# Rhodes University vice-chancellor, professor Sizwe Mabizela, has announced the 2025 recipients of the coveted Distinguished Alumni Award. They are professor Michael Davies-Coleman, well-known for his research in bio-chemistry; a renowned figure in South African sports administration, John Donald, a leading figure in the country’s automotive industry, Billy Eric Tom, and current principal and vice-Chancellor […]
# Die Parlement se Staande Komitee oor Toedelings doen ‘n beroep op dringende stappe en politieke wil om voldoende befondsing vir die Grensbestuursowerheid te verseker. Volgens die Departement van Binnelandse Sake maak die BMA se goedgekeurde organisatoriese struktuur voorsiening vir 11-duisend-115 personeellede. Slegs twee-duisend-566 poste is egter gevul. Tans is die BMA onderbefonds met meer […]
# SECTION27 wat Cancer Alliance verteenwoordig, het teleurstelling uitgespreek met die Gautengse Gesondheidsdepartement se appèl teen die onlangse uitspraak oor bestraling-kankerbehandeling. Die Gautengse Hooggeregshof het in Augustus bevind die departement se versuim om bestralingsdienste aan kankerpasiënte te lewer, is ongrondwetlik en het opdrag gegee dat die agterstand hanteer word. Salome Meyer van Cancer Alliance sê […]
# This year, over 20-thousand submissions from 30 different countries were received for the Music Photography Awards. The Abbey Road studios have now revealed the nominees, with two new categories added: portrait and festivals. The photographs up for awards feature stars including Chappell Roan, Lana Del Rey, Charli XCX, Maggie Rogers, Doja Cat, and Burna […]
# Die EFF het die Wysigingswetsontwerp op Verkiesings as ‘n privaatlid-wetsontwerp by die Parlement ingedien en gesê dit het tyd geword om die sistematiese uitsluiting van miljoene burgers van die demokratiese proses te beëindig. Die privaatlid-wetsontwerp poog om die Kieswet van 1998 te wysig om voorsiening te maak vir die outomatiese registrasie van alle Suid-Afrikaanse […]
# Die Withuis-perssekretaris, Karoline Leavitt, sê die Amerikaanse weermag het president Donald Trump in kennis gestel van Israel se aanval op Hamas in Doha, en hy het opdrag gegee dat Katar voor die aanval gewaarsku word. Israel het gister ‘n ongekende aanval teen Hamas-leierskap in Katar uitgevoer, wat ‘n sleutelbemiddelaar in die wapenstilstandgesprekke in Gaza […]
# Tennis: Die Davisbeker-wedstryd tussen Kanada en Israel sal die naweek in Halifax weens veiligheidsredes in ʼn geslote ruimte sonder toeskouers gespeel word. Dit volg nadat meer as 400 Kanadese atlete en akademici Tennis Kanada in ʼn brief aangeraai het om die geleentheid af te stel weens Israel se optrede in Gaza en die Wesoewer. […]
# Western Cape MEC of Agriculture, Economic Development and Tourism, Ivan Meyer, says the Blended Finance Scheme is a game-changer for emerging and smallholder farmers. Spearheaded by the national Department of Agriculture, in partnership with financial institutions such as Land Bank and ABSA, the scheme is designed to reduce financial risk while enhancing access to capital. […]
# The DA says it welcomes the ongoing growth in the agricultural sector’s contributions to the gross domestic product under the stewardship of minister John Steenhuisen. In the second quarter of this year, the sector grew by 2.5-percent, following a revised 18.6-percent rise in the first quarter. This was primarily due to increased economic activity reported for horticulture and animal […]
