# Cricket: The Proteas Women suffered a crushing seven-wicket defeat to Australia in their final World Cup league match in Indore, India. Leg-spinner Alana King delivered a sensational, record-breaking spell of 7/18, decimating the Proteas for a mere 97. Despite Laura Wolvaardt’s early aggression, the middle-order collapsed. Australia comfortably chased the target in just 16.5 […]
# The DA says it is deeply concerned by the alarming rise in suicides within the police. The party says recent reports reveal that, on average, one police officer takes his or her own life every week. The DA’s Lisa Schickerling called on the national police commissioner Fannie Masemola and SAPS management to take urgent, decisive action to […]
# ANC Secretary-general, Fikile Mbalula says the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry and Parliament’s Ad Hoc committee into political interference with police are vital to end criminality and to bring those to justice, if found guilty of wrongdoing. Mbalula was speaking at the Tshwane University of Technology in Soshanguve during the 100th birthday celebration of Tlou Theophilus Cholo, a […]
# Tax Justice South Africa warns South Africa risks repeating the devastating mistakes made with cigarettes unless urgent action is taken to stop the country’s booming illicit alcohol trade. Speaking before Parliament’s Health Portfolio Commitee during the past week, Tax Justice founder, Yusuf Abramjee said an all-out war was needed against the illegal tobacco trade […]
# Tax Justice South Africa waarsku dat die land gevaar loop om dieselfde rampspoedige foute wat met sigarette gemaak is, te herhaal tensy dringende stappe gedoen word om die land se florerende onwettige drankhandel te stop. Die stigter van Tax Justice, Yusuf Abramjee, sê die Suid-Afrikaanse Inkomstediens en die polisie het die week aan die […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Federasie van Vakbonde het Eskom se aankondiging sterk veroordeel om teen Maart 2026 ‘n halfmiljoen slimmeters te installeer, ten spyte daarvan dat hulle slegs 278-duisend in voorraad het. SAFTU se woordvoerder, Asive Dyani, sê dié Eskom-plan is teen-armoede, en ‘n inkomstegedrewe obsessiewe beleid wat invordering bo diens, straf bo solidariteit en winste […]
# The South African Federation of Trade Unions has strongly condemned Eskom’s announcement that it plans to install half a million smart meters by March 2026, despite only having 278-thousand in stock. SAFTU’s spokesperson, Asive Dyani says this plan is yet another anti-poor, revenue-driven policy that exposes Eskom’s growing obsession with collection over service, punishment over solidarity, and […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Federasie van Vakbonde sê hulle eis ‘n onmiddellike tariefverlaging en grondliggende herstrukturering van Suid-Afrika se kragprysstelsel. Die federasie sê oor die afgelope 15 jaar het tariewe met meer as 500-persent gestyg, terwyl lone gestagneer het en werkloosheid tot 43-persent toegeneem het. SAFTU se woordvoerder, Asive Dyani, sê miljoene huishoudings kies reeds tussen […]
# The South African Federation of Trade Unions says it is demanding an immediate tariff relief and a fundamental restructuring of South Africa’s utility pricing system. The federation says over the last 15 years, tariffs have risen by over 500-percent, while wages have stagnated and unemployment has soared to 43-percent. SAFTU’s spokesperson, Asive Dyani says millions of […]
