# Build One South Africa says the next phase of South Africa’s journey must be defined by the expansion of economic freedom and the restoration of dignity for all. It says this requires bold reforms to grow the economy, create jobs, and ensure that opportunity is not determined by where you are born, but by […]
# Die DA doen ʼn dringende beroep op die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, om die brandstofheffing-verligting nog ʼn maand te verleng. Die regering het in Maart aangekondig hy verlaag die brandstofheffing met drie-rand om die uitwerking van stygende oliepryse weens die konflik in die Midde-Ooste te versag. Die toegewing verval volgende Dinsdag. Mark Burke […]
# Tennis: Die tweede gekeurde Duitser, Alexander Zverev, is vir die negende keer deur na die Madrid Ope se laaste 16 nadat hy die Fransman, Terence Atmane, verslaan het. Die Belg, Alexander Blockx, het die wêreld-nommer-vyf, Felix Auger-Aliassime van Kanada geklop terwyl die Rus, Daniil Medvedev, met Nicolai Budkov Kjaer van Noorweë afgereken het. In […]
# Die verdagte in die skietery by die Withuis-korrespondente-dinee, Cole Tomas Allen, het drie federale aanklagte teen hom. Die 31-jarige Allen het gister in Washington in die hof verskyn. Aanklaers sê hy het ʼn semi-outomatiese wapen, ʼn pompaksie-haelgeweer en drie messe by hom gehad en het alleen opgetree. Die waarnemende Prokureur-generaal, Todd Blanche, sê Allen […]
# Government says reports suggesting that the National Freedom Day celebrations in Bloemfontein were disrupted, after an individual made his way onto the stage towards president Cyril Ramaphosa and the minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie, are misleading. Acting government spokesperson Nomonde Mnukwa says the reports are incorrect and may overstate the nature […]
# The DA is urging Finance minister Enoch Godongwana to continue the fuel levy relief for at least one more month. In March, the government announced it would cut the general fuel levy by three-rand to cushion the blow of rising global oil prices caused by the ongoing Middle East conflict. This relief is due […]
# Tennis: Second-seeded German Alexander Zverev is through to the Madrid Open last 16 for the ninth time. He defeated Frenchman Terence Atmane, 6-3, 7-6. Belgian Alexander Blockx stunned world number five Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, 7-6, 6-3, while Russia’s Daniil Medvedev beat Norwegian Nicolai Budkov Kjaer 6-3, 6-2. In the women’s draw, world number one Aryna […]
# The suspect in the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting, Cole Tomas Allen, has been charged with three federal charges. The 31-year-old appeared in court in Washington on Monday. Prosecutors say Allen was armed with a semi-automatic handgun, a pump-action shotgun, and three knives, and acted alone. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche says Allen has […]
# The Gauteng Health Department is urging parents to prioritise childhood immunisation as coverage declines. This comes amid African Vaccination Week, aimed at strengthening immunisation programmes. The department’s Tshifhiwa Mashamba says only 75.3-percent of children under one were vaccinated in the 2025/26 financial year, down from 83-percent previously. Mashamba warns this increases the risk of […]
