# The trial of a Libyan man accused of helping build the bomb used in the Lockerbie bombing has been postponed just days before it was due to begin. A US judge says newly-discovered evidence means the defence needs more time to prepare. Abu Agila Mas’ud has pleaded not guilty to charges linked to the […]
# Tennis: Swiss maestro Roger Federer is looking forward to a special return to New York’s Arthur Ashe Stadium early tomorrow morning – his first appearance since his final US Open in 2019. The 20-time Grand Slam champion will play an exhibition doubles match with former rivals Andy Roddick, Andre Agassi and John McEnroe during […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê beter voorbereiding van infrastruktuur-projekte kan Suid-Afrika help om meer beleggings te lok en bouprojekte te versnel. Hy het die hoofrede aanlyn gelewer op die vyfde Volhoubare Infrastruktuur-ontwikkelingsimposium in Kaapstad. Ramaphosa sê te veel projekte word vertraag omdat dit nie behoorlik voorberei of befonds is nie. Hy sê sterker beplanning en […]
# Die minister van Justisie en Grondwetlike Ontwikkeling, Mmamoloko Kubayi, sê haar departement het reeds bykans 500-miljoen-rand uitbetaal in vergoedingsbetalings wat met die Waarheids- en Versoeningskommissie verband hou. Sy het aan die Nasionale Raad van Provinsies gesê regulasies is in 2003 gepubliseer vir ‘n eenmalige toelaag van 30-duisend-rand en meer as een-duisend-600 slagoffers geïdentifiseer om […]
# Die Rwandese president, Paul Kagame, ontken sy land is verantwoordelik vir die konflik in die Demokratiese Republiek die Kongo. Hy het op ‘n nuuskonferensie gesê die probleme is geskep deur Kinshasa en ander faktore. Kagame beskuldig naamlose partye dat hulle Rwanda ‘n sondebok maak om sekere individue te beskerm. Hy hou vol Rwanda word […]
# The Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein is hearing government’s appeal against a High Court ruling on the 370-rand Social Relief of Distress grant. The Institute for Economic Justice and PayTheGrants, represented by SERI, argue application rules exclude people who need the grant. IEJ researcher Siyanda Baduza says the case also examines the eligibility […]
# Widespread flooding caused by heavy rain from Typhoon Narra has intensified across southern China, with homes and shops submerged. Chinese state television reports more than 54-thousand people have been relocated in Guangxi. In the city of Chongzuo, more than 15-thousand people were evacuated after river levels exceeded a record set in 2008. Authorities have […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says better preparation of infrastructure projects can help South Africa attract more investment and speed up construction. He virtually delivered the keynote address at the fifth Sustainable Infrastructure Development Symposium in Cape Town. Ramaphosa says too many projects are delayed because they are not properly prepared or funded. He adds stronger […]
# Die saak oor die beweerde diefstal van edelstene teen die geskorsde adjunkhoof van die Ekurhuleni Metropolisie, Julius Mkhwanazi, is tot 18 September uitgestel. Mkhwanazi, Kgomotso Makhubo, Adrian Mackenzie en Keisha Stols, het vanoggend in die Johannesburgse Landdroshof verskyn. Hulle word aangekla van die diefstal van edelstene ter waarde van 14-miljoen-rand. Mkhwanazi het na bewering […]
