# Die kleinhandelreus Checkers het ‘n nuwe slim inkopie-waentjie bekendgestel waarmee kopers hulle kruideniersware regstreeks kan skandeer en betaal sonder om by tradisionele betaalpunte te wag. Die vernuwing, wat tans getoets word, sal wagtye verkort en meer gerieflik wees. Klante kan kaarte of digitale beursies gebruik deur middel van die waentjies se ingeboude stelsel. Checkers […]
# Die Polisiekommissaris in KwaZulu-Natal, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, sê stygende misdaad word vererger deur beperkte personeel, wat te midde van bevolkingsgroei, steeds tans op ongeveer 19-duisend staan. Mkhwanazi verbind begrotingsbeperkings en arbeidswette met minder werknemers en vra alternatiewe maatreëls, soos kameras en patrollievoertuie om die veiligheid te handhaaf. Hy vra gemeenskappe om beamptes aanspreeklik te hou, […]
# Israel het ‘n groot nedersettingsprojek goedgekeur in ‘n gebied van die besette Wesoewer wat die internasionale gemeenskap gewaarsku het die lewensvatbaarheid van ‘n toekomstige Palestynse staat kan bedreig. Israel wou reeds ‘n geruime tyd bou op die ongeveer 12-vierkante-kilometer stuk grond, bekend as E1 net oos van Jerusalem, maar die plan is jare lank […]
# Transport minister Barbara Creecy says the wage deal the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa signed with its two biggest unions, Satawu and Untu, is enforceable. This comes as Prasa has refused to comply with a signed agreement of a 5.5-percent wage increase, citing financial constraints. The agreement comes into effect at the end […]
# Retail giant, Checkers, has unveiled a new smart trolley that allows shoppers to scan and pay for groceries directly from the cart, bypassing ques in traditional tills. The innovation, currently on trial, aims to cut waiting times and enhance convenience in stores. Customers can pay using cards or digital wallets through the trolley’s built-in […]
# KwaZulu-Natal Police commissioner, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, says rising crime is worsened by limited staffing, currently around 19-thousand in KZN, despite population growth. Mkhwanazi links budget constraints and labor laws to fewer employees and urges alternative measures, like cameras and patrol vehicles, to maintain public safety. He calls on communities to hold officers accountable, emphasising discipline […]
# Israel approved a major settlement project in an area of the occupied West Bank that the international community has warned threatens the viability of a future Palestinian state. Israel has long had ambitions to build on the roughly 12-square-kilometre parcel known as E1 just east of Jerusalem, but the plan had been stalled for […]
# Cricket: Proteas off-spinner Prenelan Subrayen has been reported for a suspect bowling action in Tuesday’s first one-day match against Australia in Cairns and will miss the rest of the series. The International Cricket Council says the match officials’ report specified concerns about the legality of Subrayen’s action. The first match was Subrayen’s debut in […]
# The Department of International Relations and Cooperation says South Africa’s foreign policy is guided by a commitment to a rules-based international system, based on a respect for human rights. The department has updated its initial statement in response to the US Human Rights Report. The report highlighted significant human rights issues, including unlawful killings, […]
