# Olympics: The president of the South African Sports Confederation, Olympic and Paralympic Committee, Barry Hendricks, has been suspended with immediate effect. This follows allegations of breaches of the organisation’s safeguarding policy and Codes Handbook. SASCOC says the suspension does not constitute a finding of wrongdoing against Hendricks. It emphasises that this decision was taken […]
# Die leier van die MK-party Jacob Zuma eis ‘n ondersoek na bewerings dat behoorlik benoemde kandidate van die partylys verwyder is wat aan die Verkiesingskommissie voorgelê is en met ander name vervang is. Die bewering spruit voort uit die onlangse raadslidverkiesingsproses voor die plaaslikeregeringsverkiesing. Zandile Hlophe-Mkhwanazi en Sibonelo Maphumulo is onverwyld uit die Nasionale […]
# Die KwaZulu-Natalse polisie het ʼn derde verdagte, ʼn 40-jarige vrou, aangekeer vir die moord op die musikant Warrick “DJ Warras” Stock buite ʼn gekaapte gebou in die Johannesburgse middestad in Desember. ‘n Mosambiekse burger, Armando Pacula, is verlede maand tot 25-jaar tronkstraf gevonnis nadat hy erken het hy het Stock geskiet. Die saak teen […]
# KwaZulu-Natal Police have arrested a 40-year-old woman in connection with the murder of musician Warrick “DJ Warras” Stock. This brings to three the number of suspects apprehended. Stock was shot dead in December last year, outside a hijacked building in the Johannesburg CBD. Last month, Mozambican Armando Pacula, the confessed gunman, was sentenced to […]
# MK Party leader Jacob Zuma has ordered an investigation into allegations that duly nominated councillor candidates were removed from the party lists submitted to the Electoral Commission and replaced with other names. The allegations stem from the recent councillor selection process ahead of the local government elections. Zandile Hlophe-Mkhwanazi and Sibonelo Maphumulo have been […]
# Die Verkiesingskommissie verwag dat meer politieke partye die Verkiesingshof gaan nader oor die indiening van kandidate-lyste. Die ANC daag die OVK se besluit uit om nie sy kandidate in ses munisipaliteite te registreer nie. Volgens die party kon hy kandidate nie registreer nie weens ʼn probleem met die stelsel. Die Verkiesingshof het intussen die […]
# Tennis: Die wêreld-nommer-een, Aryna Sabalenka van Belarus, is steeds op koers vir ‘n derde agtereenvolgende Amerikaanse Ope-titel, en is deur na die halfeindronde. Die verdedigende kampioen het die Tsjeg Linda Noskova geklop in haar 19de agtereenvolgende oorwinning op die toernooi. Sabalenka kom nou teen Jessica Pegula te staan nadat die Amerikaner haar landgenoot Emma […]
# President Donald Trump van Amerika het gereageer op Kanada se jongste tariewe deur ʼn klomp Kanadese goedere, insluitend alkohol- en suiwelprodukte, te verbied. Dit volg nadat Ottawa se vergeldingstariewe van 15- tot 50-persent op Amerikaanse invoere van byna 320-miljard-rand gister van krag geword het. Die Withuis het verlede maand tariewe van 50-persent ingestel op […]
# The Electoral Commission says it expects more political parties to approach the Electoral Court over candidate list submissions. This comes as the ANC has approached the court to challenge the IEC’s decision not to register party candidates in six municipalities. The party claims it was unable to register the candidates because of technical glitches […]
