# Adjunkpresident Paul Mashatile vra tradisionele leiers en gemeenskappe om waaksaam te bly teen onwettige inisiasieskole voor die winter-inisiasieseisoen. Mashatile het in Limpopo tydens die tradisionele en Khoi-San-leiersbyeenkoms gepraat en waarsku ongeregistreerde skole en ongekwalifiseerde praktisyns hou ernstige gevare vir gesondheid en veiligheid in. Hy verwelkom ook pogings om toesig te versterk en veilige inisiasiepraktyke […]
# Eskom has welcomed a credit rating upgrade by Fitch Ratings, following the recent improvement in South Africa’s sovereign credit rating. Fitch upgraded Eskom’s long-term issuer default rating to B+ from B, with a stable outlook. Eskom says the upgrade reflects its strong link to government support and ongoing operational improvements. The utility spokesperson Daphne […]
# Eskom says more than 726-thousand customers are no longer affected by load reduction, representing 43-percent of households targeted under its elimination programme. The utility says load reduction has been fully eliminated in the Northern and Western Cape, with nationwide efforts continuing through smart meter installations and infrastructure upgrades. The utility spokesperson Daphne Mokwena says […]
# Soccer: The Canada team was unable to emulate Mexico’s fast start as co-hosts of the 2026 Fifa World Cup, but made history by registering their first-ever point with a 1-1 draw against group B rivals Bosnia and Herzegovina in Toronto on Friday evening. Bosnia and Herzegovina looked on course to claim a victory thanks […]
# President Donald Trump has said a swift US military strike has killed the leader of Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua gang. The gang’s leader, Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, was charged in a New York federal court in December with racketeering conspiracy and other crimes, including lending support to terrorists in crimes that stretched more than […]
# Gauteng Traffic Police Chief Samuel Mashaba has come under scrutiny at the Madlanga Commission over why he allegedly failed to alert police to certain illegal activities. This comes amid scrutiny over the 2021 Aeroton drug bust. Commissioner Sesi Baloyi challenged Mashaba’s claim that he always refers such matters to SAPS, citing previous evidence involving […]
# Die Gautengse Verkeerspolisiehoof Samuel Mashaba is streng ondervra by die Madlanga-kommissie omdat hy na bewering versuim het om die polisie van sekere onwettige aktiwiteite in kennis te stel. Dit volg te midde van ondersoeke na die Aeroton-dwelmonderskepping in 2021. Kommissaris Sesi Baloyi het Mashaba se bewering betwis dat hy sulke sake altyd na die […]
# Die Verkiesingskommissie sê hy versterk vennootskappe met gemeenskapstrukture, polisie en wetstoepassingsagentskappe om veilige en geloofwaardige plaaslike owerheidsverkiesing in November te verseker. Die kommissie sê alhoewel verkiesingsveiligheidswerkswinkels voortduur, is daar kommer oor bendegeweld en misdaad in provinsies, insluitend die Wes-Kaap, wat kiesersdeelname kan ontmoedig. Die voorbereidings vir die kiesersregistrasienaweek op 20 en 21 Junie is […]
# The Electoral Commission says it is strengthening partnerships with community structures, police and law enforcement agencies to ensure safe and credible local government elections in November. The IEC says as electoral safety workshops continue, it highlighted concerns over gang violence and crime in provinces including the Western Cape, which could discourage voter participation. In […]
