# Acting Police minister Firoz Cachalia has warned that gangsterism is not ordinary crime but a threat to national security. Speaking in Cape Town, Cachalia also emphasised that the deployment of the military is not under consideration at this stage. Cachalia warned gang members against harming communities and attacking state institutions, stating that intensified anti-gang […]
# A new study by Stellenbosch University shows that fathers’ drinking can also harm children’s growth and development. Researchers found that heavy drinking by fathers during pregnancy is linked to children being shorter, having smaller heads, and scoring lower on verbal intelligence quotient tests. Marking International Foetal Alcohol Syndrome Day, the university’s Marlene de Vries […]
# The South African National Taxi Council urges all taxi operators to apply for the taxi relief fund before next month’s deadline. The applications will close on 31 October. The once-off fund, introduced to help operators recover from Covid-19 impacts, has already paid over 414-million-rand to more than 73-thousand operators. Santaco’s Rebecca Phala says qualifying […]
# Rugby: New Bulls coach Johan Ackermann named Springbok lock Ruan Nortjé as team captain for the new United Rugby Championship season, starting later this month. He picked a group of 56 players – 32 forwards and 24 backs – in the squad that includes experienced players such as Bok flyhalf Handré Pollard and centre […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê die buitengewone BRICS-leiersberaad vind op ‘n kritieke tyd plaas, te midde van wêreldwye ekonomiese en politieke onsekerheid. Ramaphosa het tydens die virtuele BRICS-leiersberaad gewaarsku toenemende handelsoorloë en eensydige tariewe benadeel ontwikkelende lande, insluitend Suid-Afrika, aangesien dit werkgeleenthede en groei bedreig. Hy het BRICS versoek om hervormings by die Wêreldhandelsorganisasie en […]
# Die Duitse kanselier Friedrich Merz het gewaarsku die Russiese president Vladimir Putin se plan sal nie met die verowering van Oekraïne eindig nie, maar eerder net die begin wees. Merz het tydens ‘n konferensie van Duitse ambassadeurs gesê hulle ervaar daagliks, en met toenemende intensiteit, hibriede Russiese aanvalle insluitend op infrastruktuur. Hy het verwys […]
# Die dodetal ná ‘n aanval op ‘n bus aan die buitewyke van Jerusalem het tot ses gestyg. Dit word beskryf as een van die dodelikste onlangse aanvalle op die Israelse stad. Twee gewapende mans het in spitstyd op die bus geklim onderweg na Joodse nedersettings. Die polisie het die twee aanvallers geskiet en ‘n […]
# Die vlieërplankryer Graham Howes van Bloubergstrand in Kaapstad se liggaam is gevind ná ‘n uitgebreide see-, lug- en kuslynsoektog. Die 38-jarige is gisteraand as vermis aangemeld nadat hy nie huis toe gekom het nadat hy die middag vlieërplank gery het by Eden-on-the-Bay nie. Hy is laas gesien op ‘n blou en swart vlieërplank met […]
President Cyril Ramaphosa says the extraordinary BRICS leaders’ meeting has come at a crucial time of global economic and political uncertainty. Speaking at the virtual BRICS leaders’ summit, Ramaphosa warned that rising protectionism and unilateral tariffs are harming developing countries, including South Africa, by threatening jobs and growth. He called on BRICS to push for […]
