# Nuwe inligting het aan die lig gekom in die voortslepende Digital Vibes-korrupsiesaak van meer as 150-miljoen-rand se vermeende onregmatige kontrakte wat die Departement van Gesondheid toegeken het. Die Spesiale Tribunaal het die Spesiale Ondersoekeenheid toestemming gegee om die nuwe inligting in die saak teen Digital Vibes en talle ander maatskappye en direkteure te gebruik. […]
# Tennis: Defending champion Jannik Sinner is through to the US Open quarterfinals. The Italian thrashed Kazakhstan’s Alexander Bublik, 6-1, 6-1, 6-1, to set up a clash with compatriot Lorenzo Musetti. Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime defeated Russia’s Andrey Rublev, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4, while Australia’s Alex de Minaur beat Swiss qualifier Leandro Riedi, 6-3, 6-2, 6-1. In […]
# Civil society movement Not in My Name International is demanding the dismissal of a teacher at the Prinshof School for the Blind and Visually Impaired in Pretoria. This follows allegations that a 14-year-old learner was sexually assaulted by a teacher in 2024. The movement staged a peaceful demonstration outside the school yesterday. Not in My Name […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Public Service and Administration has expressed concern about reports on a repayment based on a ghost contract of the Government Pensions Administration Agency. According to reports, the agency paid Shula Developers, who allegedly misrepresented themselves as the landlord, 36-million-rand upfront to lease a building for its headquarters. Shula Developers has […]
# New evidence has emerged in the ongoing Digital Vibes corruption scandal involving over 150-million-rand in alleged unlawful contracts awarded by the Department of Health. The Special Tribunal has granted the Special Investigating Unit permission to introduce the new evidence in its case against Digital Vibes and several other companies and directors. The SIU spokesperson, […]
# Meer as 800 mense is dood en minstens tweeduisend beseer in die aardbewing van 6.0 wat Afghanistan se bergagtige oostelike grensgebied Maandag getref het. Die aardbewing was op ‘n diepte van slegs agt kilometer, wat dit meer vernietigend maak. Die Nangarhar- en Kunar-provinsies is die ergste getref, maar skuddings is in aangrensende provinsies, asook […]
# More than 800 people are known to have died and at least two-thousand injured in the 6.0 magnitude earthquake that struck Afghanistan’s mountainous eastern border region on Monday. The quake struck at a depth of eight kilometres, making it more destructive. Worst-hit are the Nangarhar and Kunar provinces, but shakes were felt in neighbouring […]
# Ekonome waarsku oor die risiko dat Suid-Afrika van die wêreldwye internetbetaalstelsel, SWIFT, afgesny word. Die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, het na wat berig word verlede week sy kommer uitgespreek oor die VSA-sanksies wat kan lei tot die afsnyding deur die VSA. SWIFT stel banke wêreldwyd in staat om betalings te versnel en te […]
# KZN se polisiekommissaris, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, het opdrag gegee dat ʼn polisiekonstabel wat in die openbaar met MK-party-regalia opgemerk is, geskors word. Die beampte is verbonde aan die Ntambanana-polisiekantoor in die King Cetshwayo-distrik. Polisiewoordvoerder Robert Netshiunda sê die Wet op die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens verbied ʼn polisiebeampte om in die openbaar aan ʼn politieke party ondersteuning […]
