# Motorsport: Die McLaren renjaer Lando Norris het gewys hy is weer slaggereed toe hy die rondetye van Red Bull se viermalige wêreldkampioen Max Verstappen in die eerste oefening by die Spaanse Grand Prix in Barcelona verbeter het. Lewis Hamilton, die sewemalige kampioen en sy Ferrari-spanmaat, Charles Leclerc was derde en vierde, voor die kampioenskapsvoorloper […]
# The DA is calling for urgent measures to tackle rising cross-border crime along the Lesotho-Free State border. DA’s Roy Jankielsohn says attacks, including a brutal slaughter of 18 cattle near Wepener, amount to a low-intensity war. Roy urges improved policing, technology use, and cross-border hot pursuit agreements. He warns that rural crime threatens food […]
# Two stray lions have been seen in the veld near Plange-Mtititi village, bordering Kruger National Park’s northern side in Limpopo. Community spokesperson Isaac Khosa says rangers were called but have not located the animals. Khosa urges local residents and livestock farmers to stay vigilant. The lions were last seen near bushes close to the […]
# AfriForum has called on Parliament to avoid contempt of the Constitutional Court by adhering to deadlines for fixing unconstitutional laws. This follows a two-year extension granted for adopting the Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Act. AfriForum’s Barend Uys warns the delay leaves cultural communities in limbo. He says repeated deadline extensions show poor commitment to […]
# Die GOOD-party verwelkom opmerkings deur die Amerikaanse president Donald Trump se geestelike raadgewer, Pastoor Mark Burns, wat bewerings van ‘n wit volksmoord in Suid-Afrika weerlê. Burns het tydens ‘n besoek aan die land gesê daar is geen bewyse van geteikende moorde op wit Suid-Afrikaners nie. Hy kritiseer diegene wat sulke bewerings versprei en noem […]
# The Ladysmith Regional Court in KwaZulu-Natal has sentenced former DA councillor Michael Buthelezi to four life terms plus 15-years in prison for the murder of his fiancée and three children in a house fire in Bergville in 2023. Buthelezi was also convicted of arson and giving false information to the police. National Prosecuting Authority […]
# Twee rondloper leeus is in die veld naby Plange-Mtititi, aan die noordelike grens van die Krugerwildtuin in Limpopo gesien. ‘n Gemeenskapswoordvoerder, Isaac Khosa, sê veldwagters is ontbied, maar het die diere nog nie gewaar nie. Khosa waarsku plaaslike inwoners en veeboere om waaksaam te wees. Die leeus is laas in die bosse naby die […]
# The Department of Health is launching an organ donation awareness campaign today in Boksburg, Gauteng, to promote organ and tissue donation in South Africa. The Department’s spokesperson Foster Mohale says with around three-thousand patients on waiting lists, the campaign encourages families to embrace the gift of life as many die while waiting for transplants. […]
# Die vakbond COSATU het die aanstelling van die nuwe raad van die Werkloosheidsversekeringsfonds verwelkom. COSATU sê hulle is gereed om saam met die Minister van Arbeid, Nomakhosazana Meth, te werk om wanbestuur, korrupsie en verouderde stelsels reg te stel. Woordvoerder Matthew Parks sê die federasie sal druk uitoefen vir die modernisering van die fonds, […]
