# Tennis: Die algehele prysgeld van vanjaar se Amerikaanse Ope beloop 1,74-miljard-rand, wat die grootste vergoedingspakket in die sport se geskiedenis is. Dis 20-persent meer as verlede jaar. Die twee enkelspelkampioene ontvang elk 88,4-miljoen-rand, en eersteronde-verloorders 2,25-miljoen-rand – die grootste bedrag in die geskiedenis vir spelers wat bloot die hooftrekking gehaal het. Die pakket sluit […]
# Twee pro-demokrasie-aktiviste wat jaarliks ‘n nagwaak gereël het om China se dodelike Tiananmen-onderdrukking te herdenk, is in ‘n Hongkongse hof skuldig bevind aan aanhitsing tot ondermyning. Die regerende Chinese Kommunistiese Party het in 1989 oorlogtenks ingestuur om vreedsame, studente-geleide demokrasie-betogings te onderdruk op die Tiananmen-plein in Beijing. Tien-duisend mense is na raming dood. Die […]
# The US Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on ten individuals alleged to be part of a network responsible for transferring cash to Hezbollah. This was allegedly done by couriers travelling on commercial flights between Lebanon, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates. The Office of Foreign Assets Control says the network allowed the Iranian-backed Lebanese […]
# Two pro-democracy activists who organised annual vigils to mark China’s deadly Tiananmen crackdown, have been found guilty of inciting subversion by a Hong Kong court. In 1989, the ruling Chinese Communist Party sent tanks in to violently quell peaceful, student-led democracy protests at Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, killing an estimated ten-thousand people. Prominent young human […]
# Business Leadership South Africa sê vir grootskaalse werkskepping moet die land beter doen en die groeikoers tot bo drie-persent opskuif. Daar is tans 8,5-miljoen werklose mense en jaarliks kom sowat 300-duisend nuwe werksoekers by. BLSA se voorsitter, Adrian Gore, sê die sakesektor glo Suid-Afrika het aansienlike geleentheid om ʼn self-versterkende siklus te skep met […]
# Rugby: Die All Blacks se afrigter, Dave Rennie, sê hulle maak gereed vir ʼn fisieke armdruk-stryd eerder as oop, hardlooprugby in môre se toets teen die Springbokke op Ellispark. Hy het ʼn sterk span aangewys, met Ardie Savea as kaptein en die skrumskakel Cam Roigard en die vleuel Will Jordan wat die eerste keer […]
# Soccer: Banyana Banyana will face Chinese Taipei, Ecuador and Uzbekistan in the preliminary phase of the intercontinental play-offs for next year’s Women’s World Cup in Brazil. South Africa earned their place in the play-offs after their campaign in the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, where they overcame Nigeria to keep their World Cup dream […]
# Gauteng MEC for Education, Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation, Lebogang Maile, says his department is committed to strengthening specialised education. He launched the Clapham Sports School of Specialisation in Queenswood, Pretoria yesterday, marking Gauteng’s 40th school of specialisation. Maile says the Sports School of Specialisation model brings together sporting development, academic education, practical skills […]
# Die George-fees word weer in Desember aangebied met ʼn uitgebreide program en selfs meer geleenthede om die munisipaliteit se uitstekende talent, kultuur, kuns en sport ten toon te stel. Die fees duur van 9 tot 13 Desember. Die munisipaliteit se woordvoerder, Ntobeko Mangqwengqwe, sê die doel is om mense van alle ouderdomme deur sport […]
