# Die minister van Vervoer, Barbara Creecy, het Transnet se Haweterminale geloof vir sy verbetering in operasionele doeltreffendheid. Die instelling het sedert Junie vanjaar gemiddeld 90-duisend vraghouers per week hanteer, wat ʼn groot verbetering is op verlede jaar se volume van sowat 65-duisend. Op ʼn jaargrondslag is dit ʼn toename van 7,2-persent. Die departement se […]
# Rugby: Springbok Women coach Swys de Bruin says there are a lot of positives to take from their final World Cup Pool D match against France in Northampton. South Africa suffered a disappointing 57-10 defeat to the Les Bleues and will now face defending champions New Zealand in the quarterfinals on Saturday. De Bruin […]
# Western Cape MEC of Infrastructure, Tertuis Simmers, will officially reopen Main Road 310, reconnecting the town of Citrusdal to the N7 highway today. This follows extensive flood damage in 2024. Simmers says the reconstruction of the MR310 was declared an emergency repair project for humanitarian reasons, with a key focus not only on restoring access […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê die stryd teen korrupsie is ingewikkeld, veelvlakkig en volgehoue, en vereis die aftakeling van stelsels van patronaatskap wat oor baie jare gevestig is. Ramaphosa het die finale verslag van die Nasionale Teenkorrupsie Adviesraad meer as ‘n week gelede ontvang. Daarin word onder meer aanbeveel dat ‘n permanente, onafhanklike, oorkoepelende teen-korrupsieliggaam […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse LUR vir Maatskaplike Ontwikkeling, Jaco Londt, sê die Fountain of Hope intermediêre kinder- en jeugsentrum in Philippi is ʼn belangrike antwoord op ʼn voortslepende gaping in die land se kinderbeskermingstelsel. Die sentrum is die eerste van sy soort in Suid-Afrika en bied verblyf en ondersteuning aan jongmense wat oorgaan van veilige sorg […]
# Die minister van Justisie en Grondwetlike Ontwikkeling, Mmamoloko Kubayi, sal vandeesweek die 63ste jaarlikse sessie van die konferensie van die regsraadgewende organisasie vir Asië en Afrika, AALCO, in Uganda bywoon. Die organisasie bestaan uit 49 lande, wat Suid-Afrika insluit. Die ministerie se woordvoerder, Terrence Manase, sê Kubayi se deelname sal Suid-Afrika se verbintenis tot […]
# Dis vandag Internasionale Geletterdheidsdag waarop die belangrikheid van geletterdheid om ʼn meer geletterde, vreedsame en volhoubare samelewing te skep, beklemtoon word. Vanjaar se tema is: Bevorder geletterdheid in die digitale era. In 2024 het minstens 739-miljoen mense wêreldwyd nie oor basiese geletterdheidsvaardighede beskik nie. Terselfdertyd het vier uit tien kinders nie basiese leesvaardighede gehad nie. UNESCO […]
# Canoeing: Team South Africa ended the Marathon World Championships in Hungary with two silver and two bronze medals. Maritzburg College’s Keegan Vogt won silver in the K1 race and then partnered with Ryley Smith to win the bronze medal in the K2 event. Andy Birkett claimed his fourth silver medal in the men’s K1 […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says the fight against corruption is complex, multifaceted and protracted, and requires the dismantling of systems of patronage that have become entrenched over many years. He received the National Anti-Corruption Advisory Council’s final report over a week ago. The report includes a recommendation to establish a permanent, independent, overarching anti-corruption body. […]
