# Pous Leo het die duidelikste verskoning van ‘n pous tot nog toe uitgereik oor die Katolieke Kerk se rol in slawerny, en erken vertraging met die veroordeling daarvan en die geskiedkundige betrokkenheid by die regverdiging daarvan. Leo het in sy eerste brief aan biskoppe en die wêreldgemeenskap gesê dit het die kerk eeue geneem […]
# ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula says the party is united and focused on fixing local government ahead of upcoming municipal elections. Speaking after the National Executive Committee meeting, Mbalula said the party had adopted plans to improve struggling municipalities, accelerate infrastructure delivery and address water shortages. He says the ANC is also intensifying efforts to […]
# Johannesburg-born singer Tyla has won two awards at the 52nd American Music Awards in Las Vegas. She took home Best Afrobeats, beating stars including Burna Boy and Wizkid, and also won Social Song of the Year for her hit Chanel. The win makes her the first international artist to claim the social song award. […]
# Several people have been killed in a collision between a train and a school minibus in Buggenhout in Belgium. The Flemish public broadcaster VRT reported the minibus with seven children, a chaperone and the driver were on a level crossing in the town when the accident happened. Federal police spokeswoman An Berger said the […]
# The Department of Higher Education and Training has launched a Literacy for Empowerment Campaign aimed at tackling functional illiteracy affecting about 3.8-million adults in South Africa. The initiative, in partnership with Old Mutual and other stakeholders, will focus on reading, writing, as well as digital, financial, and workplace literacy. The programme seeks to reach […]
# The National Treasury’s Jobs Fund has opened its13th funding round aimed at creating sustainable employment opportunities across South Africa. Jobs Fund head Najwah Allie-Edries says the initiative will focus on the green and informal economy under the theme “Catalysing demand-led growth.” Since 2011, the Jobs Fund has committed more than 7.7-billion-rand to projects supporting […]
# Graan SA en die Suid-Afrikaanse graan-en-oliesade-handelsvereniging het begin met regstappe oor vertragings met die instel van hersiene koring-invoertariewe. Die bedryfsinstansies sê hulle het bykans twee jaar gewag vir die regering om veranderings af te handel om plaaslike koringprodusente te beskerm teen gesubsidieerde wêreldwye invoere. Regsverteenwoordigers het owerhede tot 1 Junie tyd gegee om ‘n […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het ‘n aansoek by die Wes-Kaapse Hooggeregshof ingedien vir die hersiening en tersydestelling van ‘n onafhanklike paneel se verslag oor Phala Phala. Hy betoog in hofstukke die paneel het sy mandaat wanvertolk en hom laat lei deur onbewese bewerings toe bevind is hy het moontlik die Grondwet oortree en dat daar […]
# The minister of Sports, Arts, and Culture, Gayton McKenzie, dissolved the council of the National Arts Council of South Africa with immediate effect. The decision follows a prolonged labour dispute over performance bonuses for 2019/20 to 2021/22, which led to a protected strike and financial strain. McKenzie says the council failed to act on […]
