# Pope Leo the 14th has pleaded for an end to global wars. Giving his first Sunday address at St Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, he appealed for a genuine, just and lasting peace in Ukraine. The new pontiff called for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, saying humanitarian aid must be provided to the […]
# Die DA in Gauteng sê teaters en kraameenhede by die Carletonville-hospitaal is gesluit weens die waterkrisis wat pasiënte se lewens in gevaar stel. Die situasie is ontdek tydens ‘n toesigbesoek aan die hospitaal vroeër hierdie week deur die Gautengse Portefeuljekomitee vir Gesondheid- en Welstand. Die DA-lid, Madeleine Hicklin, sê hierdie krisis volg nadat die […]
# The DA in Gauteng says theatre and maternity units at Carletonvile Hospital are non-operational due to the water crisis putting patients’ lives in danger. This was discovered during during the Gauteng Health and Wellness Portfolio Committee oversight visit at Hospital earlier this week. The DA’s Madeleine Hicklin says this crisis stems from Merafong Local […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Kommunistiese Party en die Kongres van Tradisionele Leiers van Suid-Afrika sê hulle gaan voort om met mekaar te onderhandel oor hul besluit om aan die plaaslike regeringsverkiesing van 2026 deel te neem. Die SAKP se woordvoerder, Mbulelo Mandlana, sê die grondkwessie is die afgelope 30 jaar ongelukkig afgeskeep in staatsprogramme wat bedoel […]
# The South African Communist Party and the Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa say will continue to engage each other on its decision to contest the 2026 local government elections. The SACP’s spokesperson, Mbulelo Mandlana says the land question has, unfortunately, occupied a backseat in the programmes of the state, intended to advance national […]
# Die ministerie van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking sê die hervestiging van Suid-Afrikaners in Amerika onder die dekmantel van vlugtelingskap is geheel en al polities gemotiveerd. Amerika het die aansoeke van sogenaamde vlugtelinge uit Suid-Afrika begin verwerk en sal dié Suid-Afrikaners daar begin hervestig. Die ministerie se woordvoerder, Chrispin Phiri, sê dit is nie duidelik […]
# The Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation says the resettlement of South Africans to the United States under the guise of being refugees is entirely politically motivated. The United States has commenced with processing alleged refugees from South Africa and will begin resettling these citizens in the United States. The ministry’s spokesperson, Chrispin Phiri […]
# US President Donald Trump has signaled that he could lower tariffs on Chinese imports, as the rival superpowers prepare for trade talks over the weekend. He wrote on his Truth Social platform that 80-percent seems right. This would bring them down from 145-percent, with cumulative duties on some goods reaching a staggering 245-percent. He […]
# Die voormalige minister van Verdediging en speaker van die Nasionale Vergadering, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, het ‘n nuwe regspan in haar korrupsiesaak aangestel. Sy het gister in die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria verskyn waar haar voormalige prokureur, Reginald Willis, van die saak onttrek het. Mapisa-Nqakula word daarvan beskuldig dat sy na bewering tussen 2016 en 2019 omkoopgeld […]