# Employment and Labour Deputy Minister Jomo Sibiya says undervaluing labour inspectors undermines job creation and the protection of workers’ rights. Speaking during the department’s budget vote in Parliament, Sibiya revealed that over 310-thousand inspections were conducted in the past financial year, resulting in more than 78-million-rand being recovered for underpaid workers. He urged stronger […]
# Tennis: Die Australiese Ope kampioen, Madison Keys, is die jongste ster wat by Wimbledon gesneuwel met die sesde gekeurde Amerikaner wat deur Laura Siegemund uitgeskakel is. Keys het 6-3, 6-3 verloor teen die Duitser, die wêreld se nommer 104. Die 30-jarige Keys is die vyfde uit die top ses gekeurde spelers wat op verrassende […]
# Tennis: Australian Open champion Madison Keys became the latest star to crash out of Wimbledon as the American sixth seed was stunned by Laura Siegemund. Keys slumped to a 6-3, 6-3 loss against the German world number 104. The 30-year-old Keys is the fifth member of the top six seeds in the women’s event […]
# AfriForum beweer die regering se planne om die 1998-witskrif oor Plaaslike Regering te hersien, sal betekenisloos wees tensy korrupsie in munisipaliteite direk gekonfronteer word. Deidré Steffens van die organisasie sê die besprekingsdokument verwys 47 keer na hervorming, maar verwys skaars na korrupsie. Steffens vra vir streng optrede teen oortredings, gereelde lewenstyloudits, en minder politieke […]
# AfriForum says government plans to revise the 1998 White Paper on Local Government will be meaningless unless corruption in municipalities is tackled head-on. The organisation’s Deidré Steffens says the discussion document mentions reform 47 times, but barely refers to corruption. Steffens calls for strict action against wrongdoing, regular lifestyle audits, and less political interference […]
# Inspekteurs van die VN-kernwaghond is gister weg uit Iran nadat die Islamitiese republiek amptelik sy samewerking opgeskort het. Die opskorting volg ná ‘n 12-dae lange konflik tussen Iran en Israel verlede maand, wat ongekende Israelse en Amerikaanse aanvalle op Iran se kernaanlegte veroorsaak het en spanning tussen Teheran en die Internasionale Atoomenergie-agentskap verhoog het. […]
# UN nuclear watchdog inspectors left Iran yesterday after the Islamic republic officially suspended its cooperation. The suspension came after last month’s 12-day conflict between Iran and Israel, which saw unprecedented Israeli and US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities and escalated tensions between Tehran and the International Atomic Energy Agency. Iran officially suspended its cooperation […]
# Die DA-leier John Steenhuisen sê hy het nooit gevra om by die Interministeriële Komitee oor die Nasionale Dialoog aan te sluit nie. President Cyril Ramaphosa het die komitee aangestel. Steenhuisen, wat na verwagting as die minister van Landbou sal bywoon, het op ‘n nuuskonferensie gesê hy het enkele ure voor die eerste vergadering van […]
# DA leader John Steenhuisen says he never requested to join the Inter-Ministerial Committee on the National Dialogue as appointed by president Cyril Ramaphosa. Addressing the media, Steenhuisen, who is expected to attend as Agriculture minister, says he only learnt of his appointment hours before the first meeting. He has accused the ANC of excluding […]
