# The GOOD Party in the Western Cape has welcomed the adoption of the Overberg District Municipality’s revised Integrated Development Plan and Medium-Term Revenue and Expenditure Framework. The framework sets out indicative revenue and projected expenditure for the current budget year plus two outer financial years to determine the affordability level. GOOD’s Johannes Syms says […]
# Israeli airstrikes killed 31 people in Lebanon on Tuesday, following prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s vow to step up military action against Hezbollah. Forty people were wounded, including children and women. This is one of the deadliest attacks since a US-brokered ceasefire began in mid-April. The Israel Defence Force says it hit more than 100 […]
# Die minister van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging, Parks Tau, sê as ʼn netto olie-invoerder staar Suid-Afrika resessie-gevare en bedreigde nywerheidsmededinging in die gesig. Die oorlog tussen Amerika, Israel en Iran het verskeping deur die Straat van Hormoes, waar ʼn vyfde van die wêreld se olie- en energievoorraad gewoonlik vervoer word, grootliks beperk. Tau sê terwyl […]
# Tennis: Top seed Jannik Sinner began his quest for a maiden French Open title with a 6-1, 6-3, 6-4 victory over French wildcard Clement Tabur. The Italian is aiming to complete the Career Grand Slam. Australian Adam Walton knocked out sixth-seeded Russian Daniil Medvedev, 6-2, 1-6, 6-1, 1-6, 6-4. In the women’s draw, defending […]
# Government says Statistics South Africa’s 2025 General Household Survey shows significant progress in access to formal housing, electricity, water, sanitation and digital communication. The survey, conducted annually since 2002, tracks development progress and highlights persistent service-delivery gaps across South Africa. Government acting spokesperson, Nomonde Mnukwa, says formal dwellings increased to 84.2-percent, while electricity access […]
The headlines of the leading newspapers on 27 May 2026: NATIONAL: # Business Day: Reports International Relations and Cooperation minister Ronald Lamola had to stand firm to defend the country’s foreign policy during the presentation of the department’s budget. Lamola says South Africa’s global diplomacy is aimed at strengthening trade, investment, and jobs at home. […]
Die hooftrekke uit die belangrikste nuusblaaie soos op 27 Mei 2026: NASIONAAL: # Business Day: Berig die minister van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking, Ronald Lamola, moes bontstaan om die land se buitelandse beleid te verdedig tydens die voorlegging van die departement se begroting. Lamola sê Suid-Afrika se globale diplomasie is daarop gemik om handel, beleggings […]
# US president Donald Trump has signed a presidential determination to admit an additional ten-thousand white South Africans into America as refugees this year. This raises the limit from seven-thousand-500 to 17-thousand-500 in this fiscal year. In the presidential determination, Trump states that an unforeseen emergency refugee situation now exists in South Africa, due to […]
# The ANC’s Integrity Commission has reportedly recommended that former Social Development minister, Sisi Tolashe, resign as ANC Women’s League president and as a member of Parliament. This comes after the commission found her guilty on four counts. Tolashe was recently fired as minister by president Cyril Ramaphosa amid multiple allegations of misconduct, including failing […]
