# Statistiek Suid-Afrika sê kleinhandelverkope het met 1,3-persent in April gestyg, hoofsaaklik gedryf deur winste in meubel- en toestelwinkels, en kleinhandelaars. Verkope het ook met 0,9-persent op ‘n maand grondslag gestyg, wat voortgesette herstel toon na ‘n afname in Februarie. Raquel Floris van Statistiek SA sê oor die drie maande tot April was kleinhandelverkope 1,8-persent […]
# Sri Lanka is battling the worst outbreak of mosquito-borne dengue fever in years, with more than 44-thousand cases and 28 deaths recorded since January. An official said it is putting public hospitals under strain. Dengue is common during Sri Lanka’s monsoon season, but unplanned urbanisation and damage caused by Cyclone Ditwah worsened the outbreak […]
# KwaZulu-Natal police has confirmed that a 29-year-old foreign national was killed in suspected xenophobic attack at the Joe Jika informal settlement in Pietermaritzburg yesterday. Police spokesperson, Robert Netshiunda says the deceased was allegedly attacked by a group of people at Sable Flats Manor but managed to escape and fled to the informal settlement. He […]
# Ekurhuleni se burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Finansies, Jongizizwe Dlabathi, sê hulle gaan voort om met politieke partye te beraadslaag om ʼn weg te vind om die voorgestelde 2026/2027-begroting te aanvaar. Dit is gister die vierde keer verwerp nadat 95 raadslede daarvoor en 105 daarteen gestem het. Die ANC-geleide koalisie het tot die einde van die maand […]
# Zimbabwe se Parlement het ʼn omstrede wysigingswetsontwerp aanvaar wat die presidensiële termyn van vyf tot sewe jaar verleng. Die voorstel is deur 216 wetgewers aanvaar en 42 was daarteen. Dit gaan nou na die Senaat. Indien dit bekragtig en deur president Emmerson Mnangagwa onderteken word, verleng dit sy termyn met twee jaar. Die wetsontwerp […]
# Adjunkpresident Paul Mashatile sê die groepering vir Justisie, Misdaadvoorkoming en Sekuriteit stel regstellende maatreëls in om korrupsie in die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens op te spoor en te voorkom. Dit volg na verdoemende onthullings by die Madlanga-kommissie wat die afgelope maande tot verskeie inhegtenisnemings en skorsings gelei het. Mashatile het gister aan die Nasionale Raad van […]
# Adjunkpresident Paul Mashatile sê die regering stel tans ʼn omvattende benadering in om migrante te bestuur, wat gemik is op versterkte grens-sekuriteit, toepassing van immigrasiewette, aanspreek van korrupsie en om skuiwergate toe te stop. Dis deel van ʼn groter poging om onwettige immigrasie in Suid-Afrika te hanteer. Mashatile het gister vrae in die Nasionale […]
# Ekurhuleni mayoral committee member for Finance, Jongizizwe Dlabathi, says they will continue to engage with political parties to find a way for the proposed 2026/2027 budget to be passed. The budget failed to pass for a fourth consecutive time yesterday, with 95 councillors voting in favour and 105 against. The ANC-led coalition now has […]
# Zimbabwe’s Parliament has approved a controversial amendment bill to the Constitution that will extend the tenure of presidents from five to seven years. The proposal was backed by 216 lawmakers, while 42 opposed. The bill will now go to the Senate, and if passed, will be signed into law by president Emmerson Mnangagwa, extending […]
