# Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has arrived in Rome, where he is due to meet Pope Leo XIV and participate in an international conference on rebuilding his war-torn country. Zelensky is also expected to meet with Italian President Sergio Mattarella and Keith Kellogg, US President Donald Trump’s envoy for Ukraine and Russia, according to the […]
# Sakeliga en die Nasionale Werkgewersvereniging van Suid-Afrika, Neasa, het ‘n dringende aansoek by die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria ingedien om die implementering van 2025-kwotas vir gelyke indiensneming te stop. Hulle voer aan die reëls, waarvolgens maatskappye met meer as 50 werkers aan nasionale ras- en geslagsteikens moet voldoen, ongrondwetlik en prosedureel gebrekkig is. Piet le […]
# Die Russiese minister van Buitelandse Sake, Sergei Lavrov, besoek Noord-Korea hierdie naweek in die jongste van ‘n reeks hoëprofielbesoeke deur top-amptenare uit Moskou, terwyl militêre bande tussen die twee lande verdiep. Pyongyang het een van Moskou se belangrikste bondgenote geword tydens sy Oekraïnse inval. Duisende soldate en vragte wapens is gestuur vir die Kremlin […]
# China het die nuwe beperkings deur die VSA op Chinese aankope van Amrikaanse landbougrond as diskriminerend beskryf en sê dit is ‘n skending van internasionale handelsreëls. Die Trump-administrasie het hierdie week gesê hy sal begin met beperkings op die aankoop van landbougrond deur Chinese burgers en ander “buitelandse teenstanders”. China se buitelandse ministerie het […]
# Die Oos-Kaapse LUR vir Samewerkende Regering en Tradisionele Sake, Zolile Williams, sê die nasionale rampverligtingsfonds se toekenning van 504-miljoen-rand sal nie die kostes om te herbou dek ná die vloede in Junie nie. Meer as 100 mense is dood, huise en infrastruktuur is vernietig, en talle gesinne is ontheem. Williams het aan SABC News […]
# Motorsport: Red Bull’s Formula One team manager, Christian Horner, has been fired with immediate effect after 20 years in charge. He led them to six constructors and eight drivers’ championships since 2005. Allegations of inappropriate behaviour made against Horner by a female colleague in February last year were dismissed following an appeal. High-profile figures […]
# The South African Medical and Dental Practitioners has welcomed the final report by the Section 59 investigation panel, confirming systemic racial discrimination against black healthcare providers. The report, received by Health minister Aaron Motsoaledi, found that black practitioners faced more audits, payment delays, and punitive actions. The organisation’s chairperson, Phashe Magagane, called it a […]
# The ANC in Tshwane has condemned the killing of ward ten councillor Thabang Masemola, who was ambushed by unknown gunmen in Mamelodi yesterday. The party says it’s concerned by the ongoing murders of councillors, many of which remain unsolved. ANC regional spokesperson Bafuze Yabo calls on the police to urgently bring those responsible to […]
# Die nasionale polisiekommissaris, Fannie Masemola, het die hoof van die Valke in die Wes-Kaap, Solomon Makgato, as waarnemende afdelingskommissaris vir misdaadintelligensie aangestel. Hy sê dit volg na die inhegtenisneming van die afdelingskommissaris vir misdaadintelligensie, Dumisani Khumalo, en ses ander verlede maand weens bewerings van bedrog. Masemola sê die polisie het volle vertroue in Makgato […]
