# Rugby: All Blacks coach Dave Rennie has included three inexperienced players in his pack for Saturday’s third Test against the Springboks at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg. Loose forward Peter Lakai, lock Sam Darry and hooker Asafo Aumua will get their first chances in the starting-15 on tour. Aumua replaces captain Codie Taylor, who […]
# Oorlewendes en afstammelinge van die Sharpeville-slagting in 1960 het ‘n geskiedkundige saak teen die regering in die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria aanhanging gemaak. Lawyers for Human Rights en Leigh Day ondersteun die groep wat die hof vra om die Vrywaringswet van 1961 tersyde te stel. Die wet het amptenare van die apartheidsregering teen aanspreeklikheid beskerm. […]
# Die Verenigde Nasies sê aardverwarming sal waarskynlik binne die volgende paar jaar die verwarmingsdrempel van 1,5-grade Celsius oorskry, met temperature wat selfs in die gunstigste omstandighede met tot 1,8-grade Celsius kan styg. Die VN-verslag sê huidige beleid kan lei tot verwarming van ongeveer 2,6-grade Celsius. Wetenskaplikes waarsku enige verdere styging in temperatuur kan die […]
# Build One South Africa is calling on the City of Cape Town to scrap its proposed 120-million-rand N2 wall and redirect the money to fighting violent crime. BOSA says 869 people were murdered in Cape Town between April and June, equivalent to one murder every two-and-a-half hours. The party says the funds could instead […]
# Die Departement van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging moedig uitvoerders aan om saam te werk en toegang tot internasionale markte te verkry ingevolge die Groepsvrystelling vir die Bevordering van Uitvoere. Dit laat kwalifiserende ondernemings toe om sekere koste, infrastruktuur, markinligting en logistieke hulpbronne te deel, en soms gesamentlik produkte te bemark. Die maatreël reageer op […]
# The Western Cape Education Department is warning teachers about a scam offering fake teaching posts in exchange for money. Scammers use WhatsApp messages impersonating school principals or district officials, promising permanent positions and requesting an approximately two-thousand-800-rand authorisation fee. The WCED spokesperson Bronagh Hammond says legitimate appointments never require payment emphasising that permanent posts […]
# Rugby: Die Mededingings-kommissie het ‘n ondersoek teen die Suid-Afrikaanse Rugby-unie begin na klagtes oor die verkoop van kaartjies vir losies. SARU en sommige van sy geaffilieerde agentskappe word beskuldig van onregverdige sakegebruike deur gasvryheids-losiepakkette net beskikbaar te stel vir aangestelde handelsregte-agentskappe soos Megapro en Sail. The Citizen berig die klaers eis volle deursigtigheid van […]
# Tennis: World number three Carlos Alcaraz plans to take longer breaks between tournaments to avoid a repetition of his four-month injury lay-off. The defending champion is still on course for a third US Open title after reaching the third round. The 23-year-old Spaniard says the current demands are impossible to keep up with. He […]
# European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen condemns a Russian drone sabotage plot at Germany’s Leipzig/Halle Airport, calling it a new escalation on European Union soil. Speaking alongside NATO secretary general Mark Rutte, Von der Leyen declared Russian intimidation would not work. She warns the EU will not tolerate attacks on critical infrastructure, and […]
