# Rugby: Springbok lock RG Snyman has returned to full training ahead of Leinster’s semifinal clash against Northampton Saints in the Champions Cup on Saturday. The World Cup winner sustained a leg injury in the clash against Ulster a fortnight ago. Leinster head coach Leo Cullen says Snyman is available for selection after recovering from the […]
# Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced a three-day ceasefire in the war with Ukraine from the eighth to the 11th of May. This coincides with the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Soviet Union in the Second World War. The Kremlin says all hostilities will be suspended during this period; however, any violation […]
# EFF leader Julius Malema says they will support any motion of no-confidence put against president Cyril Ramaphosa over the value-added tax hike controversy. The Western Cape High Court has suspended the planned 0.5-percent VAT increase and has also invalidated Parliament’s adoption of the fiscal framework. Malema says, despite Finance minister Enoch Godongwana’s role in […]
# Die United Democratic Students’ Movement in die Oos-Kaap het die aanstelling van afgetrede Regter Chris Jafta as leier van die Kommissie van Ondersoek na die skietvoorval verlede maand by die Walter Sisulu Universiteit verwelkom. ’n Student is dood en twee ander is gewond. UDESMO se Manyano Njikela van UDESMO sê hulle vertrou dat die […]
# The United Democratic Students’ Movement in the Eastern Cape has welcomed the appointment of retired Justice Chris Jafta to lead the Commission of Inquiry into the shooting incident at the Walter Sisulu University last month. A student was killed and two others injured. UDESMO’s Manyano Njikela says they trust the Commission will carry out its work independently […]
# Die kommissaris van die Grensbestuursowerheid, Michael Masiapato, sê hulle het sesduisend-253 mense aangekeer wat oor die Paastyd Suid-Afrika by 71 toegangspunte onwettig binnegekom of verlaat het. Dit is 61-persent meer as dieselfde tyd in 2024 toe drieduisend-841 aangekeer is. Masiapato sê ongeveer vierduisend-800 van hulle het nie die nodige dokumente gehad nie, ongeveer eenduisend-55 […]
# Border Management Authority commissioner Michael Masiapato says they have been able to intercept and apprehend a total of six-thousand-253 persons who were attempting to either enter or exit South Africa illegally at 71 ports of entry during the Easter period. This is an increase of 61-percent compared to the 2024 Easter interception of three-thousand-841. Masiapato says out of […]
# Die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, verwerp oproepe dat hy bedank nadat hy die beplande BTW-verhoging van 0,5-persentasiepunte omgekeer het. Die voorstel dat BTW oor twee jaar met een-persent verhoog word, moes die staatskas aanvul, maar het teenstand gekry van sommige politieke partye en die sakesektor. Die skrapping laat ʼn tekort van 75-miljard-rand in die […]
# Rugby: Johan Goosen het 16 punte bygedra toe die Bulle die verdedigende kampioene, Glasgow Warriors, met 26-19 in Skotland verslaan het om in die kwarteindronde van die Verenigde Rugbykampioenskap ʼn tuiswedstryd te verseker. Drie strafskoppe van Goosen het die besoekers teen rustyd ʼn geringe voorsprong gegee met Jamie Dobie wat ʼn drie vir die […]
