# Cosatu en sy lidvakbonde, die Nasionale Unie van Mynwerkers en die Suider-Afrikaanse Klere- en Tekstielwerkersunie, vra die regering om grensbestuur- en immigrasiestelsels te versterk. Woordvoerder, Zanele Sabela, sê dit is om te verseker slegs gedokumenteerde buitelandse burgers verkry toegang, verblyf en werk in die land. Sy sê die vernietiging van eiendom, dreigemente, aanrandings, teistering […]
# Hawks seized approximately 90 kilograms of suspected cocaine with an estimated street value of 36-million-rand at the Durban Harbour in KwaZulu-Natal yesterday. Hawks spokesperson, Katlego Mogale says they were informed about suspected cocaine concealed within an excavator that had arrived at the Q and R Car Terminal aboard the vessel Neptune Ace Tokyo from […]
Rugby: Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus named an exciting 51-man squad featuring 21 uncapped players for the team’s first training camp of the season, starting on Monday, and aimed at the selection of a Springbok and SA ‘A’ team for the season-opening double-header in Gqeberha on 20 June against the Barbarians and Zimbabwe. He said it […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa will this evening address the nation on the government’s management approach to illegal migration and the recent surge in protests against foreign nationals. Anti-immigration organisers threatened to initiate a nationwide shutdown if the government failed to remove undocumented foreigners. The organisers had set a deadline of June 30 for undocumented immigrants […]
# The Department of Employment and Labour maintains that South Africans are not xenophobic, framing the ongoing nationwide protests as grievances regarding illegal immigration. The department’s spokesperson, Teboho Thejane says the country has a group of formations that are protesting the presence of undocumented illegal foreigners in the country. They are accused of contributing to crime, impacting […]
# Tennis: Die 19-jarige Mirra Andreeva is die jongste vrouekampioen op Roland Garros in 34 jaar, na ‘n 6-3, 6-2 oorwinning oor die Poolse kwalifiseerder, Maja Chwalinska, in die eindstryd. Andreeva is die eerste Russiese vrou wat ‘n groot titel wen sedert Maria Sharapova se triomf op Roland Garros in 2014. Sy is ook die […]
# Cosatu verwelkom Fitch se besluit om Suid-Afrika se langtermyn kredietgraderings vir beide buitelandse en plaaslike valuta-kredietgraderings van ‘BB-negatief’ na ‘BB’ te verhoog en die bestendige vooruitsig te handhaaf. Dit is die tweede opgradering deur ’n graderingsagentskap vir Suid-Afrika in die afgelope maand. Cosatu se woordvoerder, Matthew Parks sê dit dui op groeiende internasionale vertroue […]
# Eskom handhaaf verbeterings in sy kragstelselprestasie namate die winter-aanvraag toeneem, met opwekkingsbeskikbaarheid wat jaarliks verbeter en meer as 700-duisend huishoudings wat nie meer worstel met lasvermindering nie. Eskom se woordvoerder, Daphne Mokwena, sê hierdie winste word gedryf deur sterker aanlegprestasie, verbeterde betroubaarheid en geteikende netwerk-ingrypings om plaaslike beperkings aan te pak, sodat meer gemeenskappe […]
# Polisie is op soek na verdagtes nadat minstens 12 mense naby ‘n fees in Toledo, in die Midde-Weste van Amerika geskiet is. Tien mense is volgens berigte in ‘n bestendige toestand, maar twee is in ‘n bedenklike toestand. Die slagoffers se ouderdomme wissel van 16 tot 61 jaar oud. Die adjunk-polisiehoof van Toledo, het […]
