# Tech billionaire Elon Musk stepped up his feud with US president Donald Trump in a flurry of posts on X, including calling for his impeachment. He claimed that without him, Trump would have lost the elections. Musk also suggested, without evidence, that Trump appears in unreleased files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey […]
# Finance deputy minister, Ashor Sarupen, has welcomed the recommendations of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Economic Survey, saying South Africa is already working towards achieving sustainable public finances. The survey is an independent and internationally peer-reviewed assessment of the country’s macroeconomic trends, structural reforms, and policy challenges. It suggested, among other recommendations, that […]
# President Donald Trump sê hy is verras en teleurgesteld in Elon Musk nadat die miljardêr sy massiewe belasting- en bestedingswetsontwerp in die openbaar gekritiseer het. Musk het, wat Trump sy “groot, pragtige wetsontwerp” noem wat deur die Huis aanvaar is, sterk veroordeel en noem dit verregaande en ʼn gruwel. Die wetsontwerp sluit belastingverligting van […]
# Die regering verwelkom die parlementêre staande komitee oor Finansies se goedkeuring van die fiskale raamwerk en inkomstevoorstelle onderliggend aan die 2025-begroting. Die aanvaarding van die raamwerk is ʼn belangrike stap in die begrotingsproses. Die raamwerk stel ekonomiese beleid en inkomste-vooruitskattings vas en plaas beperkings op staatsbesteding. Regeringswoordvoerder, Nomonde Mnukwa, sê elke rand in die […]
# 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, […]
