# Die voorsitter van die parlementêre portefeuljekomitee oor Samewerkende Regering en Tradisionele Sake, Zweli Mkhize, sê die integriteit en funksionering van munisipaliteite is onder geweldige druk. Die Ouditeur-generaal het verlede maand berig slegs 41 van die land se 257 munisipaliteite het in die 2023/2024-boekjaar skoon oudits gekry. Mkhize sê 113 munisipaliteite word tans op begrotings […]
# The Pentagon has confirmed that it is activating 700 active-duty US Marines to the Los Angeles area to help the federal response to protests against immigration raids and deportations. It says the Marines will seamlessly integrate with around two-thousand-100 National Guard troops already on the ground, protecting federal personnel and property. LA mayor Karen […]
# NAVO se sekretaris-generaal, Mark Rutte, sê die organisasie het ʼn toename van 400-persent nodig in lug- en missielverdediging om ʼn geloofwaardige afskrikfaktor te bly. Dit kom in aanloop tot ʼn beraad in Den Haag later die maand wanneer die alliansie van 32 lande na verwagting sal saamstem oor ʼn voorstel van Donald Trump dat […]
# Athletics: South Africa’s Marione Fourie finished second behind local athlete Nadine Visser in the women’s 100-metre hurdles at World Athletics’ Continental Tour Gold meeting in Hengelo in the Netherlands. Poland’s Pia Skrzyszowska finished third. In the men’s 100-metres, local runner Elvis Afrifa secured victory, with South Africa’s Benjamin Richardson second and Sweden’s Henrik Larsson […]
# Die regter in die Senzo Meyiwa-verhoor sê hy is bereid om homself te onttrek as die prokureurs in die saak glo dat hy bevooroordeeld is. Dit volg nadat regter Ratha Mokgoatlheng gister verskoning gevra het na aanleiding van kritiek teen sy opmerkings in die hof verlede week. Hy het na swart regslui verwys, wat […]
# Johannesburg mayor, Dada Morero, has laughed off suggestions that DA federal chairperson Helen Zille is considering contesting to become the next Johannesburg mayor after next year’s local government elections. According to reports, some DA members have asked Zille to avail herself for the position. Morero says Zille’s potential inclusion on the list for mayor […]
# The chairperson of Parliament’s portfolio committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Zweli Mkhize, says the integrity and functionality of municipalities are under immense strain. Last month, the Auditor-General reported that only 41 of the country’s 257 municipalities obtained clean audits in the 2023/2024 financial year. Mkhize says a total of 113 municipalities are currently […]
# NATO Secretary General, Mark Rutte, says the organisation needs a 400-percent increase in air and missile defence to maintain credible deterrence. This comes ahead of a summit in The Hague later this month when the 32-country alliance is expected to agree to a Donald Trump-inspired pledge to spend five-percent of gross domestic product on […]
# The presiding judge in the Senzo Meyiwa trial says he is willing to recuse himself if the lawyers in the case believe he is biased. This comes after Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng issued an apology on Monday, following a backlash over his remarks in the courtroom last week. This included references to black legal professionals, […]
