# South African Federation of Trade Unions’ general secretary, Zwelinzima Vavi, says the country’s G20 Presidency must champion the interests of the global South. South Africa’s presidency, which ends on the 30th of November, is under three themes: Solidarity, Equality, and Sustainability. Vavi says as part of the G20 presidency, South Africa should also rebuild […]
# Cricket: Royal Challengers Bengaluru will face table-toppers Punjab Kings in Qualifier 1 on Thursday, after a six-wicket win over the Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League. Rishabh Pant’s unbeaten 118 off 61 balls powered Lucknow Super Giants to 227 for three in their 20 overs. In reply, stand-in captain Jitesh Sharma’s unbeaten […]
# The DA says it supports the Special Investigating Unit’s plans to apply to the Special Tribunal to have the National Student Financial Aid Scheme’s controversial head office lease set aside. The 18.6-million-rand five-year lease for the rental of 140 parking bays for staff in Cape Town was signed by the previous NSFAS CEO, Andile […]
# Tennis: Die Brit Cameron Norrie het die elfde gekeurde Rus, Daniil Medvedev, verslaan om deur te dring na die Franse Ope se tweede ronde. Die driemalige kampioen, Novak Djokovic van Serwië, het die Amerikaner, Mackenzie McDonald, gemaklik geklop terwyl die Rus, Andrey Rublev, met Suid-Afrika se Lloyd Harris afgereken het. In die vroueafdeling is […]
# Cosatu in Gauteng has welcomed premier Panyaza Lesufi’s decision to revive the Nasi Ispani programme to benefit young people in the province. Thousands of people were left jobless when their temporary Nasi Ispani contracts abruptly ended due to budget constraints. Cosatu’s provincial chairperson, Amos Monyela, says they are mindful that these are not decent […]
# The Freedom Front Plus says after 31 years, there is still no end in sight to black economic empowerment, which it opposes. The party’s, Corne Mulder, says the ANC’s race-based policy has resulted in an unemployment rate of 32-percent. He says that after decades under ANC rule, it is evident that BEE only paves […]
# Eskom se hoof, Dan Marokane, sê hulle doelwit is steeds om die kragverskaffer se afhanklikheid van regeringsondersteuning te verminder deur die maatskappy na finansiële volhoubaarheid te lei. Die staatsinstelling is in die laaste jaar van ʼn driejaar-skuldverligtingsprogram waartydens die regering hom met ʼn skuldverligtingspakket van 254-miljard-rand ondersteun het. Marokane sê hulle is vasbeslote om […]
# The Israeli Defence Force says it was forced to fire warning shots near the new aid distribution site in Rafah, Gaza. This is after thousands of Palestinians desperate for food broke fences to reach supplies, resulting in the newly established US-Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation losing control of the distribution site. The foundation says so far […]
# Die polisie sê die 53-jarige man wat Maandag in Liverpool, Engeland, in ʼn skare ingeploeg het, is weens poging tot moord, roekelose bestuur en bestuur onder die invloed van dwelms vasgetrek. Duisende mense was in die stad se strate vir Liverpool se Premierliga-parade toe die voorval plaasvind. Meer as 50 mense wat kinders insluit, […]
