# Die GOOD-party in Kaapstad het sy amptelike reaksie op die metro se konsepbegroting ingedien wat tans vir openbare kommentaar beskikbaar is. Die party is bekommerd oor tariefverhogings hoër as inflasie, nuwe vaste kostes en wysigings op kort kennisgewing. Anton Louw van GOOD sê die voorgestelde verhogings sal ‘n dubbelsyfer-tarief vir sommige huishoudings tot gevolg […]
# Rugby: Seven teams are still in with a shout of reaching the semi-finals of the SA Cup with only two rounds of league action remaining. The action kicks off at 6 pm in George, where the SWD Eagles host the defending champion Griquas. The other four matches are all scheduled to start at 3pm […]
# Firefighters at the Vatican installed a chimney on top of the Sistine Chapel to be used during the conclave that begins on 7 May. Cardinals vote in secret for a new pope and reveal to the waiting world the outcome by burning the ballots in a special stove, with the chimney emitting black smoke […]
# Amerika se Departement van Justisie verdedig die Wet op Skoon Lug – ‘n federale wet wat die Omgewingsbeskermingsagentskap magtig om lugvrystellings te reguleer. Dit kom terwyl die state Hawaii en Michigan regstappe teen fossielbrandstofmaatskappye beplan weens skade as gevolg van die klimaatkrisis. Die departement beweer in sy teenoptrede dat Hawaii en Michigan die bedoeling […]
# Standard Bank says the 2025 Easter period showed continued progress in South Africa’s business activity. Total transaction value went up by 11-percent and transaction volumes grew by 10-percent compared to the same period in 2023. Standard Bank’s, Norman Nyawo, says Gauteng led the country in overall turnover during the Easter period, followed by the Western […]
# Motorsport: McLaren’s Lando Norris insists that he is not worried about teammate Oscar Piastri taking momentum as the new drivers’ championship leader. The Briton won the season opener in Australia, while Piastri has gone on to notch up three race wins, leading to the Australian now heading the drivers’ standings by ten points from […]
# Die Universiteit van Pretoria vier hierdie maand die graduering van 12-duisend-950 studente, en ongeveer 48,4-persent het hul studies afgehandel met finansiële steun van die instelling. Die Giving Day-veldtog wat in 2022 van stapel gestuur is om 100-miljoen-rand vir hulp aan die sogenaamde vermiste middelklas in te samel, is een van die inisiatiewe wat hiertoe […]
# The Department of Water and Sanitation says it is continuously monitoring the inflow water levels in the Integrated Vaal River System. The department’s spokesperson, Wisane Mavasa, says this is to ensure that necessary precautions are in place in line with dam safety standards and hydrological monitoring systems. She says the water levels at the Vaal Dam […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Onafhanklike Kragprodusentevereniging sê die hersiening van 82 tariefkodes vir son-, wind- en batterykrag het onverwags gebeur, met min duidelikheid oor hoe tariewe direk tot lokalisering sal lei. Die Internasionale Handelsadministrasiekommissie van Suid-Afrika hersien die kodes, wat alles insluit van sonpanele en kragopwekkers vir windturbines tot litium-ioonbatterye en aluminium. Die vereniging sê sonder […]
