# The European Union’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, called for all sides to exercise restraint after Israeli strikes targeted Iran’s nuclear programme and military leadership. Kallas wrote on X that the situation in the Middle East is dangerous. EU officials said Kallas spoke to Israeli Foreign minister Gideon Saar in the “early hours” of […]
# According to Statistics South Africa, mining production fell by 7.7-percent year-on-year in April. The biggest decline came from platinum group metals, down over 24-percent, followed by drops in gold and coal output. Iron ore was the only major mineral to show growth, rising by 5.3-percent. Stats SA’s Juan-Pierre Terblanche says while there was a […]
# AfriForum has filed a Promotion of Access to Information Act application to Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi and the provincial Roads Department, seeking answers on the costs, timing, and purpose of Gauteng’s new number plates. AfriForum’s Louis Boshoff warns the initiative could become an expensive burden with minimal benefit. He questions the urgency, citing bigger […]
# Die minister van Polisie, Senzo Mchunu, is bekommerd oor die toenemende taxigeweld in die land. Hy het vandag in Pretoria beduidende veranderings aangekondig om dienslewering in die SAPD te verbeter. Mchunu waarsku die taxibedryf om nie geweld en nie-nakoming vir die volhoubaarheid van die bedryf aan te wend nie. Hy waarsku ook die polisie […]
# Die Nasionale Polisiekommisaris, Fannie Masemola, sê tussen 2018 en 2023, is meer as 57-duisend polisiebeamptes tot hoër range bevorder. Masemola het tydens ‘n inligtingsessie in Pretoria verwys na die prioriteite rondom menslike hulpbronne in die polisie. Hy sê die polisie oorweeg in hierdie finansiele jaar die bevordering van tien-duisend konstabels en sersante wat reeds […]
# National police commissioner Fannie Masemola has announced that before the end of this month, police will be advertising the recruitment of five-thousand-500 police trainees to join its ranks. He says their training will commence between January and February next year. Masemola says they have increased the age limit to join the police to 35 in line […]
# Die hoof van Bergview College in die Oos-Kaap, Jaco Pieterse, gaan klagtes van crimen injuria lê teen die leier van die EFF, Julius Malema, die sekretaris-generaal van die ANC, Fikile Mbalula, en die LUR vir Onderwys, Fundile Gade, omdat hulle hom vals beskuldig het van die verkragting van ‘n leerder, Cwecwe. Pieterse sê die […]
# The principal of Bergview College in the Eastern Cape, Jaco Pieterse is laying crimen injuria charges against EFF leader Julius Malema, ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula, and MEC for Education Fundile Gade for falsely accusing him of raping a learner, Cwecwe. Pieterse demands accountability, saying the false claims brought threats and personal harm. AfriForum’s […]
# Benoemings is oop vir die Defender-toekennings vir Suid-Afrikaners wat op voetsoolvlak ‘n verskil maak. Kategorieë sluit in natuurlewe, gemeenskap en die verdedigers van die land en die oseane. Die veldtog, wat deur die ikoniese handelsmerk Defender aangebied word, bied prysgeld van meer as twee-miljoen-rand, ‘n voertuig en ondersteuning van kundiges vir ‘n besondere plaaslike […]
