# South Africa welcomed nearly one-million international tourists last month, with over 991-thousand visitors recorded. This is a 12.5-percent increase compared to July last year. From January to July, more than 6.5-million international tourists visited the country, up 12.4-percent from the same period last year. Tourism minister Patricia de Lille says the growth is coming […]
# Roadrunning: The marathon world record holder, Sabastian Sawe, has withdrawn from next month’s Berlin Marathon in the German capital. The 31-year-old Kenyan shattered the two-hour barrier when he won the London Marathon in April in one-hour-59-minutes-30 seconds. Berlin would have been his first competition since then, and he was looking forward to the very […]
# The City of Johannesburg has completed a 334-million-rand climate resilience project aimed at reducing flooding and environmental damage. The programme for nature-based solutions for climate adaptation in Sub-Saharan Africa created one-thousand-500 jobs, restored 489 hectares of land, planted more than 47-thousand trees and removed 664 tonnes of waste from the Jukskei River. The project […]
# Freedom Front Plus says Tshwane mayoral candidate Willie Spies has been sworn in as a councillor on the city’s council. He fills the seat left vacant by Grandi Theunissen, who recently joined the DA. The FF Plus’s Jaco Mulder says the party fully supports Spies in his new role as he prepares to contest […]
# The Freedom Front Plus has criticised the City of Tshwane for paying ten-thousand-rand to value a property in Clubview, in Pretoria, worth five-thousand-600-rand. The FF Plus’s Peter Meijer says the valuation cost almost twice the value of the land and was unnecessary because two municipal departments had already valued the property. Meijer added that […]
# The Santa Shoebox Project calls on businesses, schools, book clubs and community groups to pledge 20 or more gift boxes for children in need. Celebrating its 20th year, the project aims to deliver 85-thousand boxes this year, with each box containing clothes, toiletries, school supplies, a toy and sweets. The project’s CEO, Deb Zelezniak, […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse Departement van Mobiliteit sê hy sal stappe doen om geweld op die Khayelitsha-Somerset-Wes openbare taxiroete te beëindig. Die departement, die Stad Kaapstad en die taxibedryf begin Maandag met bemiddeling om die konflik op te los. Meer verkeersbeamptes sal ook die betrokke gebiede patrolleer, terwyl voertuie wat bedryfsreëls oortree, geskut sal word. Muneera […]
Die regering het die moord op ‘n offisier van die Wes-Kaapse Taktiese Reaksiespan, Zamani Mzayiya, veroordeel. Mzayiya was in Knysna ontplooi om onlangse moorde te ondersoek, insluitend dié van voormalige burgemeester Aubrey Tsengwa. Die regering het belowe diegene wat verantwoordelik is, sal voor die gereg gebring word. Die adjunkwoordvoerder van die regering, William Baloyi, het […]
# Rugby: Die naweek se laaste groepwedstryde sal die vier spanne in die voorlaaste Curriebekerronde bepaal. Die verdedigende kampioen, die Griekwas en die Cheetahs het reeds hul plekke in die tuishalfeindronde bespreek. Die Pumas, Boland Kavaliers, Stormers, Leeus en Haaie moet dit nou uitspook vir die oorblywende twee plekke. Die Leeus verwelkom die Stormers môre […]
