# Die ANC sê die groei van 0,5-persent in die ekonomie in die eerste kwartaal van die jaar, is ‘n bemoedigende bewys dat die ekonomiese hervormings en ingrypings wat deur die regering ingestel is, bydra tot verbeterde ekonomiese aktiwiteit. Volgens Statistiek Suid-Afrika was die finansiële sektor die grootste bydraer aan die produksiekant van die ekonomie, […]
# Die Israelse Weermag het gister Libanon opnuut aangeval, waartydens minstens agt mense dood en 32 gewond is. Dit is ten spyte van Israel se waarskuwing aan die inwoners van Tirus in die suide van Libanon om te ontruim. Israel en Iran het Maandag vyandelikhede gestaak nadat die land die Iran-gesteunde gewapende groep Hisbolla aangeval […]
# The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has announced the four-person crew for Artemis Three, which will test lunar landers for future missions to land on the moon. The astronauts, who will launch into space next year, are commander, Randy Bresnik, pilot Luca Parmitano, and mission specialists Andre Douglas and Frank Rubio. This comes two […]
# Gauteng Police Commissioner, Tommy Mthombeni, says a whole-of-government approach remains central to the future of policing in the province. The province’s fourth-quarter crime statistics for the 2025/2026 financial year show a 5.9-percent decline in contact crimes between January and March this year, with murder down 15-percent, rape down by 9.9-percent, and attempted murder down […]
# Rugby: Scotland’s South Africa-born Duhan van der Merwe, New Zealand legend, TJ Perenara, and England’s Kyle Sinckler have been named in the Barbarians squad to face the Springboks in Gqeberha next Saturday. Van der Merwe, who has scored 35 tries in 53 Tests for his adopted nation, will wear the famous jersey for the first […]
# President Donald Trump says the US must, of necessity, respond against Iran after it shot down an American Apache helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz on Monday evening. The two soldiers on the Apache had been patrolling waters off the coast of Oman when the crash happened. They were safely rescued by a sea drone […]
# The Israeli Defence Force launched fresh strikes in Lebanon yesterday, killing at least eight people and wounding 32. This is despite the IDF issuing an evacuation warning to residents of Tyre in southern Lebanon. Israel and Iran paused hostilities on Monday, after an Israeli strike on Beirut targeting the Iranian-backed armed group Hezbollah triggered […]
# The ANC says the economy growing by 0.5-percent in the first quarter of this year provides encouraging evidence that the economic reforms and interventions implemented by the government are contributing to improved economic activity. According to Statistics South Africa, the finance industry was the largest contributor on the production side of the economy, contributing […]
# AgriSA says South Africa’s agricultural sector recorded a record trade surplus of about 29-billion-rand in the first three months of this year. The surplus was driven by strong horticultural exports such as grapes, citrus and wine. However, the organisation’s CEO Johann Kotzé warns challenges such as foot-and-mouth disease and declining exports to some markets […]
