# Suid-Afrika en Rwanda het ooreengekom om betrekkinge te hersien en ʼn dekade lange gespanne diplomatieke verhouding te herstel. Dit volg na gister se bilaterale hoëvlak-samesprekings tussen die minister van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking, Ronald Lamola, en Rwanda se minister van Buitelandse Sake en Internasionale Samewerking, Olivier Nduhungirehe, in Pretoria. Die verhouding tussen die twee […]
# Cricket: South Africa defeated Pakistan by two wickets to register their first win of the Women’s T20 World Cup in Edgbaston, England. Captain Fatima Sana scored an unbeaten 55 as she dragged Pakistan up to 126 for nine in their 20 overs. Marizanne Kapp took three wickets. In reply, all-rounder Annerie Dercksen’s 52 off 35 […]
# The man who pleaded guilty to the so-called Gilgo Beach murders has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Sixty-two-year-old Rex Heuermann confessed to killing eight women over the course of nearly two decades on New York’s Long Island. Many of the victims were dismembered and dumped in remote stretches of […]
# Build One South Africa deputy leader, Nobuntu Hlazo-Webster, has been picked as the party’s Johannesburg mayoral candidate, ahead of the local government elections in November. BOSA says she will lead the party’s campaign to provide Johannesburg residents with principled and capable leadership focused on building a metro that works. Hlazo-Webster says she is making […]
# South Africa and Rwanda have agreed to reset relations, restoring a decade of strained diplomatic ties. This follows high-level bilateral talks between minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ronald Lamola and Rwanda’s minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Olivier Nduhungirehe, in Pretoria yesterday. Relations between the two countries deteriorated in 2014, when restrictions […]
# The Western Cape government has invested more than 15-million-rand in support interventions for Knysna Municipality, aimed at improving service delivery. Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning MEC Anton Bredell says the funding is being used to strengthen key services including water supply, waste management and road infrastructure. According to Bredell, challenges in municipal […]
# Die Regering van die Wes-Kaap het meer as 15-miljoen-rand belê in ondersteuningsingrypings vir die Knysna Munisipaliteit, wat daarop gemik is om dienslewering te verbeter. Die LUR vir Plaaslike Regering, Omgewingsake en Ontwikkelingsbeplanning, Anton Bredell, sê die befondsing word gebruik om sleuteldienste, insluitend watervoorsiening, afvalbestuur en padinfrastruktuur, te versterk. Volgens Bredell het uitdagings in munisipale […]
# Organised Labour says migrants should not be blamed for South Africa’s economic problems. They believe unemployment and poverty are caused by economic failure, corruption and weak governance. The union federations warn that rising anti-migrant sentiment is dividing workers and must not lead to violence or vigilantism. Union federation Saftu’s General Secretary, Zwelinzima Vavi, has […]
# Georganiseerde arbeid sê migrante moet nie blameer word vir Suid-Afrika se ekonomiese probleme nie. Die sektor glo werkloosheid en armoede word veroorsaak deur ekonomiese mislukkings, korrupsie en swak regering. Vakbondfederasies waarsku toenemende anti-migrantesentiment verdeel werkers en mag nie tot geweld of vergeldingsaanvalle lei nie. Die algemene sekretaris van die vakbondfederasie Saftu, Zwelinzima Vavi, het […]
