# The SA Social Security Agency will provide support to Eastern Cape families affected by deadly floods with food, cash vouchers, blankets, and essentials. CEO Themba Matlou confirmed the agency’s intervention through its Social Relief of Distress programme. Floods in OR Tambo and Amathole districts claimed 78 lives and displaced hundreds. Matlou says teams are active […]
# AfriForum het ingevolge die Wet op die Bevordering van Toegang tot Inligting ‘n aansoek by die Gautengse premier, Panyaza Lesufi, en die provinsiale Departement van Paaie en Vervoer ingedien om antwoorde te eis rondom die koste, tydsduur en doel van nuwe nommerplate vir die provinsie. Louis Boshoff van AfriForum waarsku die plan kan ‘n […]
# Rugby: Two Blitzboks Sevens world champions, Ricardo Duarttee and Mfundo Ndhlovu, will headline the Springbok Sevens ‘A’ squad for the Rugby Africa Sevens Cup in Mauritius next weekend. Both scored in the Blitzboks’ World Series final victory over Spain. They’re joined by capped teammates Sebastiaan Jobb and Masande Mtshali. The team departs today. Coach […]
# Discovery Bank waarsku kliënte oor toenemende bedrog in Suid-Afrika deur misdadigers wat voorgee om bedrog te beveg. Hulle dring aan dat slagoffers hul kaartbesonderhede moet deel, onder die voorwendsel om verdagte transaksies te keer. Die bank vra kliënte om nooit hulle kaartinligting te deel nie en na veiliger moontlikhede soos virtuele kaarte oor te […]
# The South African National Taxi Council is mourning the loss of learners who were swept away during recent floods in the Eastern Cape. A 22-seater scholar transport vehicle, belonging to one of its members, was swept away by floodwaters near Mthatha on Tuesday. The council has expressed deep appreciation to the provincial government for […]
# Nasionale polisiekommissaris Fannie Masemola het aangekondig die polisie sal voor die einde van die maand vyf-duisend-500 nuwe lede werf. Hy sê hul opleiding sal tussen Januarie en Februarie volgende jaar begin. Masemola sê die ouderdomsbeperking om by die polisie te kan aansluit is tot 35 verhoog, in ooreenstemming met die Nasionale Jeugbeleid:
# Die Afrika-Unie het ernstige kommer uitgespreek nadat Israel bykans 100 teikens in Iran aangeval het, insluitend kern- en militêre persele in Teheran. Voorsitter Mahmoud Ali Youssouf vra die onmiddellike staking van vyandelikhede en dat alle partye uiterste selfbeheersing toepas. Hy sê ook die verwikkelinge is ‘n ernstige bedreiging vir internasionale vrede en veiligheid. Rusland […]
# 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 […]
