# Business Leadership South Africa and Business Unity South Africa urge Eskom to withdraw its legal fight against electricity trading licences issued by the energy regulator, Nersa. The two business bodies state the power utility’s litigation undermines energy reforms, delays private investment, and prolongs load-shedding. BLSA CEO Busisiwe Mavuso urged the government to intervene, calling […]
# Tennis: Die Amerikaner Ben Shelton kom teen Karen Khachanov van Rusland te staan in die eindstryd van die Kanadese Ope in Toronto. Shelton het sy landgenoot Taylor Fritz verslaan om sy eerste ATP-een-duisend-eindstryd te bereik en Khachanov het die topgekeurde Duitser Alexander Zverev verslaan. In die vroue-toernooi in Montreal het die viermalige Grand Slam-kampioen, […]
# Die Verenigde Nasies se Menseregtekantoor sê die M23-rebelle se aanvalle op burgerlikes in die ooste van die Demokratiese Republiek die Kongo gaan voort al is ʼn skietstilstand in Junie onderteken. M23-soldate en lede van die Rwandese Weermag het tussen 9 en 21 Julie minstens 319 burgerlikes in die Noord-Kivu-provinsie vermoor. Die VN se hoëkommissaris […]
# The United Nations Human Rights Office says attacks on civilians by the M23 are continuing in the Democratic Republic of Congo, despite a ceasefire signed in June. At least 319 civilians were killed by M23 fighters, aided by members of the Rwanda Defence Force, between 9 and 21 July in North Kivu province. UN […]
# Tennis: American Ben Shelton will face Russia’s Karen Khachanov in the Canadian Open final in Toronto. Shelton defeated compatriot Taylor Fritz, 6-4, 6-3, to reach his maiden ATP-one-thousand final. Khachanov recorded a 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 victory against top seeded Alexander Zverev of Germany. In the women’s draw in Montreal, four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka […]
# ActionSA het die Gesondheidsdepartement kritiseer vir die versuim om die getal ongedokumenteerde migrante vas te stel wat van die land se gesondheidsorg-geriewe gebruik maak. Die departement het op ‘n parlementêre vraag geantwoord almal het die reg op toegang tot gesondheidsorg en niemand mag dringende mediese hulp geweier word nie. Kgosi Letlape van ActionSA sê as […]
# Die Gautengse Onderwysdepartement sê vyf leerders van die Thuto-Lefa Secondary School in Munsieville, Krugersdorp, is in hegtenis geneem nadat twee mobiele klaskamers aan die brand gesteek is. Dit het na bewering gevolg op leerders se ontevredenheid met onlangse roosterveranderings. Die departement se woordvoerder, Steve Mabona, sê dis uiters ontstellend dat moontlike teenstand teen akademiese […]
# ActionSA has criticised the Health Department for failing to track the number of undocumented migrants who make use of the country’s healthcare facilities. In a response to a parliamentary question, the department said everyone has the right to access healthcare services, and no one may be refused emergency medical treatment. ActionSA’s Kgosi Letlape says the absence […]
# The Gauteng Department of Education says five learners from Thuto-Lefa Secondary School in Munsieville, Krugersdorp, have been arrested in connection with the torching of two mobile classrooms. It is alleged that the incident may be linked to learner dissatisfaction with recent timetable changes introduced by the school. The department’s spokesperson, Steve Mabona, says it […]
