# Rugby: Lock Riley Norton, scrumhalves Andre Warner and Ezekiel Ngobeni, and hooker Vernon Paulo are set to make their Stormers debut in the United Rugby Championship opener against Connacht in Galway, Ireland tonight. Winger Leolin Zas, who made his Stormers debut in 2016, will play his 100th match for the club. He will feature […]
# DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis says Johannesburg does not lack potential, but lacks a government that can live up to that potential. He addressed supporters in the metro yesterday, as part of the party’s campaign roadshow ahead of the November local government elections. Helen Zille is the DA’s mayoral candidate for Johannesburg. Hill-Lewis stated that the […]
# Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas says Palestinians in Gaza were being subjected to killing, destruction, starvation, attempted forced displacement, and a war of genocide, while in the West Bank, settlement expansion was accelerating. He addressed the United Nations General Assembly via a pre-recorded video after his delegation was, for the second consecutive year, denied the visas […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says he will address the nation in a few days on the steps government is taking to confront gender-based violence and femicide. He will also provide an update on the investigation into the killings of nine women in and around Ekurhuleni. The president announced this at the National Heritage Day celebrations […]
# AfriForum says given the escalating dispute between South Africa and the US, it wants to play an active role in putting forward practical proposals to tackle farm murders and rural safety. The organisation has proposed a Public Community Partnership aimed at creating safer conditions in the country so that people do not feel compelled to […]
# Build One South Africa says the country needs a growth agenda capable of putting at least one job in every home, while municipalities must do their part to make cities and towns more affordable to live in. Currently, just 52.4-percent of households’ main source of income is salaries. BOSA says when household finances are […]
# AfriForum sê gegewe die toenemende geskil tussen Suid-Afrika en die VSA, wil hy ’n aktiewe rol speel om praktiese voorstelle te maak vir die hantering van plaasmoorde en landelike veiligheid. Die organisasie het ’n openbare-gemeenskapsvennootskap voorgestel wat daarop gemik is om veiliger omstandighede in die land te skep, sodat mense nie verplig voel om […]
# Build One South Africa sê die land het ‘n groei-agenda nodig wat minstens een werk in elke huishouding kan verseker, terwyl munisipaliteite hul deel moet doen om stede en dorpe meer bekostigbaar te maak. Tans is salarisse die hoofbron van inkomste vir slegs 52,4-persent van huishoudings. BOSA sê wanneer huishoudings se finansies onder druk […]
# Suid-Afrika se permanente verteenwoordiger by die Verenigde Nasies, ambassadeur Mxolisi Sizo Nkosi, sê die land dring aan op groter Afrika-verteenwoordiging op die VN-veiligheidsraad. Die raad bestaan uit vyf permanente lede en tien tydelike lede wat vir twee jaar verkies word. Afrika het tans verteenwoordiging onder die raad se verkose lede, maar geen permanente setel […]
