# The DA is calling on Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi to fire Health MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko after the High Court enforced its ruling on the province’s cancer treatment backlog. Gauteng High Court judge Evette Dippenaar noted irreversible harm as patients died waiting for radiation, while others became ineligible for treatment. Dippenaar found the Health Department’s […]
# Build One South Africa’s leader Mmusi Maimane has criticised the infighting within the government of national unity, and said South Africans are paying the price for political disputes. He argued that ongoing disagreements among GNU partners have stalled progress on key issues, leaving citizens to face poor service delivery, unemployment, and weak governance. Maimane […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa and Japan can jointly advocate for rules-based global systems that support fair trade, sustainable investment, and value chain integration. He addressed the South Africa-Japan Business Forum on the sidelines of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development Summit. Over 270 Japanese companies have a notable presence in the […]
# Russia’s Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov says any security guarantees for Ukraine would have to involve Moscow and its biggest ally, China, alongside the US, UK, and France. After the recent Donald Trump-Vladimir Putin summit in Alaska, US officials said the Russian president had accepted the prospect of Western security guarantees for Ukraine. France, Britain, […]
# The African Transformation Movement has criticised Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka for delays in investigating suspended Police minister Senzo Mchunu. ATM Parliament leader Vuyo Zungula lodged a complaint in July, accusing Mchunu of blocking 121 sensitive cases and dismantling the Political Killings Task Team. KwaZulu-Natal Police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi also alleged corruption and political interference. […]
# Cricket: South African spinner Keshav Maharaj is back on top of the world rankings for men’s one-day bowlers after his heroics in Tuesday’s first match against Australia in Cairns. He took his first five-wicket haul to help the Proteas beat the hosts by 98 runs. Thirty-five-year-old Maharaj overtook Kuldeep Yadav from India and Maheesh […]
# Die minister van Vervoer, Barbara Creecy, sê die loonooreenkoms wat die Passasierspooragentskap van Suid-Afrika met sy twee grootste vakbonde, Satawu en Untu, onderteken het, is afdwingbaar. Dit volg nadat Prasa as gevolg van finansiële beperkings geweier het om te voldoen aan ‘n ondertekende ooreenkoms van ‘n loonverhoging van 5,5 persent. Die ooreenkoms tree teen […]
# Die Departement van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking sê Suid-Afrika se buitelandse beleid word gelei deur ‘n verbintenis tot ‘n reëlgebaseerde internasionale stelsel, gegrond op respek vir menseregte. Die departement het sy aanvanklike verklaring opgedateer in reaksie op die Amerikaanse Menseregteverslag. Die verslag het belangrike menseregtekwessies uitgelig, insluitend moorde, arbitrêre arrestasies en die onderdrukking van […]
# Krieket: Die Proteas se wegbreek-draaibouler, Prenelan Subrayen, is aangekla van ‘n verdagte boulaksie in Dinsdag se eerste eendagwedstryd teen Australië in Cairns en sal die res van die reeks misloop. Die Internasionale Krieketraad sê die wedstrydbeamptes het hulle bekommernis uitgespreek oor die wettigheid van sy boulaksie. Die kragmeting was Subrayen se eerste eendag-internasionale wedstryd. […]
