# Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi has appointed an independent forensic firm to investigate allegations of wasteful expenditure associated with renting office space for government departments. MEC for Infrastructure Development Jacob Mamabolo recently revealed that 34-million-rand per month was being spent on renting office space, despite the provincial government owning 41 vacant buildings. The provincial government’s spokesperson, […]
# The conclave to elect a new Pope will begin behind closed doors in the Sistine Chapel on May 7. This follows the funeral of Pope Francis, who died on Easter Monday. Of the 135 members of the College of Cardinals under the age of 80 who are eligible to appoint the next pontiff, Pope […]
# Cricket: Fourteen-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi was the star of the show as the Rajasthan Royals defeated the Gujarat Titans by eight wickets in the Indian Premier League. Gujarat posted 209 for four. In reply, Suryavanshi scored the second-fastest century in IPL history and became the youngest player to record a T20 century. He was bowled […]
# Parliament’s presiding officers welcome the agreement reached in the court proceedings concerning the value-added tax increase and the adoption of the fiscal framework. The Western Cape High Court has suspended the proposed 0.5-percent VAT increase, formally scrapping the measure. The court made the order in the DA and EFF’s court challenge to have the VAT […]
# Activists and Citizens Forum says it completely rejects the call for the resignation of the Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana. Last week, Godongwana announced the reversal of the 0.5-percent VAT increase. Forum’s spokesperson, Dennis Bloem says in stead of Godongwana, they are calling for the whole of Parliament to dissolve and for fresh elections […]
# Acting president Gwede Mantashe says South Africa remains committed to a progressive foreign policy outlook, and to engaging with countries of the Global North and the Global South in pursuit of the country’s national interest. He was speaking during the Freedom Day Celebration in Ermelo in Mpumalanga. Mantashe says South Africa owes its liberation to […]
# Athletics: Elroy Gelant on Sunday broke the 31-year-old South African men’s marathon record in Hamburg, Germany. Gelant took fourth place at the Hamburg Marathon, completing the 42.2-kilometre race in 2 hours, 5 minutes and 36 seconds. The 38-year-old athlete, a former South African record holder over five-thousand metre on the track, ripped nearly a […]
# Eleven people were killed when a vehicle drove into a crowd at a street festival in Vancouver, Canada. The police said a 30-year-old suspect, who is from Vancouver and known to them, was arrested at the scene after bystanders intervened. According to Vancouver Police spokesperson, Steve Rai, dozens more were injured, some seriously, and […]
# Elf mense is in Vancouver, Kanada, dood toe ‘n voertuig by ‘n straatfees tussen ‘n skare ingeploeg het. Die polisie sê ‘n 30-jarige inwoner van Vancouver wat aan hulle bekend is, is op die toneel in hegtenis geneem nadat omstanders ingegryp het. Die woordvoerder van die Vancouver-polisie, Steve Rai, sê tientalle mense is beseer, […]
