# 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 […]
# Adjunkpresident Paul Mashatile het jong Suid-Afrikaners gevra om aktief deel te neem aan die komende plaaslike regeringsverkiesing. Mashatile het in sy hooftoespraak tydens die tradisionele en Khoi-San-leiersbyeenkoms in Limpopo gesê die verkiesing bied kiesers ‘n belangrike geleentheid om dienslewering, verantwoordbaarheid en ontwikkeling in hul gemeenskappe te beïnvloed. Hy het tradisionele leiers gevra om jongmense […]
# Deputy president Paul Mashatile has called on young South Africans to participate actively in the upcoming local government elections. In his keynote address at the traditional and Khoi-San leaders’ engagement in Limpopo, Mashatile said the elections provide an important opportunity for citizens to influence service delivery, accountability and development in their communities. He urged […]
# The UN refugee agency has confirmed the first Ebola-related deaths in a displacement camp in eastern Congo, as aid workers warned of a high risk the disease could spread rapidly in overcrowded sites. The UNHCR said in a report the two victims were internally displaced people living in the Kpangba camp, which hosts 30-thousand […]
# Die VN se agentskap vir vlugtelinge het die eerste Ebola-verwante sterftes in ‘n kamp vir ontheemdes in die ooste van die Kongo bevestig, met hulpwerkers wat waarsku teen die hoë risiko dat die siekte vinnig in oorvol plekke kan versprei. Die agentskap sê in ‘n verslag die twee slagoffers was binnelandse ontheemdes in die […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has launched an urgent application in the Western Cape High Court to stop Parliament’s impeachment process linked to the multi-million-rand Phala Phala scandal. Ramaphosa argues that the process should be suspended while he challenges the Section 89 panel report, which found prima facie evidence of possible constitutional violations and misconduct. Earlier […]
# Motorsport: Reigning world champion Lando Norris edged the Mercedes of Briton George Russell by just 0.009 seconds to top second practice on Friday for the Barcelona-Catalunya Formula One Grand Prix. His teammate Oscar Piastri was behind the Mercedes driver for the top three. Italian teenage sensation Kimi Antonelli, who leads the championship after five […]
# The Gauteng government says premier Panyaza Lesufi is on official leave and has travelled to Mexico in a private capacity, with no public funds or government resources used for the trip. Spokesperson Elijah Mhlanga says Lesufi only accepted stadium tickets and did not travel with government staff or protocols. Mhlanga added business in Gauteng […]
