# Die parlementêre Ampsklagkomitee gaan vandag verder beraadslaag oor die konsep-opdrag wat sy werk sal bepaal. Die komitee se voorsitter, Makashule Gana, sê die Parlement se Regsdienste-kantoor het die opdrag vereenvoudig en seker gemaak die taalgebruik in die dokument is eenvormig. Hy sê hulle sal enige insette van lede oorweeg voor die dokument afgehandel word. […]
# Former Ukrainian Defence minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, has called for a wartime presidential election, arguing that democracy cannot be held hostage by Russia. The 35-year-old’s sacking last month triggered a wave of protests. He has been credited with energising the ministry, heading a drive against corruption and using data to analyse and improve performance on […]
# Lobby groups AfriForum and the March and March movement have agreed to pursue legal matters of mutual interest jointly, and to support each other on issues relating to the rule of law, the fight against crime, and illegal migration. The leadership of the two lobby groups met yesterday. AfriForum CEO Kallie Kriel says they […]
# President Donald Trump van Amerika sê daar is tans geen onderhandelinge met Iran aan die gang of word beplan nie. Dit is ten spyte van sy bewering Maandag dat sy administrasie met Iran se Islamitiese Rewolusionêre Wagkorps onderhandel het, maar die leërafdeling ontken dit. Trump het op Truth Social gesê die Amerikaanse vlootblokkade gaan […]
# Die DA-leier Geordin Hill-Lewis vra Tshwane-inwoners om die party ʼn volstrekte meerderheid te gee in die munisipale verkiesing in November. Hy sê koalisieregerings het versuim om bestendige en doeltreffende regering te bied. Spanning het uitgebreek tussen die metro se koalisievennote, met die ANC en EFF wat ActionSA en burgemeester Nasiphi Moya beskuldig dat sy […]
# Soccer: English Premier League chief executive Richard Masters has joined calls for FIFA president Gianni Infantino to step down. Infantino has faced major criticism over his now-aborted controversial plan to sell stakes in competitions to private investors. Several federations have withdrawn their support for Infantino, who is scheduled to stand for a fourth term […]
# Die Openbare Beskermer, Kholeka Gcaleka, het die minister van Hoër Onderwys, Buti Manamela, tot 1 November tyd gegee om ʼn reddingsplan voor te lê vir die Nasionale Finansiële Hulpskema vir Studente. ʼn Ondersoek deur die Openbare Beskermer het onthul sowat 40-duisend studente by 76 hoëronderwys-instellings is onbehoorlik befonds teen ʼn koste van 5,1-miljard-rand. Dit […]
# Rugby: Die Springbok-hulpafrigter, Felix Jones, sê die Bokke en All Blacks sal Saterdag ewe goed voorbereid wees vir die eerste toets op Ellispark in Johannesburg. Nieu-Seeland het tot dusver al drie sy wedstryde teen die Stormers, die Haaie en die Bulle gewen. Suid-Afrika het intussen oefenlopies gehad teen die Barbarians, Engeland, Skotland, Wallis en […]
# Social media giant Meta says it has disabled more than one million accounts of children under the age of 13. Twenty-nine US states are suing Meta, alleging that it regularly collects data on children under the age of 13 without parental permission in violation of federal and state laws. The landmark trial got underway in […]
