# The Institute of Management Development and the Productivity SA announced that South Africa has improved its position in the 2026 World Competitiveness Yearbook, rising to 54th place out of 70 economies surveyed, compared to 64th in 2025. Productivity SA Statician Juliet Mashabela says the improvement signals progress in several key areas of government efficiency, business […]
# Statistics South Africa says retail trade sales increased by 1.3-percent in April, driven mainly by gains in other retailers, furniture and appliance stores, and general dealers. Sales also rose by 0.9-percent month-on-month, continuing a recovery after a decline in February. Stats SA’s Raquel Floris says over the three months to April, retail sales were […]
# AfriForum sê die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens se stilswye oor die stand van sy reservisteprogram wek ernstige kommer oor sy verbintenis tot misdaadbestryding. Die organisasie sê die SAPD versuim reeds langer as ‘n jaar om inligting beskikbaar te stel oor die werwing, opleiding en werksaamhede van reserviste. Jacques Broodryk van AfriForum het die waarnemende minister van […]
# Rugby: Leinster retained their 2026 United Rugby Championship crown with a dominant 36-7 victory over the Bulls at a packed Croke Park stadium in Dublin last night. An early yellow card for the Bulls allowed the home team to assert total control, surging to a 22-0 lead in the first half via tries by […]
# The planned arrests of Crime Intelligence head Dumisani Khumalo and the head of Intelligence Analysis, major-general Nozipho Madondo have been called off due to national security concerns. The pair were due to hand themselves in at the Brooklyn Police Station in Pretoria yesterday on fraud-related charges, but the process was halted because Khumalo is […]
# Sri Lanka sukkel met die ergste uitbreking in jare van die muskiet-oordraagbare denguekoors, met meer as 44-duisend gevalle en 28 sterftes wat sedert Januarie aangeteken is. ‘n Amptenaar het gesê dit plaas openbare hospitale onder druk. Dengue is algemeen tydens Sri Lanka se moesonseisoen, maar onbeheersde verstedeliking en skade weens die sikloon Ditwah het […]
# Die beplande inhegtenisneming van die hoof van Misdaadintelligensie, Dumisani Khumalo, en die hoof van Intelligensie-ontleding, generaal-majoor Nozipho Madondo is weens nasionale veiligheidskwessies afgelas. Die twee sou hulself gister by die Brooklyn-polisiestasie in Pretoria oorgee op aanklagte van bedrog, maar die proses is gestaak omdat Khumalo betrokke is by die monitor van teen-immigrante-betogings wat verband […]
# Statistiek Suid-Afrika sê kleinhandelverkope het met 1,3-persent in April gestyg, hoofsaaklik gedryf deur winste in meubel- en toestelwinkels, en kleinhandelaars. Verkope het ook met 0,9-persent op ‘n maand grondslag gestyg, wat voortgesette herstel toon na ‘n afname in Februarie. Raquel Floris van Statistiek SA sê oor die drie maande tot April was kleinhandelverkope 1,8-persent […]
# Sri Lanka is battling the worst outbreak of mosquito-borne dengue fever in years, with more than 44-thousand cases and 28 deaths recorded since January. An official said it is putting public hospitals under strain. Dengue is common during Sri Lanka’s monsoon season, but unplanned urbanisation and damage caused by Cyclone Ditwah worsened the outbreak […]
