# Cabinet has welcomed Eskom’s continued progress, with seven provinces achieving load-reduction status ahead of the October target. Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says about 1.2-million customers have been restored to normal supply, while affected customers now account for 6.8-percent of Eskom’s base. She also welcomes the reduction in diesel spending by more than […]
# Cabinet says preparations for this year’s local government elections are progressing, with the polls scheduled for 4 November. Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says coordination mechanisms across all spheres of government are in place to support free, fair, credible and peaceful elections. She also condemned the recent killings of councillors, and called on […]
# Die taxibaas Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni beweer sekere lede van wetstoepassingsagentskappe tree op as tussengangers vir mense in die taxibedryf. Hy het voor die Madlanga-kommissie getuig hierdie reëlings is bekend binne sommige taxi-verenigings, maar hy kon nie spesifieke amptenare of verenigings identifiseer nie. Sibanyoni sê dis privaat ooreenkomste tussen mense en moeilik om te bewys, […]
# Waves of drones have again targeted Ukraine’s capital Kyiv and surrounding areas today, damaging homes, warehouses and apartment blocks. At least one person was killed outside Kyiv, while four others were injured in a separate strike on a home-improvement store. The emergency service says the Kyiv region came under attack 38 times in the […]
# Noorweë se koning, Harald die Vyfde, het in die ouderdom van 89 gesterf in die Oslo Universiteitshospitaal, waar hy behandeling ontvang het vir ‘n bakteriële besmetting en ‘n bloedafwyking. Sy seun, kroonprins Haakon, volg hom op en is nou koning Haakon die Agtste. Harald was 35 jaar lank koning, die langsdienende monarg in Noorweë […]
# Die ontsnappingsverhoor van die veroordeelde verkragter en moordenaar Thabo Bester, Nandipha Magudumana en hul medebeskuldigdes vind van 19 April tot 18 Junie volgende jaar in die Vrystaatse Hooggeregshof plaas. Hulle staan tereg op aanklagte van hulp met ‘n ontsnapping, brandstigting en die skending van ‘n liggaam. Bester se regsverteenwoordiger, MoAfrica Wa Maila, het tydens […]
# Acting Police minister, Firoz Cachalia, says attacks on police officials are attacks on the rule of law and the authority of the democratic state. This follows the recent killings of police members in Reiger Park, Gauteng, and Knysna in the Western Cape. Cachalia briefed the media on the crime statistics for April to June […]
# A cheesy trade dispute is proving a stumbling block in US-Mexican negotiations. The argument centres on names such as feta, manchego and Parmigiano Reggiano. The United States says those names are generic and should be available to American cheese producers exporting to Mexico. But a trade agreement between Mexico and the European Union would […]
# Tennis: Die verdedigende vrouekampioen, Aryna Sabalenka van Belarus, speel teen die Colombiaan Camila Osorio in die eerste ronde van die Amerikaanse Ope. Sy is die sleutelspeler in die boonste deel van die trekking wat ook die Wimbledon-kampioen, die Tsjeg Linda Noskova, insluit. Die heersende Australiese Ope-kampioen, Elena Rybakina van Kazakstan, begin teen die Amerikaanse […]
