# Advokaat Thandazani Madonsela sê president Cyril Ramaphosa se teenkanting oor sy aanstelling as die Ampsklagkomitee se getuienisleier is nie op feite gebaseer nie. Ramaphosa maak beswaar teen Madonsela as getuienisleier en voer aan daar is botsende belange weens sy besluit in 2022 om hom van die Regterlike Dienskommissie te verwyder. Hy sê Madonsela het […]
# President Donald Trump sê Amerika het “ʼn baie regverdige” handelsooreenkoms met Kanada bereik. Onderhandelaars het gister vergader nadat Trump die instelling van 50-persent-tariewe op ʼn reeks Kanadese produkte voorlopig uitgestel het. Kanada se eerste minister, Mark Carney, sê hulle werk aan ʼn ooreenkoms waar die beste bepalings ingesluit word by elke land se belangrikste […]
# Tennis: World number 24 Tommy Paul knocked out top seed Alexander Zverev to reach the Cincinnati Open quarterfinals. The American beat the German, 4-6, 7-6, 6-4, setting up a clash against Italian Flavio Cobolli, who defeated Spaniard Rafael Jodar, 4-6, 7-6, 6-3. In the women’s draw, defending champion Poland’s Iga Swiatek beat France’s Diane […]
The headlines of the leading newspapers on 20 August 2026: NATIONAL: # Business Day: Reports the DA MP Mark Burke has recused himself from Parliament’s Finance committee while the South African Reserve Bank investigates a company of which he is a beneficiary. Burke faces serious investigations over allegations that fintech company Kastelo moved four-billion-rand overseas […]
Die hooftrekke uit die belangrikste nuusblaaie soos op 20 Augustus 2026: NASIONAAL: # Business Day: Berig die DA-parlementslid, Mark Burke, het homself onttrek aan die Parlement se Finansieskomitee terwyl die Suid-Afrikaanse Reserwebank ‘n maatskappy ondersoek waarvan hy ‘n begunstigde is. Burke staar ernstige ondersoeke in die gesig oor bewerings dat die fintech-maatskappy Kastelo sowat vier-miljard-rand […]
# KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, says South Africa’s correctional facilities are breeding grounds for crime and gangs. He briefed Parliament’s portfolio committee on Police yesterday as part of a summit on gang-related violence. The summit brought together victims of gang-related violence, civil society organisations, community-based organisations and individuals working daily to combat gang violence. […]
# Die ANC sê die DA-voorsitter van federale Finansies, Mark Burke, se verwydering uit die Parlement se finansies-komitees onthef hom nie van aanspreeklikheid nie. Dit het Maandag aan die lig gekom dat die Suid-Afrikaanse Reserwebank die beleggingsfirma, Kastelo, ondersoek weens vermeende oortreding van valuta-beheermaatreëls. Burke is ʼn eienaar en stigter van die maatskappy wat tans […]
# Advocate Thandazani Madonsela says president Cyril Ramaphosa’s apprehension about his appointment as the Impeachment Committee’s evidence leader is not grounded in fact. Ramaphosa has objected to Madonsela serving as the evidence leader on the basis of a conflict of interest, citing his previous decision to remove him from the Judicial Service Commission in 2022. […]
# Gauteng se LUR van Onderwys, Lebogang Maile, sê die departement sal voortgaan met pogings om veiligheid by skole te versterk en dwelmmisbruik, gevaarlike wapens en ander verbode items in skole te bekamp. Hy was gister by ʼn onaangekondigde soek-en-beslagleggingsbesoek onder leiding van die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens by drie hoërskole in Alexandra. Hulle het beslag gelê […]
