# The civil rights organisation, AfriForum has welcomed the South African government’s proposal issued in the Government Gazette for the easing of racial criteria for satellite service companies, such as Starlink, as contained in the broad-based black economic empowerment licencing requirements. The organisation’s Ernst van Zyl says AfriForum has been a major player in the fight to remove the strict […]
# Sewentien mense is beseer, waarvan vier in ‘n kritieke toestand, ná ‘n mesaanval by Hamburg se Sentrale Stasie. Die polisie het na ‘n groot soektog ‘n 39-jarige Duitse vrou gearresteer wat waarskynlik alleen opgetree het. Die Polisie het aan CNN gesê hulle vermoed nie enige politieke motivering nie maar kyk na die moontlikheid dat […]
# Tennis: Lloyd Harris van Suid-Afrika het vir die hooftrekking van die Franse Ope gekwalifiseer na hy die veteraan Marin Cilic van Kroasië in sy laaste kwalifiserende wedstryd geklop het. Cilic het die Amerikaanse Ope in 2014 gewen en was die wêreld nommer-drie. Harris het die afgelope tyd met beserings gesukkel wat hom van 31 […]
# Die EFF verwerp die beleid wat die minister van Kommunikasie en Digitale Tegnolgie, Solly Malatsi, in die Staatskoerant afgekondig het. Die party sê dit verskaf ‘n agterdeur vir buitelandse maatskappye soos Elon Musk se Starlink om Suid-Afrika se swart bemagtigingswetgewing te omseil onder die dekmantel van die Ekwiteit-Ekwivalente Beleggingsprogram. Thembi Msani van die EFF […]
# The EFF has rejected the policy direction gazetted by Communications and Digital Technologies minister, Solly Malatsi. The party says it provides a backdoor for foreign multinationals like Elon Musk’s Starlink to bypass South Africa’s Black empowerment laws under the guise of the Equity Equivalent Investment Programmes. The EFF’s spokesperson, Thembi Msane says this policy is tailor-made […]
# Tennis: South Africa’s Lloyd Harris has qualified for the French Open main draw after beating Croatian veteran Marin Cilic in his final qualifying match. Cilic is renowned for winning the US Open in 2014 and is a former world number 3. Harris has recently been plagued by injuries which has seen his ATP rankings […]
# Seventeen people were injured, four of whom critically, in a knife attack at Hamburg’s Central Station. German police have arrested a 39-year-old German woman, who they believe acted alone, after a major police operation. Officers told CNN they are not assuming any political motivation but were looking into whether the suspect had mental issues. […]
# Die Suider-Afrikaanse Toerismedienstevereniging het hoë tevredenheid onder besoekers en die volle herstel van Amerikaanse reise na Suid-Afrika rapporteer, met 372-duisend-362 aankomste in 2024, wat ooreenstem met vlakke voor die pandemie. Die uitvoerende hoof David Frost sê alhoewel uitdagings soos misdaad bestaan, word toeriste se veiligheid geprioritiseer. Te midde vansterk openbare-privaat veiligheidspogings, doen Frost a […]
# COSATU het by miljoene regoor die vasteland aangesluit om Afrikadag 2025 te herdenk, Afrika se bevrydingstryd te vereer en solidariteit met onderdrukte nasies te bevestig. Woordvoerder Zanele Sabela het steun vir Eswatini, Zimbabwe, Kameroen, Soedan en die Demokratiese Republiek die Kongo beklemtoon. Sabela het koloniale ongeregtighede in Palestina en Wes-Sahara veroordeel. Sy doen ‘n […]
