# Rugby: Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus made 13 changes to his starting team for Sunday’s one-off Test against Australia in Perth. Centre André Esterhuizen will lead the team, with only lock Eben Etzebeth and wing Ethan Hooker retaining their places from the final Test against the All Blacks. The new front row consists of Jan-Hendrik […]
# Motorsport: Red Bull’s Isack Hadjar is set to return to Formula One action at this weekend’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix after recovering from a wrist injury. The 21-year-old Frenchman has missed the previous races in the Netherlands, Italy and Spain. He will resume his seat alongside Max Verstappen, with Liam Lawson returning to Racing Bulls. […]
# Agriculture minister Willie Aucamp says qualifying private companies will be allowed to use the Agricultural Research Council’s intellectual property to manufacture its foot-and-mouth disease vaccine at scale. The council’s board unanimously agreed to the permission. It says its vaccine is effective against local strains with one annual dose, but cannot manufacture at scale. Aucamp […]
# Die Raad van Gesondheidsorgbefondsers steun die doelwit om verhogings in mediese skemabydraes so laag moontlik te hou, maar beklemtoon dit kan nie net deur bydrae-riglyne bereik word nie. Die Raad op Mediese Skemas het aanbeveel verhogings in bydraes vir die 2027-voordeeljaar moet op 3,8-persent gegrond wees. Besturende direkteur Katlego Mothudi sê gesondheidsorgverskaffers en groot […]
# Standard Bank and Stellenbosch University’s School for Data Science and Computational Thinking have partnered to develop a framework for responsible artificial intelligence use in business. The collaboration combines the bank’s financial expertise with the university’s data science and ethics capabilities. The institutions have developed the Standard Bank Responsible AI Approach, covering safe, secure and […]
# Die ekonoom Thabi Leoka sê motoriste kan volgende maand rekordhoë brandstofpryse verwag. Syfers van die Sentrale Energiefonds toon die prys van 95-oktaan loodvrye petrol kan met twee-rand-78 tot 29-rand-70 styg. Dit oortref die vorige rekord van 28-rand-6-sent in Junie. Die groothandelprys van diesel kan 33-rand-5-sent per liter bereik. Die verwagte stygings word toegeskryf aan […]
# Cricket: England fast bowler Mark Wood has announced his retirement from international cricket at the age of 36, after a series of injuries. Wood last played for England in the first Ashes Test against Australia in Perth in November, when he suffered another knee problem. He took 119 wickets in 38 Tests after making […]
Motorsport: A South African consortium seeking to bring Formula One racing back to the country has appointed financial advisers as the project takes shape. Former Sibanye-Stillwater chief executive Neal Froneman and mining veteran Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan are among those behind the proposed 6.7-billion-rand motorsport complex in the Swartland, north of Cape Town. Rothschild is advising on […]
# Nasionale polisie-woordvoerder Athlenda Mathe sê dis moontlik dat nog slagoffers na vore kan kom ná die inhegtenisneming van ‘n senior offisier in Sandton, Johannesburg, op aanklagte van seksuele misdrywe. Sy het buite die Randburgse Landdroshof gepraat tydens die beskuldigde se eerste verskyning. Mathe het enigiemand wat geraak is of oor inligting beskik, aangemoedig om […]
