The headlines of the leading newspapers on 17 September 2026: NATIONAL: # Business Day: Reports a record number of 241 parties will participate in the Gauteng metro elections. The paper notes that opinion polls cannot predict an outright majority, making the formation of post-election coalitions a certainty. # And the Netwerk24 website: Reports the Electoral […]
Die hooftrekke uit die belangrikste nuusblaaie soos op 17 September 2026: NASIONAAL: # Business Day: Berig ‘n rekordgetal van 241 partye gaan aan die Gautengse metroverkiesing deelneem. Die koerant skryf meningspeilings kan nie ‘n daadwerklike meerderheid voorspel nie en die noodgedwonge vorming van koalisies na die verkiesing is ‘n uitgemaakte saak. # En die Netwerk24-webblad: […]
# RISE Mzansi says US president Donald Trump’s attempt to force South Africa to abandon transformation laws and constitutional order must be rejected entirely. This comes as the Trump administration has imposed new visa restrictions targeting those it accuses of being involved in race‑based discrimination and uncompensated land seizures in South Africa. RISE Mzansi leader […]
# Die minister van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking, Ronald Lamola, sê die eensydige visumbeperkings wat Amerika aangekondig het, stem ooreen met drukgroepe wat minderhede en Afrikaners verteenwoordig se voorstelling van Suid-Afrika se binnelandse beleid. Die beperkings is gemik op mense wat volgens Amerika rassediskriminasie bevorder, geweld teen Afrikaners en ander minderheidsgroepe aanhits, en grondonteiening sonder […]
# Police have confirmed the identity of the eighth woman whose body was discovered in KwaThema, in Springs, in the East Rand. She has been identified as 38-year-old Dineo Evelyn Motapane. According to police, Motapane was last seen alive on Sunday, and at the time her body was discovered, her family had not reported her […]
# Die vakverbond COSATU sê hy het sy 15de nasionale kongres twee dae vroeër verdaag om die eenheid, integriteit en krag van die vakverbond te beskerm. Die kongres het in chaos verval nadat geaffilieerde vakbonde geweier het om geloofsbriewe in te dien nadat COSATU se eerste president, Mike Shengange, deur sy vakbond, NEHAWU, geskors is. […]
# Die DA het ‘n bykomende kontantbeloning van 500-duisend-rand aangebied vir inligting wat kan help met die ondersoek na die dood van agt vroue in Kemptonpark, Ekurhuleni. Die polisie het reeds ‘n kontantbeloning van 400-duisend-rand aangebied. Twee van die agt liggame is geïdentifiseer, terwyl die identiteit van die oorblywende ses slagoffers steeds onbekend is. Die […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa is weens gesondheidsprobleme vrygestel van openbare verpligtinge. Die Presidensie sê sy mediese span hom aangeraai om te rus en te herstel nadat hy Maandag van die BRICS-beraad in Indië teruggekeer het. Volgens die Presidensie het die president, waar moontlik, die betrokke ministers gevra om hom by geskeduleerde openbare geleenthede te verteenwoordig. […]
# Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, says the unilateral visa restrictions announced by the US align with the mischaracterisation of South Africa’s domestic policies by fringe groups portraying to represent “minorities” and Afrikaners. The restrictions are targeting people America considers responsible for promoting race-based discrimination, inciting violence against Afrikaners and other minority groups, […]
