# US president Donald Trump has called Iranian leaders ‘unbelievably duplicitous’ after Tehran denied it was in negotiations with America. On Sunday, Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that a deal was close to reopening the Strait of Hormuz and negotiations would commence on Monday. Iran denied this, instead saying it was in talks with […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa’s Just Energy Transition is gathering momentum, with clean energy investments being driven from abroad and by domestic firms. According to Statistics South Africa, renewable energy accounted for just two-percent of locally generated electricity in 2016. This figure increased to nine-percent in 2024. At this year’s South Africa Investment […]
# Business Leadership South Africa has welcomed president Cyril Ramaphosa’s endorsement of the first phase of Eskom’s restructuring plan, as the debate over an independent transmission system operator is over and implementation must now begin. In her weekly newsletter, the organisation’s CEO Busisiwe Mavuso said the reforms will help create a competitive electricity market, attract […]
# Congress of the People has called on the Electoral Commission to expand voter registration drives to schools, TVET colleges and universities to encourage more young people to register. The party’s Tom Mofokeng says the strong youth turnout during the recent registration weekend shows there is potential to boost participation ahead of the 4 November […]
# Rugby: Nege Springbok-vroue is ingesluit in ‘n groep van 30 spelers wat in Somerset-Wes, Kaapstad, oefen in die eerste van twee kampe. Die groep is deel van die Springbok-vroue-akademie, waar spelers wat nie by die toetswedstrydgroepe betrokke is nie, saam oefen as deel van die breër nasionale groep. Die Springbok-vroue A-groep van 26 spelers […]
# Business Leadership South Africa verwelkom president Cyril Ramaphosa se goedkeuring van die eerste fase van Eskom se herstruktureringsplan, aangesien die debat oor ‘n onafhanklike transmissiestelseloperateur verby is en implementering nou moet begin. In haar weeklikse nuusbrief het BLSA se uitvoerende hoof, Busisiwe Mavuso, gesê die hervormings sal help om ‘n mededingende elektrisiteitsmark te skep, […]
# Die Congress of the People het die Verkiesingskommissie versoek om kieserregistrasieveldtogte na skole, TVET-kolleges en universiteite uit te brei om meer jongmense aan te moedig om te registreer. Tom Mofokeng van die party sê die sterk jeugopkoms tydens die onlangse registrasienaweek toon daar is potensiaal om deelname te verhoog voor die plaaslike munisipale verkiesing […]
# Rugby: Nine capped Springbok Women have been included in a squad of 30 players that assembled in Somerset West, Cape Town, for the first of two camps. The group is part of the Springbok Women Academy, where players not involved in the Test match squads are training together as part of the wider national […]
# Die Amerikaanse president Donald Trump sê hy het ingestem om aanvalle teen Iran vir eers uit te stel, mits ‘n ooreenkoms vinnig bereik word om die konflik te beëindig. Dit volg op berigte dat Amerika en Israel nuwe aanvalle op Teheran beplan. In ‘n plasing op Truth Social sê hy Iran en ander lande […]
