# Iranian officials are set to meet with officials from Iraq and Gulf states today to discuss the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran has been negotiating with Oman, which controls the opposite bank of the Strait, over a deal that would govern transport through it. Around a fifth of global oil supplies transited the Strait before the […]
# The MK Party is reportedly facing a financial crisis that could prevent it from holding its manifesto launch ahead of the November local government elections. Senior party insiders told the Sunday Times that the party’s financial problems had deepened after control of its finances was centralised. In July, MK Party president Jacob Zuma took […]
# Cricket: The Proteas cruised to a nine-wicket victory in the third and final ODI against Namibia in Windhoek, to complete a 3-0 sweep in the first-ever bilateral ODI series between the two teams. The homeside were bowled out for 156, with stand-in captain Bjorn Fortuin the pick of the South African bowlers, taking four wickets. […]
# Die DA het teruggekap teen die ANC se kritiek op die minister van Basiese Onderwys, Siviwe Gwarube, en bewerings van politieke inmenging verwerp. Jan de Villiers van die DA sê minister Gwarube doen haar werk deur ondersoek in te stel na kwessies oor bestuur, die beskerming van openbare fondse en toe te sien dat […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse premier, Alan Winde, waarsku die landbousektor om nou voor te berei vir die uitwerking van El Niño. Hy sê boere, munisipaliteite en die regering moet vroegtydig optree om voortbestaan te beskerm en risiko’s te verminder. Winde sê hoewel die ergste gevolge van El Niño gewoonlik in somerreënvalgebiede gevoel word, kan die Wes-Kaap […]
# Die vakverbond SAFTU eis dat werkers by Môreson Pluimvee Boerdery in Brandfort, Vrystaat, wat deur arbeidsmakelaars aangestel is en daarvoor in aanmerking kom, permanent aangestel word. Werkers beplan Dinsdag ‘n betoging in die dorp om ‘n einde te eis aan wat hulle as jare van onseker werkbesetting beskryf. Asive Dyani van SAFTU sê werkers […]
# MOVE South Africa has formally announced Patrick Moraka as its mayoral candidate for the City of Ekurhuleni in the upcoming local government elections. Party spokesperson Victor Seshoka says the move signals the party’s readiness to contest the elections, with residents at the centre of governance. He says Moraka brings business experience, community networks and […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says increasingly frequent and severe climate disasters threaten to reverse hard-won development gains and deepen inequality. Speaking at the BRICS Leaders’ Summit in New Delhi, Ramaphosa says building resilience is critical to inclusive growth and human development. He commended India for prioritising resilience, saying it aligns with disaster-risk reduction outcomes championed […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê meer gereelde en hewiger klimaatsrampe dreig om swaarverdiende ontwikkelingsvordering ongedaan te maak en ongelykheid te vererger. Ramaphosa het tydens die BRICS-leiersberaad in Nieu-Delhi gesê die bou van veerkragtigheid is noodsaaklik vir inklusiewe groei en menslike ontwikkeling. Hy het Indië geprys omdat hulle veerkragtigheid eerste stel en gesê dit strook met […]
