# Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts inquiry into the Road Accident Fund has found that the fund’s former management deliberately bypassed the board when approving extensive security measures for former CEO Collins Letsoalo. RAF spent at least 27-million-rand on Letsoalo’s security between 2023 and 2025. This is despite a police security assessment revealing no […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says deputy president Paul Mashatile is recovering well and will be back at work soon. This comes after he underwent a minor surgical procedure. Ramaphosa, who visited Mashatile yesterday, says he is in high spirits and is pleased with his recovery. No further details about the procedure were provided. The Presidency […]
# Die Wêreldgesondheidsorganisasie sê vordering word gemaak vir beter behandeling en die wêreld se eerste entstof vir die Bundibugyo-stam van Ebola. Drieduisend-748 gevalle, insluitend eenduisend-657 sterftes, is aangeteken in die grootste Ebola-uitbraak ooit in die Demokratiese Republiek die Kongo. Kliniese toetse met medisyne en behandelingsmoontlikhede word in die middelpunt van die uitbraak in die Ituri-provinsie […]
# The World Health Organisation says efforts are advancing towards enhanced treatment and the world’s first vaccine for the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola. Three-thousand-748 cases, including one-thousand-657 deaths, have been recorded in the largest-ever Ebola outbreak on record in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Clinical trials of medicine and treatment options are rolling out […]
# Soccer: Banyana Banyana are through to the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinals after beating Burkina Faso 1-0 in Casablanca. Striker Thembi Kgatlana scored the all-important winning goal in the 21st minute as South Africa finished second in Group B behind Ivory Coast, who defeated Tanzania 2-1 in the other match. Desiree Ellis’ side will […]
# Higher Education and Training deputy minister Yusuf Cassim says students must receive the financial support they are promised to help them complete their studies. Speaking during a visit to the Transport Education and Training Authority in Randburg, Cassim said complaints about delays in bursary payments and apprenticeship stipends prompted the visit. He added the […]
# Die adjunkminister van Hoër Onderwys en Opleiding, Yusuf Cassim, sê studente moet die finansiële ondersteuning ontvang wat aan hulle belowe is om hulle te help om klaar te studeer. Cassim het tydens ‘n besoek aan die Vervoeronderwys- en Opleidingsowerheid in Randburg gesê klagtes oor vertragings in beursbetalings en vakleerlingskaptoelaes het tot die besoek aanleiding […]
# Die minister van Elektrisiteit en Energie, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, sê Suid-Afrika is in ʼn bepalende dekade wat sy energiemark-hervorming betref, met geleenthede in opwekking en transmissie, asook vir beleggers om die argitektuur van Afrika se toekomstige kragstelsel te vorm. Die Geïntegreerde Hulpbronne-plan wat verlede jaar goedgekeur is, dui op 2,2-duisend-miljard-rand se belegbare energiegeleenthede wat tot […]
# Die president van die Europese Kommissie, Ursula von der Leyen, sê die uitdagings wat deur onwettige immigrasie veroorsaak word, vereis verenigde optrede en solidariteit. Tienduisende migrante uit Marokko het verlede week die grens na die Spaanse enklawe Ceuta oorgesteek. Volgens Spaanse owerhede is ongeveer 69-duisend-500 migrante weer terug in Marokko nadat hulle verlede Donderdag […]
