# The DA says the deployment of more insider cadres of Patriotic Alliance leader Gayton McKenzie to key jobs in his Department of Sport, Arts and Culture shows that he is unfit to be a minister. The party claims that at least 19 senior government jobs are occupied by McKenzie’s own insiders. The DA’s Leah Potgieter […]
# Constitutional law expert professor Pierre de Vos says the problem with the Coalition Bill is that it targets the symptoms instead of the root cause of governance dysfunction and instability in local government. The bill seeks to provide a legislative framework for the formation of coalition governments. In an opinion piece for News24, De […]
# Gholf: Die Amerikaner Wyndham Clark het die BMW-kampioenskap in Missouri met drie houe gewen vir sy derde oorwinning van die seisoen. Hy het die laaste dag met ‘n voorsprong van vyf houe begin, maar dis vinnig uitgewis toe sy landgenoot Patrick Cantlay en Rory McIlroy van Noord-Ierland hom uitgedaag het. Clark kon egter vasklou […]
Die vakverbond Cosatu sê die ANC se 2026-manifes vir die plaaslikeregeringsverkiesing gaan oor werkers se behoeftes, van werkskepping tot alle munisipaliteite se verpligting om salarisse te betaal. Die party se manifes dek ses belangrike prioriteite, insluitend beter watervoorsiening, betroubare elektrisiteitsvoorsiening en die aanspreek van diensleweringsprobleme in gemeenskappe. Cosatu-woordvoerder Matthew Parks sê die dae van middelmatigheid, […]
# Die vermeende misdaadbaas, Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala, keer na verwagting vandag terug na die Madlanga-kommissie waar sy regspan ʼn aanvullende beëdigde verklaring sal indien. Hy het verlede week tydens sy verskyning voor die kommissie geweier om vrae te beantwoord oor die omstrede SAPD-Medicare24-kontrak van 228-miljoen-rand, en sy strafregtelike saak en grondwetlike reg teen self-diskriminasie aangevoer. […]
# Die Oos-Kaapse polisie het vier verdagtes in hegtenis geneem in verband met die moord op voormalige wêreldbokskampioen Zolani Tete. Hy is Vrydag in NU17, Mdantsane, doodgeskiet, terwyl sy meisie gewond is. Polisiewoordvoerder Nobuntu Gantana sê die eerste verdagte is Saterdag in KuGompo-stad in hegtenis geneem, terwyl drie ander gister in Mdantsane en Scenery Park […]
# The Gauteng Political Killings Task Team has arrested two additional suspects in connection with alleged fraud, theft and tampering with essential infrastructure at the Emfuleni Local Municipality. The duo, who were apprehended in Vanderbijlpark, are attached to the Revenue and Electrical Departments. National Police spokesperson, Athlenda Mathe, says this brings the total number of suspects […]
# Union federation Cosatu says the ANC’s 2026 local government elections manifesto speaks to the needs of workers, from creating jobs to compelling all municipalities to pay salaries. The party’s manifesto sets out six key priorities, aimed at rebuilding public trust, including improving water provision, ensuring reliable electricity supply and addressing critical service delivery challenges […]
# British prime minister Andy Burnham is visiting Ukraine today to reaffirm his country’s support for Kyiv in the wake of escalating deadly Russian strikes. He is expected to meet with president Volodymyr Zelensky to mark the 35th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence. Burnham will announce that his government has agreed to allow defence firm MBDA […]
