# The South African Communist Party has condemned the recent attack on deputy president Paul Mashatile’s convoy. He was on his way from an ANC national executive committee meeting when his convoy was shot at in Boksburg, near the N12. The SACP says this criminal act represents not only an assault on an individual but […]
# Build One SA’s president, Mmusi Maimane, has joined the world in mourning Pope Francis, saying he was a champion for the poor, justice and Africa and a reformer. The 88-year-old Pontiff died at the Vatican on Easter Monday. Maimane says growing up in the Catholic Church, he understands the significance of the death of […]
# Anglican Archbishop Thabo Makgoba says Pope Francis was the last globally recognised moral voice in these confused times and a leader who gave clear guidance in a complex and polarised political world. The Pontiff passed away on Monday at 88, a day after he appeared at St Peter’s Square to greet worshippers on Easter […]
# Police and the Presidential Protection Unit have launched an investigation after deputy president Paul Mashatile’s official vehicle was shot at. Mashatile was returning from an ANC national executive committee meeting when his convoy was shot at in Boksburg, near the N12, a few weeks ago. Speaking to the media over the weekend, Mashatile says […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says that as the leader of the Church and a global figurehead, Pope Francis advanced a world view of inclusion, equality, and care for marginalised individuals and groups. The Pontiff, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, died on Monday morning at the age of 88. He was […]
# Die minister van Vervoer, Barbara Creecy, het die vermindering in padongelukke en -sterftes oor Paasnaweek verwelkom. Voorlopige berigte dui daarop dat geen noodlottige ongelukke op die N1 voorgekom het nie. Creecy skryf dit toe aan verskerpte wetstoepassing en openbare bewusmakingspogings, maar is steeds bekommerd oor voortgesette gevalle van dronkbestuur en pogings om verkeersbeamptes om […]
# Transport minister Barbara Creecy has welcomed a reduction in road accidents and fatalities over the Easter Weekend. Preliminary reports indicate that the N1 corridor recorded no fatal crashes. Creecy attributes this to intensified law enforcement and public awareness efforts, but expresses concern over ongoing incidents of drunk driving and attempts to bribe traffic official. […]
# Oekraïne se ambassadeur in Suid-Afrika, Liubov Abravitova, vra Suid-Afrikaners om president Volodimir Zelensky se staatsbesoek Donderdag te ondersteun. Dit volg ná president Cyril Ramaphosa se formele uitnodiging aan Zelensky en sy deelname aan die komende G20-leiersberaad. Abravitova sê Suid-Afrika se leierskap van die G20 sal onvolledig wees sonder om Oekraïne te betrek en pogings […]
# Ukraine’s ambassador to South Africa, Liubov Abravitova, has called on South Africans to support president Volodymr Zelensky’s state visit on Thursday. This follows president Cyril Ramaphosa’s formal invitation to Zelensky and participation in the upcoming G20 leaders’ summit. Abravitova emphasised that South Africa’s leadership of the G20 would be incomplete without engaging Ukraine and […]
