# Farmer-led initiative FMD Response SA says the probability of failure under the government’s current foot-and-mouth disease vaccination strategy is between 90 and 95-percent. The government aims to vaccinate 80-percent of the country’s cattle by December. FMD Response SA chairman, Stephen Butt, told Business Day TV that the only way to stop the disease spreading is […]
# Media mogul and philanthropist, Ted Turner, who founded CNN, has died at the age of 87. The Ohio-born Atlanta businessman pioneered the modern 24-hour news culture when he launched the CNN channel in 1980. Turner was hailed as a visionary and earned TIME Magazine’s “Man of the Year” in 1991. In 2018, he revealed […]
# The Public Protector’s office says the investigation into suspended Police minister Senzo Mchunu is ongoing and continues to make steady progress. The African Transformation Movement made a formal request to the Public Protector last year for an investigation into the conduct of Mchunu. This was after KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi made damning allegations […]
# The DA will present its Economic Inclusion for All Bill for its first reading in Parliament today. Party policy head Mat Cuthbert says Black Economic Empowerment has failed to deliver broad inclusion after 30 years, benefiting a small elite while millions remain excluded. He says the Bill replaces race-based rules with an outcomes-driven system […]
# Rugby: The Lions say they are in Dublin to beat Irish powerhouse Leinster in their United Rugby Championship group match on Saturday, despite being regarded as the underdogs. The Johannesburg team is currently third on the log and only needs another one league point to qualify for the quarterfinals for the very first time. […]
# Rugby: Die Leeus sê hulle is in Dublin om Saterdag die Ierse kragreus, Leinster, in hul Verenigde Rugbykampioenskap-groepwedstryd te klop, al word hulle as die buiteperd beskou. Die Johannesburgse span, wat hulle laaste ses wedstryde gewen het, is tans derde op die punteleer en benodig slegs een ligapunt om vir die heel eerste keer […]
# Die DA sal vandag sy Wetsontwerp op Ekonomiese Insluiting vir Almal in die Parlement voorlê. Die party se beleidshoof, Mat Cuthbert, sê Swart Ekonomiese Bemagtiging het na 30 jaar misluk om breë insluiting te lewer, en bevoordeel ‘n klein elite terwyl miljoene steeds uitgesluit is. Hy sê die Wetsontwerp vervang rasgebaseerde reëls met ‘n […]
# Die MK-party sê onwettige immigrasie is ʼn ernstige nasionale kwessie wat Suid-Afrikaners van elke stam, taalgroep en provinsie raak. Hy sê dis misleidend en lafhartig om te beweer die probleem is net van toepassing op een gemeenskap of provinsie. Dit volg na betogings oor onwettige immigrasie in die land. Die MK-party sê dis niks […]
# President Donald Trump van Amerika sê Iran wil ʼn ooreenkoms sluit en hou vol dat ʼn onderhandelde skikking steeds moontlik is. Amerika se leër plaas druk op Teheran, deur onder meer te keer dat skepe Iranse hawens binnegaan of verlaat. Die Amerikaanse Sentrale Bevel se blokkade van die Straat van Hormoes het tot dusver […]
