# Government is wishing South Africans a safe, peaceful and blessed time with family, friends and loved ones during the Easter weekend. It says this is a time of reflection, renewal and spiritual connection, but also a period when millions travel across provinces. Government Communication and Information System’s spokesperson, Phumeza Msileni, says road users are […]
# Cosatu says it has presented its submission on the 2025/2026 budget’s Appropriation, Division of Revenue and Eskom Debt Relief Amendment Bills to Parliament. The union federation supports the increase in funding for critical and economic infrastructure, with total infrastructure investments over the next three years totalling 1.03-trillion-rand. Cosatu’s, Matthew Parks, says they are concerned […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse regering het die aanvalle op burgerlike teikens in Gaza veroordeel. In die jongste voorval het Israel ʼn missielaanval uitgevoer op die al-Ahli Arab-hospitaal in Gaza Stad. Die hospitaal se intensiewesorg- en operasie-departement is in die aanval vernietig. Die Departement van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking se woordvoerder, Chrispin Phiri, sê Israel het sedert […]
# Agriculture minister John Steenhuisen says the legislative requirement for owners to stop the spread of foot and mouth disease must be supported by effective government leadership and enforcement. KwaZulu-Natal has been grappling with 147 active FMD outbreaks, with new cases recently detected in the Newcastle area. The ministry’s spokesperson, Joylene van Wyk, says new infections […]
# Advocate Dali Mpofu, who is set to face a disciplinary inquiry for misconduct before the Legal Practice Council, says the charges against him are politically motivated. He is facing seven charges of breaching the code of conduct for legal practitioners, including bringing the profession into disrepute. Some of the charges relate to his conduct […]
# Die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria het die 2014-kontrak tussen Transnet en Wabtec South Africa Technologies tersyde gestel. Dit hou verband met die verkryging van 233 diesellokomotiewe ter waarde van agt-miljard-rand. Die hof het die 2014-verkrygingsooreenkoms en gepaardgaande subkontrakte ongeldig verklaar. As deel van die skikkingsooreenkoms sal Transnet die 233 diesellokomotiewe behou wat Wabtec gelewer het. […]
# Die Departement van Korrektiewe Dienste het agt G4S-beamptes, insluitend die direkteur van operasies, geskors nadat ʼn gevangene verlede maand tydens ʼn klopjag by die Mangaung Korrektiewe Sentrum in Bloemfontein dood is. Mangaung-amptenare sê Mpho Makhubeni het ʼn asma-aanval gehad. Die lykskouing het egter getoon hy het beserings gehad wat met ʼn stomp voorwerp toegedien […]
# Sokker: Arsenal is die eerste keer sedert 2009, en die derde keer in die geskiedenis, deur na die Kampioeneliga se halfeindronde nadat hulle Real Madrid afgeransel het. Die Gunners het in die kwarteindronde se tweede kragmeting met 3-0 voorgeloop voordat hulle by die Bernabeu met 2-1 gewen, en met ʼn totaal van 5-1 geseëvier […]
# Tennis: Defending champion Casper Ruud is through to the Barcelona Open quarterfinals after battling past Serbia’s Hamad Medjedovic, 7-5, 7-5. The Norwegian second seed is seeking to become the fourth man this century to successfully defend the Barcelona title. Ruud will next face Holger Rune in Friday’s quarterfinals, after the Dane beat Argentina’s Sebastian […]
