as he’s good enough to be the first choice in his playing position. He says he realises Kolisi will be 36 when the next World Cup takes place in 2027. Erasmus says other players such as Eben Etzebeth, Salmaan […]
# Die Verenigde Nasies se Kinderfonds sê die aangekondigde terugsnyding en verwagte fondsinkortings deur verskeie skenkerlande sal sy vemoë beperk om miljoene kinders in ernstige nood te help. Die Amerikaanse regering het die befondsing deur die Amerikaanse Agentskap vir Internasionale Ontwikkeling aan verskeie organisasies sonder winsbejag opgeskort. UNICEF word in geheel befonds deur vrywillige bydraes […]
# South African actress Crystal-Donna Roberts died of cancer, aged 41. She announced in 2019 she had been diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a double mastectomy, but the disease spread. Roberts grew up in Cape Town and obtained a drama degree at the University of the Free State before becoming a drama teacher in […]
# Soccer: The final of next year’s World Cup in North America will feature a half-time show like America’s Super Bowl’s for the first time. World governing body Fifa’s president, Gianni Infantino, says a list of artists will perform in the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey in the United States, who will host the tournament […]
# Cricket: Veteran Australian batter Steve Smith plans to still play Tests and T20s for his country after announcing his retirement from one-day internationals. He made the decision after his team was beaten by India in the semifinal of the Champions Trophy. Thirty-five-year-old Smith played 170 ODIs for Australia since making his debut against the […]
# Rugby: Springbok management wants three more matches for the team this year to toughen up the schedule halfway between two World Cups. The two-time defending champions already have 13 confirmed appointments, but operational manager Charles Wessels says they plan a match against the Barbarians in June, as well as two Tests against undisclosed opponents. […]
# Die Departement van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking het uitgevaar teen Israel se weiering om humanitêre hulp aan Gaza toe te laat, en sy voortgesette militêre optrede aan die Wesoewer. Die departement sê dit kom neer op ‘n skending van internasionale reg, en wys op die moontlikheid van verhongering as oorlogswapen en die gedwonge verskuiwing […]
