# Krieket: Engeland het 371 lopies gejaag om ‘n vyf-paaltjie oorwinning teen Indië in hulle eerste toets in Headingley. Die speler van die wedstryd, Ben Duckett, het 149 aangeteken in ‘n openingsvennootskap van 188 met Zak Crawley. Dit was Engeland se tiende suksesvolste lopiejaagtog in toetsgeskiedenis. Indië het 471 en 364 aangeteken, terwyl Engeland met […]
# Die regering sê die aankoms van entstof om die hardnekkige bek-en-klouseersiekte te bestry sal help teen die verspreiding van die siekte en biosekuriteit verbeter. Altesaam 900-duisend entstofampules wat van die Botswana Entstofinstituut verkry is, het verlede week in die land aangekom. Die siekte is in KwaZulu-Natal aangemeld wat die ergste geraak is, asook Gauteng, […]
# ‘n Uitgelekte voorlopige Amerikaanse intelligensieverslag het tot die gevolgtrekking gekom dat kernkomponente van Iran se kernprogram nie vernietig is in Amerika se militêre aanvalle op drie aanlegte nie. Dit is ondanks president Donald Trump se aankondiging dat die aanvalle Iran se kernprogram uitgewis het. Volgens die Pentagon se Verdedigingsintelligensie-agentskap is Iran se voorraad hoogs […]
# Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Parks Tau, says allegations about conflicts of interest involving the winning bidder of the lottery licence will be investigated thoroughly. Sizekhaya Holdings won the multi-billion-rand tender for the eight-year lottery licence; however, questions have arisen over alleged links between the company and deputy president Paul Mashatile’s sister-in-law. Tau […]
# The DA in Gauteng is demanding answers on why the agreement between the Emfuleni Municipality and Rand Water has not been honoured. This has resulted in the attachment of the municipality’s bank accounts. At the end of March, Emfuleni’s water losses were at 57.3-percent. The DA’s Elize Aucamp says this has happened, despite the […]
# Cricket: England chased down 371 to seal a five-wicket victory over India in the first Test in Headingley. Player of the match Ben Duckett scored 149 and shared an 188-run opening partnership with Zak Crawley, as England completed the tenth-highest successful run chase in Test history. India posted scores of 471 and 364, while […]
# Government says the arrival of vaccines to combat the persistent foot-and-mouth disease will help contain the spread of the disease and enhance biosecurity. A total of 900-thousand vaccines purchased from the Botswana Vaccine Institute arrived in the country last week. FMD has been reported in KwaZulu-Natal, the most affected, Gauteng, North West and Mpumalanga. […]
# A leaked preliminary US intelligence assessment has concluded that core components of Iran’s nuclear programme were not destroyed in America’s military strikes on three facilities. This is despite president Donald Trump claiming that the strikes obliterated Iran’s nuclear programme. According to the Pentagon’s Defence Intelligence Agency, Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium that could […]
# Rugby: The City of Cape Town has alerted motorists and rugby fans on traffic restrictions around Green Point and Granger Bay. A sold-out crowd of over 40-thousand fans is expected today at Cape Town’s DHL Stadium as the Springboks face the Barbarians in a historic first-ever match on South African soil in the Qatar […]