# Tennis: Brand-new men’s and women’s champions will be crowned at the French Open this weekend. Iga Swiatek of Poland’s elimination means there are no previous champions left, presenting huge opportunities for remaining players to clinch a first Grand Slam title. Among the men, the odds now favour second-seeded German Alexander Zverev and young guns […]
# Die minister van Binnelandse Sake, Leon Schreiber, sê die departement versnel die bekendstelling van slim-ID-kaarte deur banke en digitale stelsels. Volgens die Suid-Afrikaanse identiteitsbeheer-platform VerifyNow het nabootsingsbedrog met groen ID-boeke jaarliks toegeneem met 400-persent, omdat bedrieërs kunsmatige intelligensie gebruik om die ou identifikasiestelsel uit te buit. Schreiber sê die groen ID-boek is uiters kwesbaar […]
# Willem Els van die Instituut vir Sekerheidstudies sê verlede week se twee bomontploffings by Woolworths-winkels in Gauteng en die Vrystaat beklemtoon breër kommer oor georganiseerde misdaad en afpersing in Suid-Afrika. Die eerste ontploffing het Donderdag by Woolworths se tak in Menlynpark in Pretoria plaasgevind. Die tweede was minder as 24-uur later by die Preller […]
# Sokker: President Cyril Ramaphosa sê dit was ‘n lang en uitdagende pad om Bafana Bafana se prestasies te verbeter, met die nasionale span wat op pad is na die Wêreldbekertoernooi. Suid-Afrika neem die eerste keer sedert 2010 weer aan die toernooi deel. Ramaphosa het in sy weeklikse nuusbrief die Departement van Sport, Kuns en […]
# Business Leadership Suid-Afrika sê die land bevind hom tans in ‘n relatief sterk posisie te midde van geopolitieke spanning, danksy agt jaar van fiskale dissipline en strukturele hervormings. Twee groot graderingsagentskappe, Standard and Poor’s en Moody’s, het die land se vooruitsig na positief aangepas. Die Reserwebank het intussen rentekoerse met 25 basispunte verhoog weens […]
# The Institute for Security Studies’ Willem Els says last week’s two bomb blasts at Woolworths stores in Gauteng and the Free State highlight broader concerns about organised crime and extortion in South Africa. The first explosion took place at Woolworths Menlyn Park in Pretoria on Thursday, and the second less than 24-hours later at […]
# Soccer: President Cyril Ramaphosa says it has been a long and difficult journey to transform Bafana Bafana’s fortunes as the national team heads off to the World Cup. South Africa is participating in the tournament for the first time since 2010. In his weekly newsletter, Ramaphosa gave credit to the Department of Sport, Arts and […]
# Business Leadership South Africa says the country is operating from a position of relative strength amid the geopolitical tensions, which is a direct reward for eight years of fiscal discipline and structural reform. Two major rating agencies, Standard and Poor’s and Moody’s, now have the country on a positive outlook. The Reserve Bank has […]
# Operation Shanela Two in Limpopo resulted in the seizure of dagga worth eleven-million-rand and the arrest of three suspects in Hoedspruit. Police spokesperson Malesela Ledwaba says the suspects were linked to drug trafficking. He says operational teams conducted patrols in three villages, ten farms, an airport, four banking institutions and six ATMs as part […]
