# US National Security Adviser, Mike Waltz, is reportedly set to leave his post in the coming days. In March, he inadvertently added Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg to the Signal group chat, where high-ranking officials discussed planned military strikes, including in Yemen. Waltz’s deputy, Alex Wong, is also expected to leave his post. Waltz initially said […]
# Forty-four foreign nationals, who are suspected of being part of a human trafficking operation, were rescued from a house in Parkmore, Johannesburg, on Thursday. The group was found by private security guards, patrolling the area after complaints about a suspicious noise coming from the residence. Police spokesperson, Mavela Masondo, says the 44 are believed […]
# DA leader John Steenhuisen says there is hope for economic growth and job creation in South Africa today because the course and path of the country changed fundamentally in last year’s election. The country’s youth unemployment is at 44.6-percent, up from 43.2-percent in the previous quarter. Steenhuisen says the government must cut down the […]
# ‘n Chinese student wat per helikopter van die berg Fuji in Japan gered is, moes slegs vier dae later weer gehelp word. Die 27-jarige klimmer het sy eerste noodoproep gemaak nadat hy hoogtesiekte ongeveer drieduisend-meter bo seespieël op die berg opgedoen het. Die polisie het vier dae later egter weer ‘n oproep van hom […]
# A Chinese student who was airlifted from Japan’s Mount Fuji had to be saved a second time just four days later. The 27-year-old climber made an emergency call after getting altitude sickness on the mountain, about three-thousand metres above sea level. But four days later, police received another call when he returned to look […]
# Die UDM doen ‘n beroep op munisipaliteite om op te hou om ‘n bron van frustrasie vir gemeenskappe te wees en eerder sentrums van uitnemendheid en dienslewering te wees. Die UDM-adjunkpresident, Nqabayomzi Kwankwa, sê te veel munisipaliteite word geteister deur finansiële wanbestuur, kaderontplooiing en basiese onbevoegdheid. Hy sê slaggate, onverwyderde vullis, rioolstortings en droë […]
# The UDM is calling on municipalities to stop being a source of frustration to communities and start being centres of excellence and delivery. The UDM deputy president, Nqabayomzi Kwankwa, says too many municipalities are riddled with financial mismanagement, cadre deployment, and basic incompetence. He says potholes, uncollected waste, sewage spills and dry taps have become the norm for […]
# Die Nasionale Unie van Mynwerkers sê hy berei voor om in Mei met loononderhandelings by Sibanye Stillwater te begin. Die maatskappy het in November verlede jaar ʼn eenjaar-loonooreenkoms met vakbonde by sy goudbedrywighede bereik, wat ʼn verhoging van 5,5-persent insluit. Hierdie ooreenkoms verstryk op 30 Junie vanjaar. NUM sê die feit dat die mynbedryf, […]
# Die Withuis het Amazon se plan om die koste van president Donald Trump se tariewe op produkte te plaas wat die e-handelsreus verkoop, gekritiseer. Trump het ʼn tarief van 145-persent gehef op ingevoerde produkte uit China, waar baie produkte op Amazon.com vandaan kom. Amazon ontken betrokkenheid by die berig en sê die idee is […]
