# Cape Town has been named the third most desirable city in the world at the 2026 Wanderlust Reader Travel Awards. The Mother City climbed from fourth place last year to take bronze, behind Tokyo in first place and Buenos Aires in second. More than 251-thousand readers took part in the public vote, casting over […]
# Woolworths se aandele het gister met byna nege-persent gedaal nadat ‘n handelsverklaring getoon het sy voedselafdeling het slegs 1,9-persent omsetgroei gelewer. Met pryse wat met drie-persent gestyg het, is verkoopsvolumes geraak, terwyl groei in vergelykbare winkels onveranderd gebly het. Gryphon Batebestuur se portefeuljebestuurder en navorsingsontleder, Casparus Treurnicht, beskryf die uitslae as van die swakste […]
# The acting coordinator of the National Intelligence Coordinating Committee, Ntandazo Sifolo, says illegal mining was elevated to a national security threat following violations of citizens’ rights. Testifying at the Madlanga Commission, Sifolo says the committee was tasked with coordinating government departments, including police and mining authorities, to develop an intervention plan. He says a […]
# The South African Social Security Agency urges social grant beneficiaries to disclose any changes in their financial, employment or personal circumstances that could affect their eligibility for assistance. The agency commends recipients who voluntarily come forward to update their details or cancel their grants after securing employment or improving their financial situation. SASSA’s Andile […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says the gap between the promise of justice and people’s lived experiences must be closed to protect democracy. Speaking at the International Access to Justice Conference in Sun City, North West, he warns that repeated injustice erodes public confidence in democratic institutions. Ramaphosa says when poor people believe the law protects […]
# Woolworths shares yesterday fell almost 9 percent after a trading update showed its food business delivered just 1.9-percent turnover growth. With prices rising by three-percent, sales volumes appear to have declined, while comparable-store growth was flat. Portfolio manager and research analyst at Gryphon Asset Management, Casparus Treurnicht, described the food division’s results as among […]
# Suid-Afrika het sy sitrusuitvoerberaming afwaarts aangepas, na die oorlog in Iran besendings na die Midde-Ooste ontwrig en swaar weer oeste beskadig het. Die Sitruskwekersvereniging verwag nou dat 197,9-miljoen kartonne van 15 kilogram dié seisoen uitgevoer sal word, vergeleke met die vorige 209,4-miljoen. Suid-Afrika stuur gewoonlik sowat 20-persent van sy sitrus na die Midde-Ooste, maar […]
# Die ANC se woordvoerder, Mahlengi Bhengu, sê die party se nasionale uitvoerende komitee ondersoek die redes vir sy swak vertoning in die plaaslikeregeringsverkiesing. Bhengu het in Boksburg gesê byna alle politieke partye het die ANC reeds genader vir informele koalisiegesprekke. Sy sê die party besin nederig oor sy verkiesingsnederlaag. Bhengu voeg by kandidate moet […]
# Openbare Beskermer Kholeka Gcaleka sê geregtigheid moet meer wees as grondwetlike regte om Suid-Afrikaners se daaglikse uitdagings die hoof te bied. Sy het gepraat tydens die Internasionale Toegang tot Geregtigheids-konferensie by Sun City in Noordwes. Gcaleka sê haar kantoor wil dienste toegankliker maak, veral vir weerlose gemeenskappe. Sy beklemtoon die uitbreiding van satelliet-kantore, SMS- […]
