# Leah van Deventer van Suid-Afrika het weereens ‘n plek losgeslaan op die gesogde Bar World 100 lys wat deur Drinks International saamgestel word. Van Deventer, hierdie jaar 50ste op die lys, word erken vir haar invloedryke rol in opleiding, skryf, en mentorskap binne die wêreldwye kroegnywerheid. Sy word geloof vir haar bevordering van inklusiwiteit, […]
# Die DA-woordvoerder, Rikus Badenhorst, sê die Parlement moet die minister van Polisie aanspreeklik hou om polisiëring in die Wes-Kaap te versterk. Badenhorst sê die ANC het in die Nasionale Raad van Provinsies daarteen gestem. Die DA wil hê die SAPD se teenbende-eenheid moet versterk word om bendes en dwelms te bestry. Hy sê die […]
# Foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks at major cattle feedlots, including Karan Beef near Heidelberg in Gauteng have sparked panic buying and pushed red meat prices up nationwide. Retailers report a 20-percent year-on-year surge, with beef steak up 4.5-percent and mince up 1.7-percent in May. According to News24, exports to China and the European Union have been […]
# Hamas says it was holding consultations with other Palestinian movements on a truce proposal in the war with Israel, in a possible sign that it was preparing for negotiations for a ceasefire in Gaza. The statement came ahead of a visit on Monday by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Washington, where President Donald […]
# Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni and Statistics South Africa’s statistician-general, Risenga Maluleke, met with Capitec CEO Gerrie Fourie to address concerns over the unemployment figures. This after Fourie recently suggested the actual unemployment rate could be closer to ten-percent, compared to the official 32.9-percent reported by Stats SA. Maluleke said yesterday’s discussions in […]
# The GOOD Party says it is concerned that professionals are increasingly leaving Cape Town for Gauteng, citing high living costs and safety concerns. The party says one of the central reasons cited is the cost of living, particularly the steep municipal rates and tariffs imposed by the DA-led City of Cape Town. GOOD’s Anton […]
# Eon de Vos has been appointed as the new festival director of the annual winter arts festival, Hermanus FynArts. De Vos is currently the station manager at Fine Music Radio and has been a well-known figure on television and radio since the 1980s. He will take up the position in October this year when […]
# ‘n Beraad vir BRICS-nasies word Sondag in Rio de Janeiro gehou, met lede wat hoop om hul menings te lug oor wêreldwye krisisse, maar hulle is lugtig oor die Amerikaanse president Donald Trump se beleid. Die stad is gasheer vir leiers en diplomate van 11 opkomende ekonomieë, insluitend China, Indië, Rusland en Suid-Afrika, wat […]
# Funda Nenja vier 16 jaar van bemagtiging van kinders terwyl hulle opvoedkundige honde-opleiding in townships in Mpophomeni, KwaZulu-Natal, bevorder. Die diere-welsynsorganisasie, wat in 2009 as honde-opleidingsklasse gedurende skoolvakansies begin het, het ontwikkel tot ‘n internasionaal-erkende organisasie. Mede-stigter, Heather Somerville, sê hulle funksioeneer nou as ‘n nie-winsgewende organisasie wat diereversorging, goedhartigheid en gemeenskapsbou bevorder. Sy […]
