# US president Donald Trump says following his meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, tariffs on China would be lowered to 47-percent from 57-percent. The two leaders met in South Korea. Speaking to journalists aboard Air Force One after concluding a three-stop tour of Asia, Trump said he will be reducing fentanyl-related tariffs to 10-percent […]
# The GOOD Party in the Drakenstein Municipality has criticised the DA caucus for voting against awarding a Community Hall lease to a reputable Non-Profit Organisation. The Community Youth and Family Service has already invested its own funds into the facility’s upkeep and upgrades after assurances that it would receive the lease to continue its […]
# Die Departement van Water en Sanitasie sê die Vaaldam is weer vol nadat dit Dinsdag ‘n vlak van 100,88-persent bereik het. Gedurende dieselfde tydperk verlede jaar was die dam net 34,77-persent vol. Volgens die departement het die goeie reënval in Gauteng en die Vrystaat gesorg dat die dam ‘n bestendige vlak handhaaf. Owerhede sal […]
# Minstens agt mense is vanoggend dood in ʼn botsing tussen ʼn minibustaxi en ʼn vragmotor op die N3-hoofweg tussen Van Reenenspas en Montrose in die Vrystaat. Talle mense is beseer. Die hoofweg is gesluit. Die woordvoerder van die KwaZulu-Natalse Departement van Vervoer, Ndabezinhle Sibiya, sê die presiese oorsaak van die ongeluk is nog nie […]
# Deputy president Paul Mashatile will be answering oral questions in the National Assembly this afternoon. He will answer questions on issues related to service delivery, settlement of debt by municipalities to Eskom, land reform, and the government’s approach towards addressing the disproportionate HIV prevalence in women and girls. Mashatile will also give an update […]
# Die Gautengse Departement van Menslike Nedersettings sê hy het beslissende stappe geneem om onvoltooide behuisingsprojekte in die provinsie te hervorm en aan die gang te kry. Dit word uiteengesit in die jongste verslag van die departement se projekbestuur-kantoor. Die departement se woordvoerder, Tahir Sema, sê hulle gaan swak presterende kontrakteurs vervang, oorsig verbeter en […]
# At least eight people have been killed in a collision between a minibus taxi and a truck on the N3 highway between van Reenen’s Pass and Montrose in the Free State this morning. Several others have been injured. The highway has been closed. The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transport spokesperson, Ndabezinhle Sibiya, says the exact […]
# Die Vryheidsfront Plus in Gauteng het die wrede plaasaanval op Jan en Elna Dhooge van Schikfontein buite Heidelberg veroordeel. Vyf gemaskerde en gewapende mans het die Dhooges Dinsdagaand in hul huis oorval. Jan is in die nek geskiet en Elna het verskeie beserings aan haar gesig en kop opgedoen. Jaco Mulder van die VF […]
# AfriForum says instead of regulating the energy sector and ensuring compliance with legislation, the National Energy Regulator of South Africa is now taking advantage of municipalities. The High Court in Pretoria has reserved judgment in the organisation’s case against Nersa’s approval for the implementation of municipal electricity tariffs, without the use of proper cost studies […]
