# Cosatu has welcomed president Cyril Ramaphosa’s emphatic call to Parliament to ensure that the Protection of State Information Bill meets full constitutional muster. Cosatu’s spokesperson, Matthew Parks, says South Africa has and continues to experience the painful costs of state capture, corruption and the abuse of power, and simply cannot afford for such a fundamentally […]
# Home Affairs minister Leon Schreiber has declared the Nigerian televangelist Timothy Omotoso as a illegal person in South Africa. The department’s spokesperson, Siya Qoza, says Omotoso earlier challenged his status as a prohibited person in court, and the court held that his status should be remitted back to the Department for reconsideration. He says he was arrested in […]
# Soccer: Kaizer Chiefs defeated arch-rivals Orlando Pirates 2-1 in the Nedbank Cup final at the Moses Mabhida Stadium on Saturday afternoon, ending a decade-long trophy drought. Captain Yusuf Maart scored a late goal to secure victory for the Amakhosi, who took an early lead with a penalty by Gaston Sirino. However, it took Pirates […]
# Cosatu verwelkom die Werkloosheidsversekeringsfonds se besluit om verligting ter waarde van 387-miljoen-rand aan meer as ses-duisend poskantoorwerkers te verskaf. Die befondsing sal 75-persent van hul salarisse oor die volgende ses maande dek, terwyl die Suid-Afrikaanse Poskantoor met sy omkeerplan besig is. Matthew Parks van Cosatu sê dit is broodnodige verligting ná maande van swaarkry, […]
# Sokker: Die Padverkeersbestuurskorporasie doen ’n beroep op motoriste wat op die N3 reis voor vandag se Nedbankbeker-eindstryd in KwaZulu-Natal om verantwoordelik te bestuur. Met verkeer wat na verwagting gaan toeneem namate ondersteuners na die Moses Mabhida-stadion stroom vir die kragmeting tussen Orlando Pirates en Kaizer Chiefs, sal owerhede streng optree teen dronkbestuur, spoedoortredings en […]
# ’n Roos is na Catherine, Prinses van Wallis, vernoem om die ‘genesende mag van die natuur’ te verheerlik. Die Koninklike Tuinbouvereniging sê die blom word ‘Catherine’s Rose’ genoem om bewustheid te skep vir die rol wat buitelewe speel in mense se geestelike, fisieke en spirituele welstand. Die floribunda-roos het koraalpienk blomknoppe met ’n geur […]
# Union federation Cosatu welcomes the Unemployment Insurance Fund’s decision to provide 387-million-rand in wage relief for over six-thousand post office workers. The funding will cover 75-percent of their salaries for the next six months while the South African Post Office on a turnaround plan. Cosatu’s Matthew Parks says this brings much-needed relief after months […]
# Eskom beplan om ’n ope dag aan te bied vir onafhanklike kragopwekkers en verskaffers om sy pas bekendgestelde virtuele kragversendingsoplossing ten toon te stel. Hierdie inisiatief het ten doel om elektrisiteitshandel tussen onafhanklike kragopwekkers en hul kliënte via Eskom se netwerk te fasiliteer. Die virtuele kragversendingsplatform stel kopers in staat om elektrisiteit van kragopwekkers […]
# A rose has been named after Catherine, Princess of Wales to highlight the healing power of nature. The Royal Horticultural Society said it called the flower ‘Catherine’s Rose’ to raise awareness of the role that spending time outdoors plays in supporting people’s mental, physical and spiritual wellbeing. The floribunda rose has coral-pink blooms with […]
