# ActionSA has criticised the Department of Defence and Military Veterans for spending over 20-million-rand on travel expenses. In a written reply to a parliamentary question, minister Angie Motshekga provided a breakdown of how she, her two deputies, and support staff spent taxpayers’ money on 22 international trips to Russia, Angola, China, Saudi Arabia, France, and […]
# Die langverwagte Madlanga-kommissie begin vandag by die Brigitte Mabandla-justisiekollege in Pretoria. President Cyril Ramaphosa het die kommissie aangestel ná bewerings deur KwaZulu-Natal se polisiekommissaris, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. Hy maak bewerings oor samespanning en korrupsie in die strafregstelsel. Hy beweer die minister van Polisie, Senzo Mchunu, het bande met ʼn misdaadsindikaat. Mkhwanazi sal die kommissie se […]
# Die Verenigde Nasies se onafhanklike internasionale ondersoekkommissie oor die besette Palestynse gebied het bevind Israel se optrede in Gaza kom neer op volksmoord. In ʼn nuwe verslag word Israel onder meer beskuldig dat hy burgerlikes teiken wat hy volgens wet moet beskerm, en onmenslike toestande skep wat Palestyne se dood veroorsaak. Israel verwerp die […]
# Johannesburg Water states that the Alexander Park reservoir and the Berea water system remain constrained due to consistently high demand. The metro is facing a water crisis, with illegal water connections being a major contributor. Johannesburg Water’s spokesperson, Pheladi Ramatshila, says they are monitoring reservoirs closely, including Alexandra, to reach optimal levels for distribution:
# Die parlementêre portefeuljekomitee oor Korrektiewe Dienste is bekommerd oor onnatuurlike sterftes onder gevangenes ná ʼn verslag van die Regterlike Inspektoraat vir Korrektiewe Dienste oor sy prestasie in 2025/2026 se eerste kwartaal. Die inspektoraat se klagtekantoor het 177 klagtes ontvang. Dit sluit 46 gevalle in waar gevangenes mekaar aangerand het, 29 klagtes oor beamptes wat […]
# Rugby: French flanker Axelle Berthoumieu’s 12-match ban for biting Irish opponent Aiofe Wafer during Sunday’s Women’s World Cup quarterfinal has been reduced to nine matches. This follows her appeal on the length of her suspension. A disciplinary committee said Berthoumieu’s admission of guilt, clean disciplinary record, remorse, and public apology were sufficient mitigation to […]
# Twenty-two-year-old Tyler Robinson has been formally charged with the murder of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk. He has been charged with seven counts: aggravated murder, felony discharge of a firearm, two counts of obstruction of justice, two counts of witness tampering, and committing a violent crime when children are present. Kirk was killed during an […]
# The EFF says the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition has abandoned its core mandate, and is driven by distractions that serve the ANC’s internal agendas. This is in response to the department’s quarters two and three performance for 2024/2025. The EFF’s Sinawo Thambo has slammed the department for corruption, underperformance, and political patronage. […]
# Krieket: Die Protea-vroue het Pakistan met agt paaltjies verslaan in hul eerste eendagwedstryd in Lahore. Sidra Amin het ‘n onoorwonne honderdtal aangeteken en die gasvroue het 255 vir vier in hul 50 boulbeurte aangeteken. Marizanne Kapp en Tazmin Brits het daarna honderdtalle aangeteken en ‘n ononderbroke vennootskap van 216 om die derde paaltjie gedeel […]
