# Die Gautengse Provinsiale Wetgewer se Gemeenskapsveiligheidskomitee het inwoners versoek om veilig te wees hierdie Paasnaweek. Die verkeer sal na verwagting toeneem en die komitee se voorsitter, Bandile Masuku, versoek motoriste om die padreëls te gehoorsaam, by die spoedgrens te hou, dronkbestuur te vermy en verdagte bedrywighede aan te meld. Masuku versoek ook gebede teen […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê die Oos-Kaap moet sy natuurlike sterkpunte gebruik om inklusiewe ekonomiese groei aan te vuur. Hy het op ‘n hoëvlak-regeringsvergadering in Nelson Mandelabaai die provinsie se ryk natuurlike hulpbronne, lang kuslyn, vrugbare grond en sterk akademiese instellings uitgelig. Ramaphosa waarsku egter swak bestuur, swak infrastruktuur en korrupsie verhoed dat hierdie bates […]
# Die Europese Unie het sewe lande uitgewys wat hy as veilig beskou in ‘n poging om migrante se terugkeer te bespoedig deur dit moeiliker te maak vir sekere nasies se burgers om aanspraak te maak op asiel. Die Europese Kommissie het voorgestel dat Kosovo, Bangladesj, Colombië, Egipte, Indië, Marokko en Tunisië tot veilige lande […]
# Soccer: The playing of the wrong anthem during yesterday’s Champions League quarterfinal clash between Aston Villa and Paris St-Germain was ascribed to a sound system malfunction. Some players struggled to contain their laughter when the Europa anthem was played at Villa Park in Birmingham before the start of the game. It was then switched […]
# ActionSA has slammed Eskom for spending 3.6-billion-rand on diesel in just 30 days, calling it a cover-up rather than a solution to load-shedding. Eskom spent 1.34-billion-rand between from 1 to 10 April. ActionSA’s Alan Beesley says the utility’s low Energy Availability Factor of 56-percent shows no real recovery. He demands transparency and a credible […]
# Olympic Games: A temporary stadium in Pomona will be utilised for the cricket competition during 2028’s Games in Los Angeles. The field in Fairground is about an hour’s drive from the athletes’ village in the Californian city. One of the reasons for the choice is the desire for the cricket players to stay with […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed concern over the Eastern Cape’s financial management, following an Auditor-General report that revealed 197-million-rand in irregular expenditure. Addressing provincial leaders in Nelson Mandela Bay, Ramaphosa said 30 material irregularities were recorded, with 13 still unresolved. While acknowledging progress in clean audits and improved financial reporting, he stressed that mismanagement […]
# Die veteraan Suid-Afrikaanse akteur Don Mlangeni-Nawa is op die ouderdom van 65 oorlede. Sy familie het vanoggend sy dood bevestig, maar nie die oorsaak bekend gemaak nie. Mlangeni-Nawa word onthou as ’n liefdevolle vader en ’n kragtige storieverteller, en sy nalatenskap leef voort deur sy werk, insluitend ikoniese rolle in Isidingo, ‘Sgudi ‘Snaysi, en […]
# The European Union has published a list of seven countries it considers “safe”, in a bid to speed up migrant returns by making it harder for citizens of those nations to claim asylum in the bloc. The European Commission said it was proposing to designate Kosovo, Bangladesh, Colombia, Egypt, India, Morocco and Tunisia as […]
