# The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, has expressed concern at reports of xenophobic attacks and acts of harassment and intimidation against migrants and foreign nationals in KwaZulu‑Natal and the Eastern Cape. Recent anti-immigrant protests led by groups including the March and March Movement turned violent. Guterres says individuals inciting violence and exploiting socio-economic conditions […]
# Athletics: The inaugural Simbine Classic begins today at Pilditch Stadium in Pretoria, marking the country’s first World Athletics Continental Tour Silver meeting. South African sprinter Akani Simbine says the event gives local athletes a chance to earn ranking points and compete globally at home. He highlighted gaps in grassroots development to SABC News, urging […]
# ‘n Professor aan die Stellenbosse Sakeskool, Armand Bam, sê Suid-Afrika het nie genoeg gedoen om strukturele ongelykhede uit te wis wat in apartheid gewortel is nie. Hy het teenoor SABC News die ongelykhede in welvaart en leierskap uitgelig en sê ‘n klein persentasie besit die meerderheid van welvaart. Bam sê wit mans beklee steeds […]
# Atletiek: Die eerste Simbine Classic wat vandag op die Pilditch-stadion in Pretoria begin, is die land se eerste Wêreldatletiek-vastelandse silwerbyeenkoms. Die Suid-Afrikaanse naelloper, Akani Simbine, sê dit gee plaaslike atlete kans om ranglyspunte te verdien en tuis met die res van die wêreld mee te ding. Hy het teenoor SABC News gapings in grondvlak-ontwikkeling […]
# Die polisie op die OR Tambo-internasionale Lughawe in Gauteng het ‘n 26-jarige Brasiliaanse burger in hegtenis geneem toe 8,7-miljoen-rand se kokaïen onderskep is. Woordvoerder Athlenda Mathe sê lede het intelligensie ontvang en die persoon se bagasie deursoek met landing, waarop die dwelm ontdek is. Dit is deel van voortgesette optrede teen internasionale dwelmhandel-netwerke. Mathe […]
# Police at OR Tambo International Airport in Gauteng have arrested a 26-year-old Brazilian national after intercepting cocaine valued at 8.7-million-rand. Spokesperson Athlenda Mathe says officials acted on intelligence and searched the suspect’s luggage upon arrival, discovering concealed blocks of cocaine. The arrest forms part of ongoing operations targeting international drug trafficking networks. Mathe says […]
# Stellenbosch Business School professor Armand Bam says South Africa has not done enough to address structural inequalities rooted in apartheid. Speaking to SABC News, Bam highlighted disparities in wealth and leadership, noting that a small percentage holds the majority of wealth while many remain in poverty. Bam says over 70-percent of leadership roles are […]
# Die polisie in Mpumalanga vra inwoners om godsdienstige byeenkomste in riviere te vermy ná verskeie verdrinkings. Woordvoerder Jabu Ndubane het bevestig drie kinders het in die Wellasrivier in eMbalenhle verdrink, en ‘n bejaarde pastoor het in die Etiyeni-dam verdrink. Sy sê geregtelike doodsondersoeke is geopen. Ndubane waarsku gemeenskappe om veiligheid voorop te stel en […]
# Die MK-party veroordeel wat hy noem die instorting van basiese bestuur in die Departement Kommunikasie en Digitale Tegnologieë na die terugtrekking van die konsep-beleid oor Nasionale Kunsmatige Intelligensie. Die party sê die dokument bevat fiktiewe bronne en beskryf dit as ‘n nasionale verleentheid en bewys van swak oorsig. Hy kritiseer minister Solly Malatsi se […]
