# Deputy minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Mmapaseka Letsike, has called for the social and solidarity economy to become a key vehicle for creating jobs, expanding ownership and delivering more inclusive economic growth. She cited economic growth of 0.5-percent in the first quarter of this year, while in the […]
# US president Donald Trump has escalated his trade war with Canada by signing an executive order renaming Lake Ontario to “Lake America”. The lake borders Ontario, Canada, and New York. Last year, he signed an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, a move that was rejected by the […]
# Suspended Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department deputy chief Julius Mkhwanazi was served with his fifth arrest warrant yesterday, linked to the blue-lights saga involving alleged underworld figure Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala. Mkhwanazi is alleged to have unlawfully approved the fitting of blue lights to four private luxury vehicles linked to Matlala’s security company, Cat Protection Services. […]
# Roadrunning: The marathon world record holder, Sabastian Sawe, has withdrawn from next month’s Berlin Marathon in the German capital. The 31-year-old Kenyan shattered the two-hour barrier when he won the London Marathon in April in one-hour-59-minutes-30 seconds. Berlin would have been his first competition since then, and he was looking forward to the very […]
# Padwedlope: Die marathonwêreldrekordhouer, Sabastian Sawe, het onttrek aan volgende maand se Berlyn-marathon in Duitsland. Die 31-jarige Keniaan het die twee-uur-grens verpletter toe hy die Londen-marathon in April in een-uur-59-minute-30-sekondes gewen het. Berlyn sou sy eerste kompetisie sedertdien gewees het, en hy het uitgesien na die baie plat baan wat dit ‘n gunstelingwedren vir potensiële […]
# Die parlementêre ad hoc-komitee vergader vandag om verder oor sy voorlopige verslag te beraadslaag. Die komitee ondersoek nasionale veiligheid ná bewerings van politieke inmenging, korrupsie en misdadigers wat die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens geïnfiltreer het. Bewyse uit getuienisse voor die komitee dui op sistemiese swakhede in die SAPD: die bestuur van spesialis-eenhede is onvoldoende, en dossierbeheer, […]
# Die Stad Tshwane sê hy het in die 2025/2026-boekjaar vier-duisend-120 kwalifiserende begunstigdes uit townships in ander gebiede hervestig. Dit sluit inwoners in wat in vleilande bly, wat huise in die pad van ontwikkeling gebou het, en talle begunstigdes in die nasionale behuisingregister. Die Tshwane-departement van Menslike Nedersettings se woordvoerder, Doreen Mokgolo, sê hulle maak […]
# Die sosialemediareus, Meta, het ná ʼn grensverskuiwende hofsaak ingestem om 287,2-miljard-rand aan 48 Amerikaanse state te betaal. Hy word beskuldig dat hy doelbewus kenmerke ontwerp het wat kinders verslaaf maak aan sy platforms soos Facebook, Instagram en WhatsApp. As deel van die skikking ontken Meta enige verkeerde optrede. Kalifornië se prokureur-generaal, Rob Bonta, sê […]
# The City of Tshwane says it has relocated four-thousand-120 qualifying beneficiaries from informal settlements and other areas requiring relocation during the 2025/2026 financial year. The beneficiaries include residents occupying wetlands, houses built in the way of development, and several beneficiaries have been drawn from the National Housing Needs Register. Tshwane’s Human Settlements Department spokesperson, […]
