# KwaZulu-Natal has launched its Safer Festive Season Plan. Provincial Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi says operations are underway to protect residents, tourists, and students. The pre-holiday phase focuses on securing matric exam centers, escorting exam materials, and supporting the 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence. Mkhwanazi warned matriculants against reckless pens down parties. He stressed […]
# The DA says Health minister Aaron Motsoaledi has failed to present a clear costing for the National Health Insurance, instead planning to fund it through unsanctioned taxes. The party urges Motsoaledi to withdraw the law and hold proper public consultations. The DA’s Michéle Clarke says corruption and mismanagement, like the 152-million-rand oxygen plant tender, […]
# Witness C says businessman Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala claimed he paid deputy national police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya up to one-million-rand in cash after each police tender payment. Testifying remotely off camera, he told the Madlanga commission that Matlala said Sibiya only accepted cash, which he personally delivered to his home or another property in Sandton, […]
# Krieket: Die reeks van vyf toetse teen Indië het nie Krieket Australië se finansiële probleme verlig nie. Die beheerliggaam het ‘n netto-verlies van meer as 124-miljoen-rand vir die vorige boekjaar aangekondig. Dit is steeds heelwat minder as die vorige jaar. Krieket Victoria se voorsitter, Ross Hepburn, het die nasionale liggaam tydens vandag se jaarvergadering […]
# Die Amerikaanse president Donald Trump en sy Chinese ampsgenoot Xi Jinping het ooreengekom om die handelsoorlog tussen hul lande te beëindig na grootskaalse ontwrigting op wêreldmarkte. Washington sal sommige tariewe verlaag en Beijing het onderneem om voort te gaan met die lewering van kritieke seldsame aardmetale. Trump het sy eerste ontmoeting met Xi in […]
# The minister in the Presidency Maropene Ramokgopa has urged African nations to invest and become shareholders in financing institutions to accelerate flagship projects. Speaking to the SABC News at the Third Luanda Financing Summit in Angola, Ramokgopa called for boosted infrastructure in transport, energy, digital, and water sectors. The summit aims to bridge the […]
# Rugby: Eleven South Africans will be in the Barbarians’ starting team for Saturday’s clash with an All Blacks-15 in London. Leicester Tigers star Hanro Liebenberg was named captain of the squad which also includes compatriots such as Bongi Mbonambi, Evan Roos, André-Hugo Venter, Werner Kok, Leolin Zas, Oli Kebble and Cobus Wiese. Eight Test […]
# Die Departement van Wetenskap, Tegnologie en Innovering en die Suid-Afrikaanse Mediese Navorsingsraad het nog ‘n belangrike stap gedoen in die bevordering van genomiese en presisie-geneeskundige navorsing. Adjunkdirekteur-generaal Kenny Tenza sê hulle werk sedert 2016 saam aan die ontwikkeling van ‘n nasionale navorsings- en vernuwingsprogram vir presisie-geneeskunde deur die Strategiese Gesondheids-vernuwmingsvennootskappe. Hy sê die samewerking […]
# The Kabeljous Nature Reserve in the Kouga region in the Eastern Cape has officially been declared protected by the Department of Economic Development, Environmental Affairs, and Tourism. This comes after more than 25 years of advocacy. The reserve safeguards the rare Humansdorp Shale Renosterveld, which is a unique vegetation type found only in the […]
