# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê hy steun Bafana Bafana voor hul FIFA Wêreldbeker-ronde-van-32-wedstryd teen mede-gasheer Kanada. Ramaphosa en die Kanadese premier Mark Carney het mekaar se spanne sterkte toegewens, maar ooreengekom om oor die uitslag te verskil. Ramaphosa het die span se verdedigende dissipline en aanvallende presisie geprys. Hy het die groep aangespoor om hul […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged South Africa’s traditional kings and queens to use their moral authority to discourage intolerance and instability ahead of Tuesday’s protest against undocumented foreign nationals. Addressing a meeting with monarchs yesterday, Ramaphosa said they can help ease tensions, promote dialogue and prevent violence, while upholding the spirit of Ubuntu. Ramaphosa […]
# KwaZulu-Natal police leadership has cancelled leave for all officers ahead Tuesday’s nationwide protests against undocumented foreign nationals. Authorities say every officer under the Public Service Act will be deployed, including detectives, and undercover units now expected to assist in uniform operations. Police, community crime-fighting structures and government officials met in Durban to coordinate preparedness […]
# DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis has condemned any potential violence linked to the planned national shutdown against illegal immigration on Tuesday. Speaking to SABC News amid the DA campaign in the Emfuleni by-election ward, Hill-Lewis urged South Africans to remain calm, saying public frustration must never turn into hatred, vigilantism or attacks on foreign nationals. […]
# Agri SA has welcomed the National Energy Regulator of South Africa’s draft market inquiry report into fixed charges and Eskom’s retail tariff reforms. The organisation says the findings confirm long-standing concerns that recent tariff changes have excessively increased electricity costs for agriculture, especially irrigation-dependent farms with limited ability to shift demand. Agri SA says […]
# Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training has raised concerns over the growing reliance on foreign academics at South Africa’s public universities, particularly at professor level. The committee chairperson Tebogo Letsie told SABC News that this continues despite years of government investment in developing local academic talent. Letsie says Parliament wants to assess […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed support for Bafana Bafana ahead of their FIFA World Cup Round of 32 match against co-hosts Canada. Ramaphosa exchanged well-wishes with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, as both leaders agreed to differ on the outcome. Ramaphosa praised the team’s defensive discipline and attacking precision. He urged the squad to […]
# Agri SA het die Nasionale Energiereguleerder van Suid-Afrika se konsep-markondersoekverslag oor vaste tariewe en Eskom se kleinhandel-tariefhervormings verwelkom. Die organisasie sê die bevindinge bevestig voortgesette kommer dat onlangse tariefveranderinge elektrisiteitskoste vir landbou buitensporig verhoog het, veral op besproeiingsafhanklike plase met beperkte vermoë om aanvraag te skuif. Agri SA sê elektrisiteit het ‘n belangrike insetkoste […]
# Die Parlement se Portefeuljekomitee oor Hoër Onderwys en Opleiding het kommer uitgespreek oor die groeiende afhanklikheid van buitelandse akademici by Suid-Afrika se openbare universiteite, veral vir professorate. Die komiteevoorsitter, Tebogo Letsie, het aan SABC Nuus gesê dit duur voort ten spyte van jare se regeringsbelegging in die ontwikkeling van plaaslike akademiese talent. Letsie sê […]
