# The DA says it supports the Special Investigating Unit’s plans to apply to the Special Tribunal to have the National Student Financial Aid Scheme’s controversial head office lease set aside. The 18.6-million-rand five-year lease for the rental of 140 parking bays for staff in Cape Town was signed by the previous NSFAS CEO, Andile […]
# Tennis: Die Brit Cameron Norrie het die elfde gekeurde Rus, Daniil Medvedev, verslaan om deur te dring na die Franse Ope se tweede ronde. Die driemalige kampioen, Novak Djokovic van Serwië, het die Amerikaner, Mackenzie McDonald, gemaklik geklop terwyl die Rus, Andrey Rublev, met Suid-Afrika se Lloyd Harris afgereken het. In die vroueafdeling is […]
# The Israeli Defence Force says it was forced to fire warning shots near the new aid distribution site in Rafah, Gaza. This is after thousands of Palestinians desperate for food broke fences to reach supplies, resulting in the newly established US-Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation losing control of the distribution site. The foundation says so far […]
# Former Stellenbosch University student, Theuns du Toit, who was charged for urinating on another student’s belongings in 2022, is considering instituting a civil claim against the institution. The Stellenbosch Magistrate’s Court has found him not guilty of crimen injuria and malicious damage to property. Du Toit was expelled after a disciplinary hearing found him […]
# AfriForum has criticised minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Velenkosini Hlabisa’s comments that smaller, failed municipalities should merge with larger municipalities. This comes as the minister has launched a major review of the 1998 White Paper on Local Government. The review will examine the funding model of municipalities and could lead to the […]
# Tennis: Britain’s Cameron Norrie knocked out 11th seed Russian Daniil Medvedev, 7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 1-6, 7-5, to advance to the French Open second round. Three-time champion Novak Djokovic of Serbia eased passed American Mackenzie McDonald, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3, while Russian Andrey Rublev defeated South Africa’s Lloyd Harris, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1. In the women’s […]
# Die Oos-Kaapse premier Oscar Mabuyane het kalmte gevra na dodelike gewelddadige aanvalle tussen buitelandse burgers en Suid-Afrikaners in Addo. Drie buitelanders is tydens wraakaanvalle in Addo vermoor ná ʼn gewelddadige betoging wat die naweek uitgebreek het na die moord op ʼn jong Suid-Afrikaanse man. Die provinsiale regering se woordvoerder, Khuselwa Rantjie, sê geweld en […]
# Die EFF het aan die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, geskryf en sê hy verwerp die voorgestelde inflasiegedrewe vier-persent-verhoging van die brandstofheffing. Die minister het verlede week in sy begrotingsrede aangekondig die prys van petrol verhoog van 4 Junie af met 16-sent per liter en die van diesel met 15-sent. Die EFF sê Nasionale […]
# Tennis: Die Spanjaard Carlos Alcaraz het die verdediging van sy Franse Ope-titel begin met ‘n oorwinning oor die Italiaanse kwalifiseerder, Giulio Zeppieri, om die tweede ronde te haal. Die wêreld-nommer-een, Jannik Sinner van Italië, het met die Fransman Arthur Rinderknech afgereken terwyl 2021 se naaswenner, Stefanos Tsitsipas van Griekeland, die Argentyn Tomas Martin Etcheverry […]
