# South Africans continue to face mounting financial pressure as the cost of a basic household food basket has risen from just over three-thousand-400 in 2020 to more than five-thousand-500 this year – an increase of 62-percent. Investec chief economist Annabel Bishop, says rising fuel and transport costs, inflation, interest rates, exchange rate fluctuations and […]
# Soccer: Banyana Banyana have missed out on automatic qualification for the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup after a 2–1 quarterfinal defeat to hosts Morocco at the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Rabat. The loss ended South Africa’s title defence and eliminated them from the tournament’s main competition. However, Desiree Ellis’ side still has […]
# ActionSA says KwaZulu-Natal must move from opposition benches to government, with the party’s Tshwane mayoral candidate Nasiphi Moya, highlighting eThekwini’s importance to the province’s economy. Speaking in KwaMashu, Durban, Moya said failures in infrastructure, sewage and municipal governance hurt businesses, tourism, investment and jobs. She says ActionSA councillors have challenged outsourcing, and demanded greater […]
# Eskom has welcomed the convictions of former contractor Michael Lomas and businessman Hudson Kgomoeswana over procurement irregularities and corruption in the past linked to the Kusile Power Station project. Eskom spokesperson Daphne Mokwena says the convictions mark another milestone in efforts to hold accountable those accused of misusing public funds. She says the utility […]
# ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba says the party wants enough seats to become a key player in governing major municipalities. Speaking in KwaMashu, Durban, Mashaba said ActionSA is targeting eThekwini, KwaDukuza and Newcastle, where it already has a presence. Mashaba says the party aims to influence coalition governments rather than necessarily secure outright majorities. He […]
# Die Nasionale Konvensionele Wapenbeheerkomitee het 64 kontrakteringspermitte ter waarde van 17,8 miljard rand vir 27 lande gedurende die eerste kwartaal van 2026 gemagtig. Die adjunkminister van Justisie en Konstitusionele Ontwikkeling en adjunkvoorsitter van die Komitee, Andries Nel, het die goedkeuring van 86 ammunisie-uitvoerpermitte ter waarde van 855-miljoen-rand, 76 invoerpermitte ter waarde van 82-miljoen-rand, en […]
# Die ANC-sekretaris-generaal Fikile Mbalula sê die party gaan formeel by die speaker van die Nasionale Vergadering, Thoko Didiza, beswaar maak oor die voorgestelde aanstelling van advokaat Thandazani Madonsela as bewysleier vir die Parlement se Artikel 89-ampsklagkomitee. Mbalula voer aan dat Madonsela ‘n botsing van belange het omdat hy voorheen regsadvies aan die ANC verskaf […]
# Die burgerregtebeweging Not In My Name International sê die dood van die 17-jarige Cameron Waldeck-Cooks en die 19-jarige Ethan Coetzee werp weereens die kollig op geslagsgeweld en toksiese manlikheid. Voorlopige bevindinge dui daarop dat die graad 11-leerder aan die St Stithians Girls’ College in Johannesburg verwurg en versmoor is, terwyl Coetzee moontlik sy eie […]
# Rugby: Die All Blacks-kaptein Patrick Tuipulotu sê die Stormers het sy span se dissipline gisteraand op die Kaapstad-stadion getoets, waar die besoekers met 38 – 21 gewen het. Hy het die Stormers se sterk fisiese oorheersing in die eerste botsing van hul Suid-Afrikaanse toer geprys. Hoofafrigter Dave Rennie het ook frustrasie uitgespreek oor die […]
