# Agriculture minister John Steenhuisen has announced the first mass vaccination of poultry in South Africa to protect the local flock from bird flu. Fifty animal health technicians have been appointed on short-term contracts to help with the vaccination rollout. Meanwhile, Steenhuisen says his department has also procured vaccines from Botswana for 72-million-rand to combat foot-and-mouth […]
# Gholf: Die Suid-Afrikaners, Herman Loubser en Hennie Otto, loop saam voor na die eerste ronde van die Mopani Zambië Ope by die Nkana-gholfklub in Zambië na hul rondes van vyf onder baansyfer 67. Hulle is een hou voor hul landgenoot en verdedigende kampioen, MJ Viljoen, en die Sweed Fredrik From. Ander voorlopers sluit in […]
# Die minister van Toerisme, Patricia de Lille, sê besoekers se veiligheid is altyd ʼn nasionale prioriteit. Die Amerikaanse konsulaat in Suid-Afrika het die land in ʼn bygewerkte reiswaarskuwing afgradeer na vlak 2, wat besoekers waarsku om versigtig te wees omdat geweldsmisdaad soos gewapende roof, verkragting, voertuigkapings en diefstal algemeen is. Dit waarsku ook dat […]
# Gauteng Police Commissioner Tommy Mthombeni has revealed that eleven police officers were killed in the province during the first quarter of 2025. One police member was killed while on duty, and ten off-duty. Investigations into the killings are being led by the Hawks. Mthombeni says so far, five suspects have been arrested during this period for […]
# Tennis: World number one Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus and American Coco Gauff will be seeking their maiden French Open title when they clash in the final on Saturday. Sabalenka earned a 7-6, 4-6, 6-0 win over four-time champion Iga Swiatek of Poland, while Gauff ended French wildcard Lois Boisson’s incredible run with a 6-1, […]
# US president Donald Trump says he is surprised and disappointed with Elon Musk after the tech billionaire publicly criticised his massive tax and spending bill. Musk has strongly condemned what Trump calls his “big, beautiful bill” that has passed the House, calling the legislation outrageous and a disgusting abomination. The bill includes multi-trillion-dollar tax […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het die minister van Hoër Onderwys en Opleiding, Nobuhle Nkabane, versoek om ‘n gedetailleerde verslag te voorsien oor die inhoud en behoorlikheid van haar vergadering met die Parlement. Dit volg nadat die minister gekritiseer is omdat sy kougom geëet en gekou het terwyl sy verlede week voor die parlementêre portefeuljekomitee oor […]
# Tennis: Die Suid-Afrikaner Kgothatso Montjane is deur na die eindronde van die Franse Ope-vroue-rolstoeldubbelspel. Die 39-jarige het saamgespan met Yui Kamiji van Japan om die nommer-een-gekeurde Manami Tanaka van Japan en die Chinees Zhenzhen Shu te verslaan. Montjane is ook deur na die enkelspel-halfeindronde na ‘n oorwinning oor die vierde-gekeurde Ziying Wang van China. […]
# The government welcomes Parliament’s standing committee on Finance’s approval of the fiscal framework and revenue proposals that underpin the 2025 budget. The passing of the fiscal framework is a key step in the budgeting process. The framework establishes economic policy and revenue projections and sets the overall limits to government spending. The government’s acting spokesperson, Nomonde Mnukwa, says […]
