# Die dodetal in die veerboot-tragedie op die Kariba-meer in Zimbabwe het tot 44 gestyg. ʼn Oorlaaide veerboot met 120 mense aan boord, wat kinders en vyf bemanningslede insluit, het omgeslaan nadat dit groot branders getref het. Volgens Zimbabwe se burgerlike beskermingseenheid het die boot plek vir 90 mense. Tot dusver is 77 mense gered. […]
# Rugby: Die Bulle se afrigter, Johan Ackermann, sê hulle sien uit na Saterdag se geleentheid om op Loftus Versfeld met die All Blacks kragte te meet. Die Bulle moes aanpassings maak omdat hulle gewoonlik pas sou terugkeer van hul blaaskans tussen seisoene. Die All Blacks het die Stormers en die Haaie verslaan in hulle […]
# Die parlementêre Ampsklagkomitee sê hy neem kennis van die Konstitusionele Hof se beslissing wat die regstreekse aansoek vir verlof tot appèl teen die Wes-Kaapse Hooggeregshof se uitspraak oor president Cyril Ramaphosa se interdik, van die hand wys. Die African Transformation Movement het verlede maand gepoog om die hof-uitspraak tersyde te stel en ‘n parlementêre […]
# Business Leadership South Africa says the Public Investment Corporation needs a fundamental overhaul of its governance. Last week, the Gauteng High Court overturned the suspension of PIC CEO Patrick Dlamini, ruling that the board that suspended him lacked the authority to do so, as only the Finance Minister holds that power. The Mpati Commission […]
# The death toll from the Lake Kariba ferry disaster in Zimbabwe has risen to 44. An overcrowded ferry carrying about 120 people, including children and five crew members, capsized after it hit large waves. According to Zimbabwe’s Civil Protection Unit, the boat had a capacity of 90 people. So far, 77 people have been […]
# Rugby: Bulls coach Johan Ackermann says they are relishing the chance to test themselves against the All Blacks at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday. The Bulls have had to split their pre-season to accommodate this one-off game, as ordinarily they would have just returned from their off-season break. The All Blacks have defeated both the […]
# Parliament’s Impeachment Committee says it has noted the Constitutional Court’s ruling, denying the direct application for leave to appeal against the Western Cape High Court judgment on president Cyril Ramaphosa’s interdict. The African Transformation Movement had sought to overturn the court’s ruling last month, halting a parliamentary inquiry into Ramaphosa’s handling of a burglary […]
# Cape Forum says former Coloured military veterans should be considered in efforts to fight gangs and the drug trade in the Western Cape. The organisation believes experienced former soldiers from the South African Cape Corps could strengthen community safety if policing powers are devolved to the province. The forum’s Heindrich Wyngaard says many Coloured […]
# Singapoer en Suid-Korea het die Amerikaanse kruidenierswinkel Trader Joe se gewilde Everything But the Bagel-geurmiddels van aanlynplatforms verwyder omdat dit papawersaad bevat. Die sade kan gedurende die oes met opiate besmet word. Albei lande het ‘n streng beleid oor beheerde dwelms. Suid-Koreaanse toetse het glo morfien en kodeïen in die produk gevind. Singapoer het […]
