# Iran’s Revolutionary Guard says it fired ballistic missiles at a base in Jordan used by the US military and attacked 10 ships after America said it had destroyed five Iranian oil tankers. This is a sharp escalation of the six-month-old war. Increased attacks by both sides have shattered a month of relative calm, hitting […]
# The son of Richemont chairperson Johann Rupert, Anton, has been appointed as the company’s non-executive, co-deputy chairperson. Rupert senior, South Africa’s richest person with a net worth estimated at over 262-billion-rand, founded the Swiss-based luxury goods holding company in 1988. It owns brands such as Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels. Thirty-nine-year-old Anton Rupert […]
# Ekonome waarsku Suid-Afrika se suikerbedryf ondervind toenemende druk weens goedkoop invoere, die sluiting van suikermeulens en koste-stygings. Meer as ‘n miljoen mense is afhanklik van die bedryf, wat sowat 270-duisend regstreekse en onregstreekse werksgeleenthede ondersteun. Oxford Economics se ekonoom, Jee-A van der Linde, sê Tongaat Hulett het likwidasie vrygespring danksy staatsgesteunde finansiële hulp, maar […]
# Sokker: Die Activists and Citizens Forum vra ‘n leierskaps-verandering in die Suid-Afrikaanse Sokkervereniging voor die naweek se verkiesingskonferensie. Die forum se woordvoerder, Dennis Bloem, sê SAFA se president, Danny Jordaan, is ‘n las en moet opsystaan weens berigte oor finansiële uitdagings. Hy sê dringende ingryping is nodig. Bloem beklemtoon die forum se steun aan […]
# ActionSA says it must be made clear to Ekurhuleni residents that the ANC has no appetite for insourcing, having voted against an insourcing motion in 2022.The party’s Tumelo Tshabalala says Mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza announced 593 cleaning and security posts in March, but six months later none have been filled despite budget approval. He argues […]
# Fire response company Fire Ops SA is warning of a sharp rise in structural fires linked to solar power installations. CEO and Deputy Fire Chief De Wet Engelbrecht says data by Fire Force indicates that one in four structural fires in South Africa is related to malfunctioning solar power systems. Engelbrecht emphasised that batteries, […]
# Soccer: Activists and Citizens Forum is calling for a leadership change at local governing body SAFA ahead of this weekend’s elective conference. Spokesperson Dennis Bloem says SAFA president Danny Jordaan is a liability and should step aside, citing reports of financial challenges, and says urgent intervention is needed. He emphasises the forum’s backing of […]
# Economists warn that South Africa’s sugar industry is under mounting pressure from cheap imports, mill closures and rising costs. More than one-million people depend on the sector, supporting around 270-thousand direct and indirect jobs. Oxford Economics economist Jee-A van der Linde says Tongaat Hulett narrowly avoided liquidation after receiving state-backed financial support, while other […]
# Duisende passasiers is steeds gestrand op Britse lughawens nadat die Britse Lugverkeerbeheerdiens ‘n tegniese fout ervaar het. Die probleem het gister gelei tot sowat een-duisend-300 kansellasies van vlugte na of vanaf lughawens in Brittanje. FlightRadar berig Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester en Birmingham is die swaarste getref. Meer as 250 vlugte is reeds vandag gekanselleer. Die […]
