# The DA has welcomed the Construction Industry Development Board’s decision to blacklist 40 contractors since June 2024. This compares to only one company blacklisted since 2002. The blacklisted contractors are now prohibited from bidding for tenders or being awarded work by the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure and its entities. The DA’s Bonginkosi […]
# US president Donald Trump says Charlie Kirk was assassinated because he lived bravely, he lived boldly, and he argued brilliantly. The conservative activist was fatally shot at Utah Valley University earlier this month, and 22-year-old Tyler Robinson has been charged with his murder. Speaking at a memorial service for Kirk in Arizona yesterday, Trump characterised […]
# Die hoof van die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag, Shamila Batohi, het Suid-Afrikaners versoek om uitspraak voor te behou oor getuienis voor die Madlanga-kommissie. In die eerste drie dae van die ondersoek het die KwaZulu-Natalse polisiekommissaris, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, getuig dat sakemanne die regstelsel geïnfiltreer het met die steun van top-polisiebeamptes. Batohi sê dit bly bewerings en sy […]
# The head of the National Prosecuting Authority, Shamila Batohi, has urged South Africans to reserve judgment on testimonies at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry. In the three days of the inquiry KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi testified that businessmen infiltrated the justice system with support from top police officials. Batohi says these remain allegations […]
# Atletiek: Jo-Ane du Plessis het die beste vertoning deur die Suid-Afrikaanse span tot dusver by die Wêreldatletiekkampioenskap gelewer en gister vierde geëindig in die vroue-spiesgooi in Tokio, Japan. Op die voorlaaste dag van die byeenkoms het Du Plessis se spies op 63,06-meter geland met haar tweede ronde-poging. Die Suid-Afrikaanse mans 4×100-meter-aflosspan was baie verlig […]
# Die DA het parlementslid, Dianne Kohler Barnard, verdedig na ‘n beslukdiging deur die KwaZulu-Natalse polisiekommissaris, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, dat sy geklassifiseerde inligting uitgelek het. Kohler Barnard, wat in die Parlement se gesamentlike komitee oor intelligensie dien, het in Junie besonderhede van ‘n ondersoek na onwettige eiendomsverkrygings onthul. Die DA het die bewerings as lasterlik afgemaak. […]
# Die Kyalami Grand Prix-renbaan bied hierdie naweek die DStv Delicious internasionale kos- en musiekfees aan. Dit is ‘n viering van kultuur, geur en ritme. Dit is die elfde jaar van die fees wat wêreldklas-vermaak, kulinêre avonture, dinamiese mode en kunsinstallasies bied. Besoekers kan optredes deur kunstenaars soos Don Toliver en Kwesta verwag, tesame met […]
# The Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit is hosting the DStv Delicious International Food and Music Festival this weekend. It’s a celebration of culture, flavour, and beats. Returning for its eleventh year, the two-day festival offers world-class entertainment, culinary adventures, vibrant fashion, and art installations. Visitors should expect performances from headliners like Don Toliver, Kwesta, alongside […]
# The DA has defended Member of Parliament, Dianne Kohler Barnard, after KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi accused her of leaking classified intelligence. Kohler Barnard, who sits on Parliament’s Joint Committee on Intelligence, revealed details of a probe into unlawful property acquisitions in June. The DA dismissed the allegations as defamatory. Spokesperson Karabo Khakhau told […]
