# Die Wes-Kaapse LUR vir Vervoer, Isaac Sileku, het sy meegevoel betuig met die naasbestaandes van 21 mense wat dood is in ‘n botsing op die N1 tussen Prins Albertweg en Leeu-Gama. Die LUR vir Gesondheid en Welstand, Mireille Wenger, sê ook sy hou die gesinne in haar gedagtes. Sileku, wat die toneel vanoggend besoek […]
# Oudpresident Kgalema Motlanthe sê Suid-Afrika moet sy demokratiese proses ten volle verwesenlik, met grondhervorming wat steeds ‘n kernvraag is. Hy het op die tweede Professor Stan Sangweni-gedenklesing in Pretoria besin oor Sangweni se kommer rakende die onvoltooide taak van ekonomiese bevryding. Hy moedig jonger geslagte aan om transformasie voort te sit en beklemtoon Sangweni […]
# The Congress of South African Trade Unions is holding its 15th National Congress in Midrand, Gauteng, with delegates discussing workers’ gains and ongoing economic challenges. Spokesperson Zanele Sabela says the four-day gathering will address unemployment, retrenchments, struggling municipalities, the national minimum wage and the two-pot retirement system. Delegates will also debate on rebuilding the […]
# Tshwane businessman Lucas Legabe has been granted 50-thousand-rand bail by the Port Shepstone Magistrate’s Court in KwaZulu-Natal. The state alleges he was part of a group that broke into the Hawks’ offices in 2021 and stole 541 kilograms of cocaine worth about 216-million-rand. Legabe faces charges of housebreaking and dealing in drugs. He has […]
# Rugby: Die Wallabies-afrigter Les Kiss het ‘n groep van 34 spelers aangekondig vir die 27ste se eenmalige toets teen die Springbokke in Perth, met die verrassende terugkeer van Jordan Petaia. Die veelsydige agterspeler het laas in 2023 in die Wêreldbeker-toernooi vir Australië uitgedraf. Die losskakel Harry McLaughlin-Phillips is opgeroep vir sy moontlike eerste toets […]
# The Deputy minister of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment, Bernice Swarts, has open the 20th Annual Air Quality Governance Lekgotla in Middelburg, Mpumalanga. The three-day gathering focuses on turning air-quality policies into measurable emission reductions, cleaner air and improved public health. Discussions amongst government, industry, communities, civil society and academia will look at poor coordination, […]
# The African Transformation Movement has unveiled its Gauteng mayoral candidates for the 4 November local government elections, vowing to tackle corruption, poor service delivery and municipal decline. The party has fielded candidates across several municipalities, including Parliamentary leader Vuyolwethu Zungula for Johannesburg, Mncedi Ndzwanana for Tshwane and Ernest Ndaba for Ekurhuleni. ATM spokesperson Zama […]
# Western Cape Transport MEC Isaac Sileku sent condolences to the families of 21 people killed in a collision on the N1 between Prince Albert Road and Leeu-Gamka. Health and Wellness MEC Mireille Wenger also says her thoughts are with the bereaved families. Sileku, who visited the scene this morning, says it is a devastating […]
# A South African study linked air pollution to a higher risk of pneumonia, sepsis and meningitis. The study analysed 59-thousand cases of invasive pneumo-coccal disease, a serious bacterial infection that can cause pneumonia, meningitis and blood infections. Thee study was conducted by the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases and other […]
