# Wildfires have broken out on an island and in towns near Athens in Greece, with blazes also being sparked in Turkey and Syria. Two villages on the island of Evia were evacuated after the blaze started late on Friday. More than 160 firefighters, 46 trucks and five aircraft were deployed to the island. Evia […]
# DA leader John Steenhuisen says the forthcoming National Dialogue will be an enormously expensive process with a lot of talking but nothing else to address the concerns of South Africans. He says an open letter by former president Thabo Mbeki confirmed that the dialogue was meant to benefit the ANC. Mbeki and president Cyril Ramaphosa earlier […]
# Cycling: There were mixed fortunes for the thousands of Belgian fans who poured over the border for the opening stage of the Tour de France on Saturday as Jasper Philipsen won, but star rider Remco Evenepoel lost valuable time. Philipsen took the yellow jersey in a frantic sprint finish at the northern city of […]
# Motorsport: Red Bull’s Max Verstappen claimed pole for the British Grand Prix after qualifying at Silverstone on Saturday. McLaren’s championship leader, Oscar Piastri, will start alongside the Dutchman on the front row of today’s race. Piastri’s teammate, Lando Norris, starts on the second row, with the Mercedes of George Russell next to him. Piastri […]
# Die ministerie van Verdediging en Militêre Veterane het met kommer kennis geneem van ‘n “misleidende” sosialemediaplasing deur die DA, wat minister Angie Motshekga se naam beswadder. ‘n Woordvoerder van die ministerie, Onicca Kwakwa, sê dit verwys na toelaes wat verskuldig is aan lede van die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Weermag wat as deel van die SAOG-sending […]
# The Ministry of Defence and Military Veterans has noted with concern what it calls a misleading social media post by the DA, dragging Minister Angie Motshekga’s name into disrepute. Ministry Spokesperson Onicca Kwakwa says this refers to allowances due to members of the South African National Defence Force deployed under the SADC Mission in […]
# A veteran labour lawyer, Michael Bagraim, has asked for an urgent proper ghost worker audit is all government national and provincial departments. He says in May this year, Finance minister Enoch Godongwana announced a cleanup expenditure review of more than 300-billion-rand in government spending since 2013, to root out inefficiencies, including ghost employees. Bagraim says […]
# ‘n Deurwinterde arbeidsadvokaat, Michael Bagraim, het gevra vir ‘n deurtastende spookwerker-oudit in alle nasionale en provinsiale regeringsdepartemente. Hy sê in Mei vanjaar het die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, ‘n uitgawe-oorsig vir opruiming van meer as 300-miljard-rand sedert 2013 bekend gemaak om ondoeltreffende regering, insluitend spookwerknemers, uit te roei. Bagraim sê spookwerknemers in die […]
# Ten minste 24 mense is dood in kitsvloede in die Amerikaanse staat Texas. Owerhede het bevestig dat nog 25 mense, waaronder 20 kinders, steeds vermis word. Meer as 700 het die somerkamp bygewoon. Owerhede sê die meeste van die kampgangers is veilig, maar hulle kon nie onmiddellik ontruim word nie omdat hoë watervlakke plaaslike […]
