# The military chief of Yemen’s Huthi rebels has been killed in an Israeli attack. The Iran-backed group said Major General Mohammed al-Ghamari died in battle against Israel without giving further details and threatened revenge. His death was announced days into a ceasefire in the two-year Gaza war, during which the Huthis repeatedly attacked Israeli […]
# Basic Education minister Siviwe Gwarube will lead the National Senior Certificate Pledge Signing Ceremony with the Matric Class of 2025 at Harry Gwala High School in Khayelitsha today. The annual event reinforces honesty and integrity in the exam process, as learners commit to avoiding cheating or misconduct. The ceremony underscores the Department’s drive to […]
# Rugby: SA Rugby plans an elite, fully professional women’s competition next year. President Mark Alexander says this follows the Springbok Women’s great achievement at the World Cup in England, where they reached the quarterfinal for the very first time. He says the potential for growth in the women’s game in the country is fantastic, […]
# AfriForum has slammed the Gauteng Education Department for reducing subsidies and cutting departmental posts at quintile 5 schools. In a letter to MEC Matome Chiloane, AfriForum demanded greater autonomy for financially independent schools. Head of Cultural Affairs, Alana Bailey warned that the cuts will harm education quality, leading to overcrowded classes. She confirmed that […]
# Police minister Senzo Mchunu has told Parliament’s ad hoc committee that he alone wrote the letter disbanding the political killings task team at his village home in KwaZulu-Natal. Accused of overstepping his mandate by disbanding the task team, Mchunu is adamant no one else was involved in the decision, as the team was never […]
# Die minister van Polisie, Senzo Mchunu het aan die parlementêre ad hoc-komitee gesê dat hy die brief om die taakspan vir politieke moorde te ontbind, in sy huis in KwaZulu-Natal geskryf het. Mchunu, wat daarvan beskuldig word dat hy sy mandaat oorskry het deur die taakspan te ontbind, hou vol dat niemand anders by […]
# Die minister van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging, Parks Tau, sê adjunkpresident Paul Mashatile het geen regstreekse of onregstreekse finansiële belang in Sizekhaya Holdings nie. Dit is die konsortium wat die lisensie gekry het om Suid-Afrika se nasionale lotery te bedryf. Ithuba Lottery, ‘n verloorder-bieër, het ‘n hofinterdik ingedien om die toekenning van die lisensie […]
# Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Parks Tau, says deputy president Paul Mashatile has no direct or indirect financial interest in Sizekhaya Holdings. This is the consortium that won the licence to operate South Africa’s national lottery. Ithuba Lottery, a losing bidder, has filed a court interdict to stop the awarding of the licence. […]
# AfriForum het owerhede versoek om diegene wat verantwoordelik is vir onwettige mynbou naby die Krugerwildtuin te beboet. Die burgerregtegroep sê die ongemagtigde boorwerk op grond van die Tenbosch-, Turfbelt- en Tecklenburg Ranch het reeds ernstige omgewingskade veroorsaak. Lambert de Klerk van AfriForum eis dat die regering binne 30 dae moet optree om omgewingswette af […]
