# Die DA sê Eskom moet dringend ontbondel word om die mynsektor te red. Die party waarsku elektrisiteitspryse wat die hoogtes inskiet, en sedert 2007 met meer as 800-persent gestyg het, verlam mynbou en veroorsaak die sluiting van ferrochroom smelters, met Glencore wat al 22 sy hoogoonde sluit. Kevin Mileham van die DA sê ten […]
# Krieket: Afganistan se uitgeweke vrouespelers sal tydens die eendag-Wêreldbekertoernooi in Indië toer, waar hulle teen plaaslike spanne sal speel. Die meeste van die spelers het na Australië gevlug toe die Taliban-regime in 2021 teruggekeer en vroue en mesies verbied het om aan sport deel te neem, onderwys te ontvang en te werk. Die span […]
# Tennis: World number one Carlos Alcaraz of Spain headlines Team Europe in the annual Laver Cup, taking place in San Francisco this weekend. The other team members are German Alexander Zverev, Holger Rune of Denmark, Casper Ruud of Sweden, Czech player Jakub Mensik and Italian Flavio Cobolli, with Frenchman Yannick Noah the new non-playing […]
# The Congress of South African Trade Unions in the Western Cape has voiced strong concern over the decision by Mobility MEC Isaac Sileku to close several minibus taxi routes from Mfuleni, Khayelitsha, Nomzamo, Lwandle and Somerset West for 30 days starting today. COSATU spokesperson Zanele Sabela says the move, taken without proper consultation, will […]
# The Institute of Race Relations has dismissed deputy president Paul Mashatile’s claim that Black Economic Empowerment has been a great success. The organisation says evidence shows BEE has worsened unemployment, deepened inequality, and deterred investment, while mainly benefiting a small elite. The institute’s Hermann Pretorius says over 80-percent of South Africans support merit-based hiring […]
# The South African Society of Psychiatrists says up to 92-percent of South Africans living with mental illness never receive treatment. As a result, three out of four people are left without support for common conditions like depression, anxiety, and substance abuse. For severe mental illnesses, fewer than one in ten patients get the care […]
# Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero is set to appear before Parliament’s Water and Sanitation Committee on Friday to explain his plan to address the city’s water crisis. Members of parliament want answers on why four-billion-rand was siphoned from Johannesburg Water into municipal coffers. This has led to heated debate with opposition parties slamming poor municipal […]
# The DA is calling for urgent intervention as students face evictions due to NSFAS’s failure to pay accommodation providers. The DA’s Delmaine Christians says over 500 students in Kimberley are at risk, with landlords unpaid for over a year. She calls on Parliament to summon Higher Education and Training minister, Buti Manamela and NSFAS […]
# President Donald Trump says the United States and China had reached a deal over TikTok, which Washington says must pass to US-controlled ownership. The deal was negotiated over two days of talks in Madrid between US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng. TikTok, which boasts almost two billion global users, […]
