# Tennis: Fourteen-time French Open winner Rafael Nadal was honoured with an emotional farewell ceremony on Court Philippe‑Chatrier in Paris. Since his title-winning debut in 2005, the Spaniard dominated the clay court tournament, claiming his record 14th title in 2022. Long-time rivals Roger Federer of Switzerland, Novak Djokovic of Serbia, and Andy Murray of Scotland […]
# Die Stad Kaapstad het sy aansoektydperk vir seisoenale menseredders amptelik geopen. Aansoekers moet aan sekere vereistes voldoen. Dit sluit in kwalifikasies in menseredding en noodhulp, toetse vir misdaadrekords en dwelmgebruik, ʼn onderhoud waar van toepassing, en hulle moet ook ʼn swem- en reddingstoets slaag. Die burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Gemeenskapsdienste en Gesondheid, Francine Higham, sê aansoeke […]
# The Gauteng Education Department says the investigation into allegations that teaching posts were being sold at the Unity Secondary School in Daveyton, Ekurhuleni, has been closed due to a lack of evidence. This follows a complaint that was received in November 2024. The department’s spokesperson, Steve Mabona, says an applicant claimed to have been […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says his successful working visit to the US affirmed the importance of keeping the channels of dialogue open. In his weekly newsletter, he says one of the key outcomes of discussions with president Donald Trump was an agreement on an economic cooperation channel between the two countries, to engage further on […]
# Die Humanity Foundation, in samewerking met Rise Against Hunger, het die verpakking en verspreiding van meer as 27-duisend etes gevier. Die etes is aan behoeftige inwoners van Boksburg in Gauteng geskenk. Die geleentheid by die Hoërskool Voortrekker het sy doelwit van 26-duisend maaltye met die hulp van 97 vrywilligers oorskry. Die stigting ondersteun Rise […]
# ʼn Student aan die Tshwane Universiteit vir Tegnologie, Andile Wiseman Nkalanga, is met die gesogte Kanselierstoekenning vereer vir uitnemende akademiese prestasie in die Fakulteit Inligting- en Kommunikasietegnologie. Hy het 16 onderskeidings behaal tydens sy studie vir ʼn diploma in Rekenaarwetenskap. Nkalanga erken dat dit nie maklik was nie, maar sê sy vasbeslotenheid om uitsonderlike […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Parke vra besoekers om die wenke vir veiligheid na te kom om te verseker dat hulle ‘n aangename ervaring indie Tafelberg Nasionale Park in Kaapstad het. SANParke se woordvoerder, JP Louw, sê hierdie naweek het hulle in twee afsonderlike voorvalle jong vroue gehelp wat snags op Seinheuwel en Leeukop gestrand was. […]
# The Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, Thabo Makgoba, is appealing for more international pressure to be applied on Israel. This comes after two separate Israeli air strikes on Gaza over the weekend, including on a school sheltering displaced families, killed 24 people. Makgoba says Israel’s aggression has now taken on levels which are vastly […]
# The National Student Financial Aid Scheme has come under scrutiny for spending 18.6-million-rand over five-years to lease 140 parking bays at The Halyard building in Cape Town. This expenditure, according to News24, is averaging 3.72-million-rand annually. This has raised concerns amid ongoing student funding challenges. The Special Investigating Unit intends to apply to the […]
