# Kanada gaan van 8 September af vergeldingstariewe instel op ʼn wye reeks Amerikaanse produkte ter waarde van sowat 322,47-miljard-rand. Die tariewe van 15- tot 50-persent sal meer as 700 Amerikaanse produkte raak, insluitend staal en aluminium, meubels, klere en vis. Dit is in reaksie op tariewe van 50-persent wat president Donald Trump se administrasie […]
# Tennis: Italy’s world number six Flavio Cobolli and Swiss teammate Belinda Bencic defeated American Serena Williams and Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, 5-4, 4-1 in a high-quality showdown to reach the semifinals of the US Open Mixed Doubles Championship. Top seeds Serbia’s Novak Djokovic and Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka suffered defeat to Britain’s Henry Patten and Czech […]
# Rugby: The All Blacks completed a clean sweep of South Africa’s franchise sides with a hard-fought 41-35 win over the Lions at Ellis Park in Johannesburg. This follows victories against the Stormers, Sharks, and the Bulls. New Zealand also beat the Springboks 33-16 in the first Test. The Lions played brilliantly in the first […]
# President Donald Trump sê die Amerikaanse Vloot het alle myne in die internasionale waters van die Straat van Hormoes verwyder of laat ontplof. Die belangrike waterweg, waardeur sowat 20-persent van die wêreld se olie en vloeibare gas uitgevoer word, is deur Iran geblokkeer sedert die oorlog in Februarie begin het. In ‘n plasing op […]
# Die EFF-leier, Julius Malema, sê die regering se versuim om op te tree teen die beweerde aanstigters en plegers van geweld teen buitelandse burgers in Suid-Afrika skep die indruk dat die geweld deur die staat goedgekeur is. Hy het gepraat tydens president Cyril Ramaphosa se antwoordsessie in die Nasionale Vergadering gister. Die president het […]
# Rugby: Die Springbok-kaptein, Siya Kolisi, het van ‘n dyspierbesering herstel en sal Saterdag teen die All Blacks in Kaapstad opdraf. Die 35-jarige, wat die besering drie weke gelede teen Argentinië opgedoen het, het verlede naweek die eerste toets in Johannesburg misgeloop. Kolisi sal ‘n los trio vorm met Pieter-Steph du Toit, wat aanvanklik as […]
# Die legendariese countrymusiek-sangeres, liedjieskrywer en aktrise, Dolly Parton, is op 80-jarige ouderdom oorlede. In ‘n loopbaan wat oor ses dekades gestrek het, het sy meer as drieduisend liedjies geskryf en meer as 100-miljoen plate wêreldwyd verkoop. Sy sal onthou word vir haar liedjies wat pragtige stories vertel het, soos Coat of Many Colours, Jolene, […]
# The Centre for Development and Enterprise says the City of Johannesburg’s budget is increasingly disconnected from reality, noting the non-payment of rates and utility bills by residents. This is amid the metro’s lack of service delivery and failing infrastructure. The organisation’s latest report shows unpaid bills owed to Johannesburg rose from 15-billion-rand in 2014/2015 […]
# ANC Secretary General Fikile Mbalula says the party has approached the candidate selection process with the seriousness it deserves. The party convened an extended National Executive Committee meeting yesterday, the final stage of the national list process before submitting candidates to the Independent Electoral Commission. This is ahead of the November local government elections. […]
