# President Donald Trump says the US Navy has removed and/or detonated all mines within the international waters of the Strait of Hormuz. The vital waterway, through which some 20-percent of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas is used to transit, has largely been closed by Iran since the war started in February. In […]
# EFF leader Julius Malema says government’s failure to act against the alleged instigators and perpetrators of violence against foreign nationals in South Africa creates the impression that the violence was state-sanctioned. He was speaking during president Cyril Ramaphosa’s answer session in the National Assembly yesterday. The president stated that the government is investigating alleged […]
# Rugby: Springbok captain Siya Kolisi has recovered from a hamstring injury and will start against the All Blacks in Cape Town on Saturday. The 35-year-old, who suffered the injury against Argentina three weeks ago, missed the first Test in Johannesburg last weekend. Kolisi will form a loose trio with Pieter-Steph du Toit, who was […]
# Legendary country music singer, songwriter, and actress Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80. In a career that spanned six decades, she wrote more than three-thousand songs and sold over 100 million records worldwide. She will be remembered for her songs that told beautiful stories, such as Coat of Many Colours, Jolene, […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê die regering ontwikkel ‘n openbare waterdiensteplatform wat gemeenskappe in staat sal stel om munisipale watervoorsiening en -gehalte te monitor. In antwoord op vrae in die Parlement het Ramaphosa ook belowe om op te tree teen korrupsie en sogenaamde watertenkmafia’s wat met waterdienste inmeng. Hy het gesê elke mislukte waterbehandelingsaanleg moet […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says government is developing a public water services platform that will allow communities to track municipal water supply and quality. Answering questions in Parliament, Ramaphosa also promised action against corruption and so-called water tanker mafias that interfere with water services. He said every failing water treatment plant must have a funded […]
# The Biko family has been granted more time to prepare for the reopened inquest into the death of anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko. The family only secured legal representation on Monday and asked the High Court in Gqeberha, in the Eastern Cape, for a postponement to study a large volume of evidence from the original […]
# Die Biko-familie is meer tyd gegun om voor te berei vir die heropende geregtelike doodsondersoek na die dood van die anti-apartheidsaktivis Steve Biko. Die familie het eers Maandag regsverteenwoordiging gekry en het die Hooggeregshof in Gqeberha, in die Oos-Kaap, om uitstel gevra om die groot hoeveelheid bewyse van die oorspronklike doodsondersoek en die Waarheids- […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê terwyl die staat beleid moet stel, reguleer en openbare dienste lewer, is die kundigheid en hulpbronne van die private sektor van kritieke belang om ‘n veerkragtige ekonomie te bou. Die derde fase van die vennootskap tussen die regering en sakeondernemings is verlede week bekendgestel om vinniger inklusiewe ekonomiese groei te […]
