# Die Amerikaanse Departement van Finansies het sanksies ingestel teen tien mense wat na bewering deel is van ‘n netwerk verantwoordelik vir die oordrag van kontant aan Hisbollah. Dis na bewering gedoen deur koeriers wat op handelsvlugte tussen Libanon, Turkye en die Verenigde Arabiese Emirate gereis het. Die Kantoor van Buitelandse Batebeheer sê die netwerk […]
# Soccer: The new season of the English Premier League gets underway this evening, with reigning champions Arsenal taking on newly-promoted Coventry City at the Emirates Stadium in London. The two other promoted teams will be in action tomorrow. Hull City takes on Manchester United, and Ipswich Town faces Sunderland. Ten-time champion Manchester City, under […]
# The General Industries Workers Union of South Africa says it has some concerns about the draft revised Electricity Pricing Policy. The policy introduces unbundled transparent billing, curbs the shifting of non-payment losses onto compliant consumers, expands free basic electricity access, and sets concessional tariffs for distressed key industries. GIWUSA’s Zaki Mamdoo says the starting […]
# Rugby: Three Currie Cup matches will be decided today and another on Sunday, while the focus will be on the first Test between the Springboks and the All Blacks tomorrow. Pumas welcome Griquas to Mbombela at three this afternoon, followed by the match between the Blue Bulls and the Stormers-23 at Loftus. This evening, […]
# The Forum for South Africa is demanding stronger interventions to reduce the cost of basic food and essential household goods, improve energy security and address the affordability of electricity. Statistics South Africa reports that consumer inflation declined from 5.0-percent in June to 4.3-percent in July this year. Forum leader, Tebogo Mashilompane, has cautioned government […]
# Rugby: Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus says they will not be fuelled by the agenda the All Blacks are driving in the media regarding their style of play. The first of four Tests will be played at Ellis Park in Johannesburg tomorrow. New Zealand is known for high-tempo, free-flowing, and multi-phase attacking rugby, while the […]
# 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 […]
