# Die Suid-Afrikaanse kunstenaar, Marlene Dumas het ‘n nuwe wêreldrekord opgestel vir die duurste werk deur ‘n lewende vroulike kunstenaar. Haar skildery uit 1997, Miss January, is vir sowat 245-miljoen-rand op ‘n veiling van Christie’s in New York verkoop. Die skildery van 2,8-meter hoog het die vorige rekord van Jenny Saville se Propped in 2018 […]
# Dieselpryse kan volgende maand met tot 94-sent-per-liter daal, wat dit moontlik die laagste vlakke in drie jaar sal laat bereik. Die Sentrale Energiefonds sê die verwagte daling kan toegeskryf word aan dalende wêreld-oliepryse en die rand wat sedert middel April met meer as tien-persent versterk het. Daar word verwag dat die prys tussen 74- […]
# Adjunkpresident Paul Mashatile het vanoggend in Parys aangekom vir ʼn werksbesoek om bande tussen Suid-Afrika en Frankryk te versterk. Die besoek se fokus is op die bevordering van handel en belegging ná onlangse diplomatieke beraadslaging deur die minister van Internasionale Betrekkinge, Ronald Lamola. Mashatile sal die SA-Frankryk-beleggingskonferensie bywoon en die Franse president Emmanuel Macron […]
# Diesel prices could drop by up to 94-cents-per-litre next month, potentially reaching their lowest levels in three years. The Central Energy Fund says the anticipated decreases are attributed to declining global oil prices and a strengthening rand, which has appreciated over ten-percent since mid-April. It is expected that diesel prices will reduce between 74- […]
# Animal welfare groups are encouraging South Africans to adopt rescue dogs instead of buying pets ahead of World Rescue Dog Day today. FOUR PAWS’ Fiona Miles says over four-million animals are homeless, however adoption offers them safe heavens to call home. Miles says every adoption eases shelter pressure and changes lives. She emphasised that […]
# Deputy president Paul Mashatile has landed in Paris this morning for a working visit to strengthen South Africa-France ties. The visit will focus on boosting trade and investment, following recent diplomatic talks by International Relations minister Ronald Lamola. Mashatile will attend the SA-France Investment Conference and meet French president Emmanuel Macron. France has committed […]
# South African artist Marlene Dumas has set a new world record for the most expensive work sold by a living female artist. Her 1997 painting, Miss January, sold for approximately 245-million-rand at Christie’s New York auction. The 280-centimetre-tall portrait surpassed the previous record held by Jenny Saville’s Propped in 2018. Dumas, who began her […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Weerdiens sê twee frontale stelsels word hierdie week oor die land verwag. ‘n Kouefront sal vandag die kus aan die suidwestelike deel van die land bereik, wat nat, koue en winderige toestande oor die westelike dele van die Wes-Kaap sal meebring. ‘n Weervoorspeller, Lehlohonolo Thobela, sê die nat en koue toestande sal […]
# Die DA-leier John Steenhuisen sê die belangrikste sake op sy lys sal die vestiging van handelsbande tussen Suid-Afrika en Amerika wees, veral op landbougebied. Steenhuisen, in sy hoedanigheid as minister van Landbou, is deel van president Cyril Ramaphosa se afvaardiging om in Amerika met president Donald Trump en senior amptenare te vergader. Hy sê […]
