# US vice president JD Vance says Russia has made significant concessions in talks to end its war with Ukraine. Russian Foreign minister Sergey Lavrov has maintained that any security guarantees for Ukraine would have to involve Moscow and its biggest ally, China, alongside the US, UK, and France. In an interview with NBC, Vance said […]
# Swimmer Tatjana Smith, who clinched four Olympic medals, won sportswoman and sports star of the year at the South African Sport Awards. She retired after last year’s Paris Games. Sportsman of the year went to cyclist Alan Hatherly. Para athletes Simoné Kruger and Mpumelelo Mhlongo were named sportswoman and sportsman of the year with […]
# Die DA maan die minister van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging, Parks Tau, om dringend ʼn nuwe voorsitter vir die Nasionale Loterykommissie aan te stel. Dit volg na die bedanking van Barney Pityana. ʼn DA-woordvoerder, Toby Chance, sê die minister moenie sy voorganger, Ebrahim Patel wat 18 maande gevat het om die gewese voorsitter, Alfred […]
# The DA has urged minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Parks Tau, to urgently appoint a new National Lotteries Commission chairperson. This follows the resignation of Barney Pityana. The DA’s Toby Chance says the minister must not repeat the mistake of his predecessor, Ebrahim Patel, who took 18 months to appoint a replacement for […]
# Die minister van Basiese Onderwys, Siviwe Gwarube, en adjunkminister Reginah Mhaule, sal vandag die G20 Nasionale Onderwys Indaba by Century City in Kaapstad aanbied. Die tema is Neem die G20 na die Mense, en die Indaba sal fokus op gehalte-fundamentele leer deur middel van vroeë kinderversorging en -onderwys en professionele ontwikkeling van onderwysers. Insigte […]
# The minister of Basic Education Siviwe Gwarube and deputy minister Reginah Mhaule, will host the G20 National Education Indaba at Century City in Cape Town today. Under the theme ‘Taking the G20 to the People,’ the Indaba will focus on quality foundational learning through Early Childhood Care and Education and teacher professional development. Insights […]
# Die parlementêre portefeuljekomitee oor Staatsdiens en Administrasie is bekommerd oor berigte van ernstige onreëlmatighede by die Agentskap vir die Administrasie van Staatspensioene. Dit volg na die skorsing van ‘n senior finansiële bestuurder wat geweier het om twyfelagtige betalings van meer as 21-miljoen-rand goed te keur. Bewerings van ‘n spookkontrak ter waarde van byna een-miljard-rand […]
# Parliament Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration has expressed concern over reports of serious irregularities at the Government Pensions Administration Agency. This follows the suspension of a senior financial manager who refused to approve questionable payments of over 21-million-rand. Allegations also surfaced of a ghost contract worth nearly one-billion-rand. The committee has requested […]
# Die Spesiale Ondersoekeenheid het meer as 100 amptenare in vier sindikate onthul wat betrek word by korrupsie in die Tembisa-hospitaal. Die deurbraak spruit uit ‘n driejaar lange ondersoek na inligting verskaf deur die vermoorde fluitjieblaser Babita Diokaran, wat in 2021 doodgeskiet is nadat sy onreëlmatighede blootgelê het. Haar familie sê hulle bly hartseer, maar […]
