# Build One South Africa leader, Mmusi Maimane, warns that public confidence in safety and accountability institutions has eroded to dangerous levels. This follows KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s damning allegations of co-ordinated efforts to obstruct cases and shield those behind political killings. BOSA’s spokesperson, Roger Solomons, says Maimane has written to president Cyril Ramaphosa […]
# Eskom says Unit 4 at Medupi power station in Limpopo is back online, eight months before schedule. The unit had been out of service since 8 August 2021 when it sustained significant damage from the explosion of its generator stator, a key component in the operation of the generation unit. Eskom’s spokesperson, Daphne Mokwena, says the […]
# Afghanistan se regering sê Rusland is die eerste land wat sy regering amptelik erken en noem dit ʼn “dapper besluit”. Die Taliban het in 2021 aan bewind gekom nadat hulle die buiteland-gesteunde regering omvergewerp en ʼn streng weergawe van Islamitiese wette ingestel het. Hulle het amptelike internasionale erkenning en belegging gesoek terwyl die land […]
# Afghanistan’s government says that Russia has become the first country to officially recognise its rule, calling it a “brave decision”. The Taliban swept back to power in 2021 after ousting the foreign-backed government and have imposed an austere version of Islamic law. They have keenly sought official international recognition and investment, as the country […]
# The City of Cape Town’s Disaster Risk Management Centre will remain on high alert as an intense cold front is expected to make landfall in the Western Cape on Friday and on Saturday. The South African Weather Service has issued a warning for yellow level 4 disruptive rainfall this coming weekend. The city’s Disaster […]
# Die Lughawensmaatskappy van Suid-Afrika sê die passasiersgetalle bly hoog by die sentrale sekerheidspunt op die OR Tambo Internasionale Lughawe in Gauteng. ACSA se woordvoerder, Thea Govindsamy, sê mense beweeg nog effens stadiger, maar sekerheidsbedrywighede word goed ondersteun met nege siftingsmasjiene wat tans gebruik word. Sy sê die ontwrigting, wat toegeskryf word aan bedryfsprobleme, raak […]
# ‘n Vermiste pasgebore seuntjie, Mogamat Imaad Shamar, is ongedeerd gevind in Tafelsig in Mitchells Plain, Kaapstad. Polisiewoordvoerder Frederick van Wyk sê ‘n multidissiplinêre taakspan het onvermoeid gewerk sedert ‘n saak van ontvoering Saterdag by Bellville se polisiestasie geregistreer is. Hy sê die baba is by ‘n plaaslike winkelsentrum ontvoer:
# Elon Musk het na weke van relatiewe stilte ná sy geskil met Donald Trump weer gewaarsku die Amerikaanse president se sogenaamde groot, lieflike wetsontwerp gaan nasionale skuld laat styg. Die wêreld se rykste mens het sy aanvalle teen Trump se voorgestelde belasting- en bestedingswetsontwerp verskerp na sy aanvanklike uitbarsting. Musk het op X gesê […]
# Following weeks of relative silence after clashing with Donald Trump, Elon Musk has warned the US president’s so-called big beautiful bill will increase national debt. The world’s richest person has stepped up attacks on Trump’s proposed tax and spending bill, weeks after a spectacular fallout between them. In a post on X, Musk says […]
