# Swimming: Fourteen swimmers will represent South Africa at the World Aquatics Championships, starting in Singapore tomorrow. The only South African to win a medal at last year’s World Swimming Championships, Pieter Coetzé, will lead the country’s challege after just clinching three medals at the World University Games. Erin Gallagher, also from the University of […]
# President Emmanuel Macron sê Frankryk sal Palestina in September as ʼn staat erken en die eerste lid van die Verenigde Nasies se Veiligheidsraad en G7-nasies word wat dit doen. Die Franse president sê hy hoop die besluit sal vrede in die Midde-Ooste bring. Macron voeg by die hoofsaak is om die oorlog in Gaza […]
# Tennis: Die Brit, Emma Raducanu, is deur na die Washingtonse Ope se kwarteindronde nadat sy die viermalige Grand Slam-wenner, Naomi Osaka van Japan, verslaan het. Die 22-jarige speel volgende teen die promotorskeuse, Maria Sakkari van Griekeland. Magdalena Frech van Pole het die 45-jarige Amerikaner Venus Williams se terugkeer-toernooi beëindig. In die mansafdeling is die […]
# ActionSA in Gauteng sê hy neem met woede kennis van Ekurhuleni-burgemeester, Nkosindiphile Xhakaza, se jongste poging om die skuld vir die vaste elektrisiteitsbybetaling van 126-rand op die Nasionale Energiereguleerder van Suid-Afrika te pak. Die burgemeester beweer NERSA het die bybetaling voorgeskryf. ActionSA-woordvoerder Zwelithini Mtshali sê NERSA skryf nie munisipale tariewe voor nie; hulle keur goed […]
# Die vakverbond Cosatu sê hy het sy voorlegging ter ondersteuning van die hernuwing van die Wet op Groei en Geleenthede in Afrika aan die Amerikaanse handelsverteenwoordiger oorhandig. Die verhouding tussen Suid-Afrika en Amerika is op ʼn laagtepunt en dit wil voorkom of Suid-Afrika se insluiting by AGOA nie in September hernu gaan word nie. […]
# President Emmanuel Macron says France will recognise Palestine as a state in September, becoming the first member of the United Nations Security Council and the G7 nations to do so. The French president says he hopes this decision will bring peace to the Middle East. Macron added that the urgent need today is for […]
# Tennis: Britain’s Emma Raducanu is through to the Washington Open quarterfinals, after beating four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka of Japan, 6-4, 6-2. The 22-year-old will face wildcard Maria Sakkari next. Poland’s Magdalena Frech ended 45-year-old American Venus Williams’ comeback tournament with a 6-2, 6-2 victory. In the men’s draw, Russia’s Daniil Medvedev eased […]
# ActionSA in Gauteng says it notes with outrage the latest attempt by Ekurhuleni mayor, Nkosindiphile Xhakaza, to shift the blame for the punitive 126-rand fixed electricity surcharge onto the National Energy Regulator of South Africa. The mayor claims NERSA prescribed the surcharge. ActionSA’s Zwelithini Mtshali says NERSA does not prescribe municipal tariffs; it approves what […]
# The Congress of South African Trade Unions says it has presented its submission in support of the African Growth and Opportunities Act’s renewal to the United States’ Trade Representative. With relations between the South African and US governments at a low point, it seems likely that South Africa’s inclusion in the AGOA will not […]
