# The EFF says it rejects the decision by minister of Higher Education and Training, Buti Manamela, to place the National Student Financial Aid Scheme under administration. The decision comes after a series of resignations, including those of former chairperson, doctor Karen Stander, and interim chairperson, doctor Mugwena Maluleke. The EFF says this latest development is […]
# US president Donald Trump has warned that Iranian forces would be “blown off the face of the Earth” if they target American ships. This comes as the US has struck seven Iranian fast boats in the Strait of Hormuz, as the military guides stranded ships out of the Gulf. Iran’s military had warned that it […]
# Cricket: The Mumbai Indians have kept their Indian Premier League slim play-off hopes alive with a six-wicket win over Lucknow Super Giants. Nicholas Pooran scored 63 runs off just 21 balls as the Super Giants posted 228 for five. In reply, Rohit Sharma top-scored with 84 off 44 balls, and Ryan Rickelton scored 83, […]
# ANC secretary general, Fikile Mbalula, says the South African Communist Party’s decision to contest the local government elections independently is a squandered opportunity at a time when they need to consolidate the alliance. The ANC has given members who have dual membership until next Monday to submit a written declaration deciding which party they […]
# Die Parlement se portefeuljekomitee oor Gesondheid sê dit is kommerwekkend dat die Nasionale Gesondheidslaboratoriumdienste nie aan die Wêreldgesondheidsorganisasie se laboratoriumraamwerk voldoen nie. Hy sê dit wek ernstige vrae oor die gehalte, betroubaarheid en bestuur van diagnostiese dienste in die openbaregesondheidstelsel. Die komitee sê hy is uiters bekommerd oor die lang tyd wat dit neem […]
# Gesiene figure in die MK-party steun volgens berigte die voormalige DA-burgemeester van Midvaal, Bongani Baloyi, as die party se burgemeesterskandidaat vir Johannesburg. Hy is in 2013 as burgemeester van Midvaal verkies. Volgens die Sunday Times glo bronne in die MK-Party dat Baloyi se ervaring en sukses as burgemeester hom die beste kandidaat maak om […]
# Die National Coloured Congress se leier, Fadiel Adams, sê hy glo hy word geteiken weens sy uitsprake oor die KwaZulu-Natalse polisiekommissaris, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, en lede van die taakspan oor politieke moorde. Dit volg na ʼn klopjag Saterdag by sy vorige woning in Mitchells Plain, Kaapstad. Mkhwanazi het voor die Madlanga-kommissie getuig, waar hy Adams beskuldig […]
# Drie mense, in sluitend ʼn egpaar van Nederland, is dood na ʼn moontlike hantavirus-uitbreking op die passasierskip, MV Hondius, op ʼn vaart van Argentinië na Kaap Verde. ʼn Britse man wat op die skip siek geword het, is in ʼn privaat hospitaal in Johannesburg opgeneem. Die Wêreldgesondheidsorganisasie sê een hantavirus-geval is in ʼn laboratorium […]
# Tennis: Die wêreld-nommer-een, Jannik Sinner, het die Madridse Ope gewen en die eerste man geword om vyf agtereenvolgende Meesters-een-duisend titels te buit. Die Italianer het die Duitser Alexander Zverev verslaan vir sy 28ste agtereenvolgende sege op hierdie vlak na sy oorwinnings in Parys, Indian Wells, Miami en Monte-Carlo. Indien die 24-jarige Sinner die Italiaanse […]
