# Three Cape Town restaurants have made the World’s 100 Best Restaurants 2025 list. The list, sponsored by S.Pellegrino and Acqua Panna, features some of the most esteemed dining spots in the world. La Colombe at the Silvermist Wine Estate, which is making its sixth appearance on the list, is at number 55. FYN at the […]
# The Road Freight Association says it is highly improbable that Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences will be rolled out from midnight. This is despite rumours circulating on some social media. The association’s CEO, Gavin Kelly, says the Road Traffic Infringement Agency, in its last communiqué, said that AARTO would be rolled out in […]
# Die adjunkminister van Finansies, Ashor Sarupen, het die aanbevelings van die Organisasie vir Ekonomiese Samewerking en Ontwikkeling se opname verwelkom en sê Suid-Afrika werk reeds aan volhoubare staatsfinansies. Die opname is ʼn onafhanklike en internasionale portuur-evaluering van die land se makro-ekonomiese neigings, strukturele hervorming en beleidsprobleme. Dit stel onder andere voor dat die land strenger […]
# The GOOD Party is calling on the Judicial Service Commission to urgently review the racially charged remarks made by Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng, who is presiding over the high-profile Senzo Meyiwa murder trial. During a live broadcast, he used racially divisive language in voicing his frustration with defence advocate Charles Mnisi, who had asked to […]
# National Director of Public Prosecutions advocate Shamila Batohi has refuted claims that the National Prosecuting Authority is in crisis and is failing. Her tenure has been marked by high-profile missteps, ranging from the bungled prosecutions of the Gupta brothers, Matshela Koko and Timothy Omotoso to the handling of allegations against Moroadi Cholota. Batohi told […]
# Die minister van Landbou, John Steenhuisen, het die eerste massa-inenting van pluimvee in Suid-Afrika aangekondig om plaaslike pluimvee teen voëlgriep te beskerm. Vyftig dieregesondheid-tegnici is op kort kontrakte aangestel om met die inentingveldtog te help. Intussen sê Steenhuisen sy departement het ook 72-miljoen-rand se entstowwe by Botswana gekoop om bek-en-klouseer te bekamp. Hy sê […]
# Finance deputy minister, Ashor Sarupen, has welcomed the recommendations of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Economic Survey, saying South Africa is already working towards achieving sustainable public finances. The survey is an independent and internationally peer-reviewed assessment of the country’s macroeconomic trends, structural reforms, and policy challenges. It suggested, among other recommendations, that […]
# Die regering verwelkom die parlementêre staande komitee oor Finansies se goedkeuring van die fiskale raamwerk en inkomstevoorstelle onderliggend aan die 2025-begroting. Die aanvaarding van die raamwerk is ʼn belangrike stap in die begrotingsproses. Die raamwerk stel ekonomiese beleid en inkomste-vooruitskattings vas en plaas beperkings op staatsbesteding. Regeringswoordvoerder, Nomonde Mnukwa, sê elke rand in die […]
# Agriculture minister John Steenhuisen has announced the first mass vaccination of poultry in South Africa to protect the local flock from bird flu. Fifty animal health technicians have been appointed on short-term contracts to help with the vaccination rollout. Meanwhile, Steenhuisen says his department has also procured vaccines from Botswana for 72-million-rand to combat foot-and-mouth […]
