# The DA has accused minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Angie Motshekga, of sabotage for derailing a critical parliamentary oversight session at the Simon’s Town Dockyard. The party’s Chris Hattingh says the meeting was intended to address the long-standing conflict between the South African Navy and Armscor over stalled naval contracts, poor dockyard performance, […]
# A 42-year-old police sergeant has been arrested in connection with the kidnapping of 19-year-old Kamogelo Baukudi in the Free State. The teenager was kidnapped last Thursday after he was collected from school by two unknown men wearing police uniforms. Police spokesperson, Motantsi Makhele, says the arrest was made after the vehicle used to abduct […]
# Tennis: Die verdedigende kampioen, Carlos Alcaraz, het ná twee stelle agter herstel en drie kampioenskapspunte afgeweer om die Italianer Jannik Sinner in ʼn epiese Franse Ope-eindstryd te verslaan. Die 22-jarige Spanjaard het die wêreld se nommer een in vyf ure en 29 minute met 4-6, 6-7, 6-4, 7-6, 7-6 verslaan in die langste Franse […]
# AfriForum sê hy gaan die Stad Tshwane hof toe neem om hom te dwing om die instelling van die nuwe skoonmaakheffing wat by verlede week se raadsvergadering goedgekeur is, te hersien. Die maandelikse heffing van sowat 200-rand per maand vanaf 1 Julie, word gehef op alle eiendomme wat nie tans die metro se vullisverwyderingsdiens […]
# Minstens vier mense is Sondag in Rafah dood op pad na ʼn voedselverspreidingsentrum wat deur die Gaza Humanitêre Stigting beheer word. Die Israelse weermag sê soldate het waarskuwingskote afgevuur nadat hulle ʼn groep wat hulle genader het en as ʼn bedreiging beskou is, mondelings gewaarsku het. Die Gaza Humanitêre Stigting se bedrywighede in die […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation has expressed concern about financial constraints and vacancies at Statistics South Africa. The agency has about 720 vacant posts, a vacancy rate of 21.8-percent, which is affecting its ability to perform its core functions and its capacity to meet data needs for policy-making. Statistician-General Risenga Maluleke has […]
# The Auditor General, Tsakani Maluleke, has denied allegations of corruption by some of their auditors in the Free State. This comes after ActionSA alleged that senior AG Free State figures collaborated with Centlec employees and consultants to falsify audit outcomes and sanitise reports. The reports were intended to expose widespread financial mismanagement and fraud […]
# Die nasionale direkteur van Openbare Vervolgings, Shamila Batohi, het teruggekrabbel oor haar bewerings dat die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag deur skelm elemente geïnfiltreer is. Dit is volgens die minister van Justisie en Grondwetlike Ontwikkeling, Mmamoloko Kubayi, wat sê Batohi het aan haar gesê sy het die verkeerde woord gebruik. Kubayi sê alhoewel Batohi haar bewerings terugtrek, […]
# Golf: South Africa’s Sameul Simpson secured his first victory on the Sunshine Tour by winning the Mopani Zambia Open at the Nkana Golf Club in Zambia. He won by one shot on eleven-under-par after carding a final round 69. Simpson’s compatriot Herman Loubser finished second on ten-under-par. South Africans Luke Jerling, JJ Senekal and […]
