# Gauteng se premier, Panyaza Lesufi, sê hy is tevrede met die vordering om die provinsiale regering se hostelle op te knap. Hy het die opknappingsprojek by die George Goch-hostel aan die buitewyke van die Johannesburgse middestad besoek. Die projek, wat tot dusver 120-miljoen-rand kos, huisves meer as ses-duisend mense. Die Departement van Menslike Nedersettings […]
# The Forum for South Africa has expressed concern at public transport operator Putco’s latest fare increase. Putco will increase bus fares by an average of ten-percent from the first of June, fuelled by record-high diesel costs. FOSA leader, Tebogo Mashilompane, says every increase in fares pushes thousands of commuters closer to economic exclusion:
# NATO’s Secretary General Mark Rutte says US troop reductions in Europe will be structured and not harm defences. His comments come after US president Donald Trump’s most recent attack on the alliance, sparked by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s criticism of the US-Israeli war in Iran. Rutte says Trump’s proposed withdrawal of four to five-thousand […]
# Rugby: Versatile Springbok back Ethan Hooker has committed to the Sharks for the next three years until 2029. The 23-year-old arrived in Durban in 2023 and represented the union in the United Rugby Championship and the Currie Cup in altogether 20 matches. He played the first of his eight Tests for South Africa last […]
# Die Stad Kaapstad se burgemeesterskomitee het planne goedgekeur dat ʼn munisipale parkeerterrein by die Burgersentrum in die middestad vir bekostigbare behuising en gemengde gebruik ontwikkel word. Die terrein word tans gebruik as opelug-parkeergebied vir personeel. Burgemeester Geordin Hill-Lewis sê die terrein is strategies geleë in die Strandgebied en naby groot openbare vervoer-infrastruktuur:
# Tennis: Former Spanish great Rafael Nadal says he tried to be honest and transparent in his forthcoming documentary series. The series will be streamed on Netflix from Sunday at the start of the French Open, which he had won a record 14 times. Thirty-nine-year-old Nadal describes it as a combination of his sporting career […]
# The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has welcomed South Africa’s 41.2-million-rand pledge to the Africa Epidemics Fund to support the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda’s response to the Ebola outbreak. Over 600 suspected cases were reported in the two countries so far, with 139 deaths. Africa CDC says South Africa’s leadership […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse vakverbond, Saftu, veroordeel die moord op die Noordwes-aktivis teen misdaad, Thato Molosankwe. Hy is gister in die vroeë oggendure in sy huis in Mahikeng doodgeskiet. Saftu se woordvoerder, Asive Dyani, sê Molosankwe se moord wek weereens kommer oor die vlakke van geweld en wetteloosheid teen kwesbare aktiviste en gemeenskapsleiers in die land:
# Union federation Cosatu says it is concerning that the Unemployment Insurance Fund has not shut down its old website. This has resulted in thousands of unemployed South Africans sending their UIF claims through an outdated online system. Cosatu’s spokesperson, Zanele Sabela, says the old platform remains live and gives no indication that it is […]
