# The British high commission in Pretoria has apologised to EFF leader Julius Malema after his UK visa was not processed in time for a Cambridge University conference this weekend. High commissioner Antony Phillipson cited standard procedures and recent UK bank holidays as reasons for the delay after Malema accused the country of deliberate sabotage. […]
# With May being Child Protection Month, government is calling on all South Africans to unite in safeguarding the dignity, safety, and innocence of every child. Reports state that more than half the children in the country continue to live below the poverty line. Violence, poverty and malnutrition, inequality, and inadequate access to essential services […]
# ActionSA says it will write to Communications and Digital Technologies minister, Solly Malatsi, calling for his urgent intervention into the State Information Technology Agency to stabilise its leadership and governance. The party’s Alan Beesley says the recent report by the Auditor-General to Parliament’s standing committee on Public Accounts paints a grim picture of SITA’s performance. He says […]
# Die Vryheidsfront Plus sê Afrikaans is ‘n kulturele en intellektuele taal wat beskerm moet word. Die erkenning van Afrikaans as ‘n amptelike taal in Suid-Afrika ‘n honderd jaar gelede word vandag herdenk. Die VF Plus se leier, Corné Mulder, sê ‘n kulturele, politieke en maatskaplike stryd wat dekades lank strek, en gewortel is in […]
# The Freedom Front Plus says Afrikaans is a cultural and intellectual language that must be protected. Today marks the centennial of the recognition of Afrikaans as an official language in South Africa. The FF Plus’ Corné Mulder says a cultural, political and social struggle spanning decades, and rooted in the pursuit of Afrikaner identity […]
# Die Buro vir Ekonomiese Navorsing sê Suid-Afrika se ekonomie sal waarskynlik teen ‘n aansienlik stadiger tempo groei as wat voorheen verwag is. Dit is die gevolg van binnelandse politieke onbestendigheid en die Amerikaanse president, Donald Trump, se tariefoorlog. Die buro het sy ekonomiese groeivooruitsigte vir die land tot slegs 1,5-persent verlaag, van twee-persent wat […]
# The Bureau for Economic Research says South Africa’s economy will likely expand at a significantly slower pace than previously anticipated. This is a result of domestic political instability and US president Donald Trump’s tariff war. The bureau has cut its economic growth outlook for the country to only 1.5-percent, from two-percent expected previously. The […]
# Die bekroonde Suid-Afrikaanse tromspeler en komponis Kesivan Naidoo, en sy bekroonde ensemble, Kesivan and The Lights, doen Saterdag ‘n spesiale opname by die Baxter-konsertsaal in Kaapstad. Dit is deel van hul nasionale toer getiteld Freedom in Sound. Die toer eer Suid-Afrika se ryk jazz-erfenis om 30 jaar van demokrasie te vier. Kesivan and The […]
# Die Universiteit van Fort Hare het die skrywer, politieke aktivis en prokureur Mda Mda met ‘n eredoktorsgraad in die Regte vereer. Mda, wat 102 jaar oud is, het ‘n deurslaggewende rol in die apartheidsera gespeel om minderbevoorregtes te verteenwoordig. Hy het in 2019 sy memoir, Struggle and Hope: Reflections on the recent history of […]
