# The GOOD Party says the DA’s controversial attempt to turn the Jive Cape Town Funny Festival into a party-political fundraiser has been cancelled. The festival received 600-thousand-rand in public sponsorship from the City of Cape Town, a violation of the Events Policy, which strictly prohibits public funds being used to support political parties. The GOOD’s, Jonathan […]
# Die Stad Tshwane het WhatsApp-kanale opgestel wat in al sewe sy streke onmiddellike toegang sal gee tot inligting oor dienslewering. Die groepe sal bestuur word deur streeksamptenare en die metro se kommunikasie-personeel. Burgemeester Nasiphi Moya se woordvoerder, Zintle Mahlati, sê die groepe mag nie vir politieke boodskappe gebruik word nie, en is nie ontwerp […]
# Die EFF se Jeugbevel veroordeel die moord op die 14-jarige Likhona Fose, ‘n Graad-8 leerder van die Ikusasalethu Secondary School in Braamfischerville, Gauteng. Haar familie het haar Saterdag as vemis aangegee toe sy nie huis toe gekom het nie. Likhona se verminkte liggaam is Sondag in ‘n veld in Roodepoort, nie ver van haar […]
# Die Verenigde Nasies se sekretaris-generaal, António Guterres, sê plastiekbesoedeling is besig om die planeet te wurg, ekostelsels te skaad en die klimaat te verander. Vandag is Wêreldomgewingsdag met die tema Maak ‘n Einde aan Plastiekbesoedeling. Sowat 20-miljoen metrieke ton plastiekafval word jaarliks gestort en dit sal na verwagting teen 2040 aansienlik styg. Guterres sê […]
# Die DA in die Wes-Kaap sê hy bevestig sy oproep dat sekere polisiëringsmagte na die Stad Kaapstad se Metropolisiediens en wetstoepassingsowerhede in die provinsie afgewentel word. Dit volg nadat ses mense die afgelope drie weke in bendegeweld in Wesbank doodgeskiet is. Andrew Bateman van die DA sê Kaapstad en die provinsiale regering moet hul […]
# Self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his wife, Mary Bushiri, have filed a review application in the High Court of Malawi in Lilongwe to set aside the judgment ordering their extradition to South Africa. The controversial couple fled to Malawi in 2020 after failing to comply with their bail conditions, leading to South Africa’s extradition request. […]
# ʼn Senior FNB-ekonoom, Koketso Mano, sê met die oes van somergewasse in volle swang sal die jongste verlaging van die brandstofprys boere se winsgrens verhoog omdat dit ongeveer 13-persent van graanboere se insetkoste uitmaak. Albei grade petrol kos vyf-sent per liter minder terwyl die dieselprys met 37-sent per liter daal. Mano sê die sitrus-uitvoerseisoen […]
# Agricultural organisation TLU SA says the Copyright Amendment Bill and the Performers’ Protection Amendment Bill are nothing less than a continuation of the systematic assault on private property rights in South Africa. The two bills have been submitted to Parliament by the ANC. TLU SA’s, Bennie van Zyl, is warning that these bills, under the […]
# Tshwane mayor Nasiphi Moya has committed to approving an agriculture strategy in partnership with the agricultural business sector. The mayor recently convened an engagement with stakeholders from the agricultural, food, and beverage sectors to chart a new path for inclusive growth, sustainability, and innovation in the agriculture sector. Moya’s spokesperson, Zintle Mahlati, says they […]
