# Students in several Asian education systems are leading the world in reading, mathematics and science, according to the latest International Student Assessment rankings. The strongest results came from four Chinese regions and Singapore, while Japan, South Korea, Chinese Taipei and Macao also ranked among the global top performers. Estonia and the United Kingdom were […]
# Tennis: Alexander Zverev het die eindstryd van die mans-enkelspel by die Amerikaanse Ope gehaal na hy gister vir Karen Khachanov in skoon stelle op Flushing Meadows geklop het. Die topgekeurde Duitser het sy senuwees in twee spannende valbylpotte in toom gehou om sy tweede verskyning in die eindstryd van die Amerikaanse Ope te verseker. […]
# The General Industries Workers Union of South Africa views with grave concern the relentless escalation of fuel and electricity prices that continue to devastate the living standards of South African workers and their families. This month’s fuel adjustment added one-rand-34-cents to a litre of petrol, while diesel rose by between two-rand-94-cents and three-rand-15-cents per […]
# Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to deepen their countries’ longstanding ties, with Putin saying the BRICS grouping should build a new platform for global growth free from Western rules. Modi and Putin held talks in the Indian capital on the eve of a BRICS summit, which Chinese President Xi Jinping and […]
The General Industries Workers Union of South Africa calls for an urgent and timeous discussion on measures to mitigate and neutralise the impacts of the projected October fuel price increases. South African motorists face projected petrol price increases of between one-rand-81-cents and one-rand-93-cents per litre while diesel could cost between one-rand-73-cents and two-rand-three-cents per litre […]
# Die vakbond GIWUSA sê hy is werklik bekommerd oor die aanhoudende stygings in brandstof- en elektrisiteitspryse, wat volgens hom Suid-Afrikaanse werkers en hul gesinne benadeel. Hierdie maand se petrolstyging was een-rand-34 sent per liter, terwyl diesel met tussen twee-rand-94-sent en drie-rand-15-sent per liter gestyg het. Die president van GIWUSA sê daar sal volgende maand […]
# Eskom says the energy availability factor has risen to 67,78-percent year-to-date, marking its highst level in six year. The power utility’s spokesperson, Daphne Mokwena says unplanned outages has also declined from 26.61-percent to 19.43-percent compared to the same period last year. She says improved fleet reliability and availability have restored three-thousand-500-megawatts of generation capacity […]
# Tennis: Alexander Zverev has reached the US Open men’s singles final after beating Karen Khachanov in straight sets, 6-3, 7-6, 7-6 at Flushing Meadows yesterday. The German top seed held his nerve in two tight tie-breaks to secure his second US Open final appearance. Zverev will face 23-year old American Ben Shelton, who defeated […]
# Die minister van Hoër Onderwys en Opleiding, Buti Manamela, en die Nasionale Finansiële Hulpskema vir Studente se raad het ooreengekom die onmiddellike fokus moet op studentebefondsing en dienslewering bly. Hulle het ook die skema se finansiële posisie, die afhandeling van verskille, die regstelling van ouditbevindings, studenteverblyf en gereedheid vir die 2027-akademiese jaar bespreek. Die […]
