# AfriForum het aan die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, geskryf en eis ʼn onafhanklike oudit van die brandstofprys en -heffing, insluitend die algemene brandstof-, koolstof- en Padongelukkefonds-heffing. Petrolpryse het hierdie maand met een-rand-34-sent per liter gestyg terwyl diesel tussen twee-rand-93-sent en drie-rand-15-sent per liter meer kos. Ernst van Zyl van AfriForum sê die tydelike […]
# Die Noord-Atlantiese Verdragsorganisasie se sekretaris-generaal, Mark Rutte, waarsku dat Rusland al roekeloser raak terwyl sy oorlog teen Oekraïne voortduur. Hy sê NAVO sien meer Russiese hommeltuie en missiele in bondgenote se lugruim langs die oostelike flank, wat ʼn groter gevaar vir Europa se veiligheid skep. Dit volg nadat Duitsland vasgestel het dat Moskou verlede […]
# Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on Defence has elected the ANC’s Mzimasi Hala as its new co-chairperson, following the unexpected and unexplained removal of Malusi Gigaba from the position. Hala was elected with six votes to two, while the EFF abstained. Gigaba faces fraud and corruption charges linked to the Transnet tender for over one-thousand locomotives […]
# Business confidence has stabilised, but at a level that remains too low to support the stronger investment and employment growth South Africa needs. This is according to the latest Business Confidence Index published by financial services firm RMB and the Bureau for Economic Research. Business confidence dropped a point to 38 in the third […]
# Gauteng MEC of Education Lebogang Maile was part of another police-led search and seizure operation at six schools yesterday, bringing the total number of schools searched across the province to 23. Yesterday’s operation targeted Sehopotso Secondary School and BoteboTsebo Secondary School in Sebokeng, Residentia Secondary School in Vanderbijlpark, Sapphire Secondary School in Bophelong, and […]
# AfriForum has written to minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, demanding an independent audit of the fuel price and levy, including the general fuel, carbon and Road Accident Fund levies. Petrol prices have gone up by one-rand-34-cents a litre and diesel prices by between two-rand-93- and three-rand-15-cents per litre this month. AfriForum’s Ernst van Zyl […]
# North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Secretary General Mark Rutte warns that Russia has grown increasingly reckless as it continues its war against Ukraine. He says NATO has seen more Russian drones and missiles crossing into allied airspace along the eastern flank, creating greater risk for Europe’s security. This comes as Germany has concluded that Moscow […]
# Rugby: Die veteraan All Black-senter Anton Lienert-Brown glo hul tempo kan die Springbokke Saterdag laat les opsê teen die einde van die eerste en die tweede helfte van die derde toets op die FNB-stadion in Johannesburg. Hy sê hulle is ongelooflik fiks, soos bewys is toe hulle Suid-Afrika geklop het in die tweede helftes […]
# Rugby: Veteran All Blacks centre Anton Lienert-Brown believes their tempo can outclass the Springboks in the final minutes of each half in Saturday’s third Test at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg. He says they are incredibly fit, as was proved when they outscored South Africa in the second halves of both the previous to […]
