# US vice president JD Vance says they are locked and loaded to aggressively attack Iran again if a peace deal to end the war is not reached soon. President Donald Trump stated yesterday that he was only an hour away from launching another military strike on Tehran, before he postponed it at the request […]
# The Public Servants Association has welcomed the dismissal of the Gauteng Gambling Board CEO, Karabo Mbele, over governance failures and gross misconduct. The board’s chief financial officer, Oscar Maripane, has been suspended, following revelations of procurement irregularities and financial governance failures. PSA’s Claude Naicker says this overdue intervention is a crucial step towards restoring accountability, ethical […]
# Rugby: Fans can still vote for their United Rugby Championship try of the year, with four South African players being nominated. They are the Bulls’ players, Springbok flyhalf Handré Pollard for the match against Scarlets, and Junior Springbok wing, Cheswill Jooste, for his five-pointer against Munster; Wandisile Simelane of the Stormers for the match […]
# The South African Private Practitioners Forum says a Constitutional Court ruling striking down the certificate of need provisions in the National Health Act is a major victory for healthcare professionals and patients. The court has declared the provisions unconstitutional. The forum’s Simon Strachan says the judgment protects medical professionals’ independence and improves patient access […]
# Rugby: Ondersteuners kan steeds stem vir die Verenigde Rugbykampioenskap se drie van die jaar, met vier Suid-Afrikaanse spelers wat benoem is. Hulle is die Bulle, die Springbok-losskakel Handré Pollard vir die wedstryd teen Scarlets, en die Junior Springbok-vleuel, Cheswill Jooste, vir sy drie teen Munster. Wandisile Simelane van die Stormers is benoem vir die […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Private Praktisynsforum sê ‘n uitspraak deur die Konstitusionele Hof waar bepalings oor die sertifikaat van behoefte in die Nasionale Gesondheidswet ter syde gestel is, is ‘n groot oorwinning vir gesondheidsorgpersoneel en pasiënte. Die Hof het die bepalings ongrondwetlik verklaar. Simon Strachan van die Forum sê die uitspraak beskerm medici se onafhanklikheid en […]
# President Xi Jinping van China en sy Russiese amps- en bondgenoot, Vladimir Putin, vergader vandag en môre in Beijing in ʼn poging om bande te versterk. Putin se besoek val saam met die 25ste herdenking van die Verdrag van Goeie Buurmanskap en Vriendelike Samewerking tussen Rusland en China. Sy besoek volg minder as ʼn week […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse premier, Alan Winde, sê die volle omvang van verlede week se verwoestende storms word nog bepaal en die koste sal waarskynlik miljarde-rand beloop. Swaar reën, oorstromings en sterk wind het elf lewens in die provinsie geëis. Die provinsiale regering het aansoek gedoen dat die provinsie tot rampgebied verklaar word om te help […]
# Die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag ontken berigte dat ʼn pleitooreenkoms bereik is tussen die Ondersoekdirektoraat teen Korrupsie en Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala, wat van korrupsie en poging tot moord beskuldig word. The Sunday Times berig dat Matlala bereid is om bewyse te verskaf wat sekere individue betrek by ʼn grootskaalse korrupsie-ondersoek waarby sy maatskappy, Medicare24 Tshwane-distrik betrek […]
