# Cricket: Proteas Women captain, Laura Wolvaardt, says they are hungrier than ever to win the T20 World Cup, getting underway in England next month. South Africa has made three finals in as many years, two of which at the most recent T20 World Cups. The Proteas kick off their campaign against Australia on June […]
# Rugby: The Blitzboks will face Great Britain, Kenya and Australia in the group stage of this weekend’s World Championship tournament in Valladolid, Spain. South Africa clinched the title in Hong Kong last month in the first tournament of the three-match series. The final event will take place in Bordeaux, France, early next month, when […]
# Soccer: Argentina’s captain, Lionel Messi, faces an injury scare just weeks before the start of the country’s defense of its World Cup title. He left the field on Sunday playing for Inter Miami, and was later diagnosed with muscle fatigue in his left hamstring. The American club didn’t provide a clear timetable for the […]
# The minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Solly Malatsi, says his department plans to engage Groupe Canal+ over the closure of streaming platform Showmax. The shutdown has raised concerns in Parliament about possible job losses and the impact on South Africa’s film and television industry. Malatsi says regulatory bodies, including the Competition Commission and […]
# Member of the Mayoral Committee for Transport, Kenny Kunene, says the City of Johannesburg is developing plans to address the impact of illegal mining in parts of the West Rand. Kunene visited Roodepoort following the discovery of sinkholes and illegal mining tunnels beneath roads, shops, and residential areas. He says a multi-disciplinary approach involving […]
# Die Departement van Hoër Onderwys en Opleiding, in vennootskap met die toonaangewende e-handelsonderneming, die Take-a-lot-groep, wil 500 studente inkomstegeleenthede aanbied terwyl hul nog studeer. Die program bied studente drie buigsame maniere om ‘n inkomste te skep en daarmee ‘n pad na entrepreneurskap. Die adjunkminister van Hoër Onderwys en Opleiding, Mimmy Gondwe, sê hulle omskep […]
# Solidarity backs applications by Glencore-Merafe and Samancor for a special electricity tariff of 62 cents per kilowatt-hour. The union’s Pieter Jordaan warns that thousands of jobs are at risk if relief is not granted, with electricity accounting for up to 60-percent of smelting production costs. He says four-thousand direct jobs and more than 35-thousand […]
# Australia’s main spy agency has warned the country’s terror threat level is on a concerning trajectory. This follows the Bondi Beach attack that killed 15 people attending a Jewish Hanukkah celebration in December last year. The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation’s director-general, Mike Burgess, says the spike in anti-Semitic incidents over the years has contributed to […]
# Die Stad Tshwane moedig inwoners aan om hierdie winter griepinspuitings te kry om openbare gesondheid te beskerm en oorvol staats-gesondheidsgeriewe te voorkom. Terwyl temperature daal, hanteer staatsklinieke meer griepverwante siektes wat druk plaas op gesondheidswerkers en mediese hulpbronne. Die metro sê die griepinspuitings help om infeksies te voorkom, verminder die risiko van ernstige gevolge […]
