# NAVO se sekretaris-generaal, Mark Rutte, sê die organisasie het ʼn toename van 400-persent nodig in lug- en missielverdediging om ʼn geloofwaardige afskrikfaktor te bly. Dit kom in aanloop tot ʼn beraad in Den Haag later die maand wanneer die alliansie van 32 lande na verwagting sal saamstem oor ʼn voorstel van Donald Trump dat […]
# Johannesburg mayor, Dada Morero, has laughed off suggestions that DA federal chairperson Helen Zille is considering contesting to become the next Johannesburg mayor after next year’s local government elections. According to reports, some DA members have asked Zille to avail herself for the position. Morero says Zille’s potential inclusion on the list for mayor […]
# The chairperson of Parliament’s portfolio committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Zweli Mkhize, says the integrity and functionality of municipalities are under immense strain. Last month, the Auditor-General reported that only 41 of the country’s 257 municipalities obtained clean audits in the 2023/2024 financial year. Mkhize says a total of 113 municipalities are currently […]
# NATO Secretary General, Mark Rutte, says the organisation needs a 400-percent increase in air and missile defence to maintain credible deterrence. This comes ahead of a summit in The Hague later this month when the 32-country alliance is expected to agree to a Donald Trump-inspired pledge to spend five-percent of gross domestic product on […]
# AfriForum sê die jongste herskedulering van Afrikaanse nuus op SABC TV is swak beplan en loop die risiko om kykers te verloor. Die organisasie waarsku dat die nuwe tyd om 5.30 nm op weeksdae en 8 nm oor naweke op S3 landelike kykers kan vervreem en toegang tot belangrike nuus kan verminder. Alana Bailey […]
# AfriForum says the latest rescheduling of Afrikaans news on SABC TV is poorly planned and risks losing viewers. The organisation warns the new time at 5.30 pm on weekdays and 8 pm on weekends on S3 could alienate rural viewers and reduce access to vital news. AfriForum’s Alana Bailey says the matter has been […]
# Die burgemeester van Kaapstad, Geordin Hill-Lewis, daag president Cyril Ramaphosa en die Parlement voor die Konstitusionele Hof om die nuwe Wet op Openbare Verkryging onwettig te laat verklaar. Hy sê die wet is met ernstige gebreke aanvaar en sal munisipale dienslewering benadeel deur burokrasie by te voeg en verkrygingsinmenging toe te laat. Hill-Lewis voer […]
# Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis is taking president Cyril Ramaphosa and Parliament to the Constitutional Court, seeking to have the new Public Procurement Act declared unlawful. He says the law was passed with serious flaws and will harm municipal service delivery by adding red tape and allowing procurement interference. Hill-Lewis argues the act threatens […]
# Rugby: Die Skotse stut Zander Fagerson sal weens ‘n kuitbesering nie saam met die Britse en Ierse Leeus na Australië toer nie. Dit volg na sy vorige teleurstelling toe hy die enigste Skot was wat nie in 2021 teen die Springbokke gespeel het nie. Fagerson se onttrekking vererger die Leeus se probleem op vaskop-stut, […]
