# The GOOD Party says an assassination tied to voter registration is an attack on the electoral process itself, and on every resident’s right to participate freely and without fear. DA ward by-election candidate in Dunoon, Cape Town, Sinovuyo Dyokwe, was murdered on Saturday. GOOD’s Jonathan Cupido says the Electoral Commission, the metro, and the police must […]
# Right-wing candidate, Abelardo de la Espriella, has won the presidential runoff election in Colombia, narrowly defeating left-wing Iván Cepeda. Preliminary results released by the National Civil Registry show the 47-year-old lawyer and businessman has won 49.8-percent of the vote, with Cepeda winning 48.7-percent. De la Espriella, who has been backed by US president Donald Trump, has promised a […]
# Krieket: Engeland se kaptein, Ben Stokes, en die snelbouler Gus Atkinson is ingsluit in die groep vir die derde en beslissende toets teen Nieu-Seeland wat Donderdag op Trent Bridge begin. Hulle is uitgelaat vir die tweede toets na ‘n onlangse voorval in ‘n Londense nagklub. Engeland het die tweede toets op die Oval met 253 […]
# Die Oos-Kaapse LUR vir Vervoer en Gemeenskapsveiligheid, Xolile Nqatha, het woede uitgespreek na die moord op ʼn ANC-raadslid in Nelson Mandelabaai, Sicelo Mleve. Hy is Saterdagaand deur ʼn onbekende man doodgeskiet terwyl hy besig was met ʼn vergadering in sy kantoor in Zwide, Gqeberha. Die departement se woordvoerder, Makhaya Komisa, sê raadslede se veiligheid is […]
# DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis says they cannot rule out political motives behind the killing of a party ward by-election candidate in Dunoon, Cape Town. Sinovuyo Dyokwe was shot dead on her way home from a voter registration venue on Saturday. No arrests have been made as yet. Hill-Lewis says just months ago, Dyokwe was […]
# Die landbou-organisasie, TLU SA, sê die vervanging van die minister van Landbou, John Steenhuisen, sal nie die bek-en-klouseer-krisis oplos nie. DA-leier Geordin Hill-Lewis het president Cyril Ramaphosa gevra om Steenhuisen te vervang met die huidige minister van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing, Willie Aucamp. TLU SA se president, Bennie van Zyl, sê die regering moet […]
# Cricket: Captain Ben Stokes and fast bowler Gus Atkinson have been included in England’s squad for the series-deciding third Test against New Zealand, starting at Trent Bridge on Thursday. They were not picked for the second Test at the Oval which England lost by 253 runs, following an incident in a London nightclub earlier this month. […]
# Eastern Cape Transport and Community Safety MEC, Xolile Nqatha, has expressed outrage at the killing of Nelson Mandela Bay ANC ward councillor Sicelo Mleve. He was shot dead by an unknown gunman while holding a meeting in his office in Zwide, Gqeberha, on Saturday evening. The department’s spokesperson, Makhaya Komisa, says the safety of councillors is […]
# Agricultural organisation TLU SA says replacing minister of Agriculture, John Steenhuisen, will not resolve the foot-and-mouth crisis. DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis has asked president Cyril Ramaphosa to replace Steenhuisen with the current minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Willie Aucamp. TLU SA’s president, Bennie van Zyl, says what is needed is for government to change […]
