# The Pretoria Magistrate’s Court has sentenced a 38-year-old street dweller to life imprisonment for the murder of his pregnant girlfriend. The National Prosecuting Authority’s spokesperson, Lumka Mahanjana, says the couple, who frequently stayed at the corner of Park and Wessels Streets in Sunnyside, had an argument that escalated into violence in December 2023. She […]
# Die minister van Openbare Werke, Dean Macpherson, bied vandag die eerste Openbare Werke en Infrastruktuur-beraad aan in Sandton, Johannesburg. Die tema is om Suid-Afrika in ‘n bouterrein te omskep, en die geleentheid sal aandag skenk aan Suid-Afrika se verswakkende infrastruktuur wat ekonomiese groei en beleggersvertroue belemmer. Sleutelonderwerpe sluit in onderbelegging, swak instandhouding en projekvertragings, […]
# Public Works minister Dean Macpherson will host the inaugural Public Works and Infrastructure Summit today at the Sandton Convention Centre. Running under the theme, Turning South Africa into a Construction Site, the event will address South Africa’s deteriorating infrastructure, which hampers economic growth and investor confidence. Key topics include underinvestment, poor maintenance, and project […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het die Moslem-gemeenskap ‘n vreugdevolle Eid-ul-Fitr toegewens wat die einde van die vas-maand van Ramadan aankondig. Die Verenigde Ulama-raad van Suid-Afrika het bevestig die maan, wat die einde van die geseënde maand van Ramadan aankondig, is gisteraand in die land gesien. Ramaphosa se woordvoerder, Vincent Magwenya, sê die president doen ‘n beroep […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has wished the Muslim community well as they celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr, marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. The United Ulama Council of South Africa confirmed that the moon signaling the end of the blessed month of Ramadan was sighted in the country last night. Ramaphosa’s spokesperson, Vincent Magwenya, says the […]
# Die Amerikaanse president, Donald Trump, het Brent Bozell aangestel as ambassadeur in Suid-Afrika as opvolger vir Reuben Brigety. Bozell is ‘n oortuigde mediakritikus en het die Media Research Centre gestig, wat kritiek lewer op waargenome liberale mediabevooroordeeldheid. Trump sê Bozell bring vreeslose volharding, buitengewone ondervinding en uitgebreide kennis na ‘n land wat dit broodnodig […]
# Die arbeidsprokureur Michael Bagraim sê die regering het versuim om die land se staalbedryf te beskerm. ArcelorMittal South Africa beplan om sy langstaal-aanlegte in Vereeniging, Gauteng, en Newcastle in KwaZulu-Natal te sluit, wat meer as drie-duisend werksgeleenthede in gedrang bring. Die regering oorweeg egter maniere om die aanlegte te red. Bagraim sê die regering […]
# US president Donald Trump has appointed Brent Bozell to succeed Reuben Brigety as ambassador to South Africa. Bozell is a staunch media critic and founded the Media Research Centre, an agency that critiques perceived liberal media bias. Trump says Bozell brings fearless tenacity, extraordinary experience, and vast knowledge to a nation that desperately needs […]
# Labour lawyer, Michael Bagraim, says government has failed to protect the country’s steel industry. ArcelorMittal South Africa is planning to wind down its long steel plants in Vereeniging, Gauteng, and Newcastle in KwaZulu-Natal, affecting over three-thousand jobs, but government is looking at funding options to save the plants. Bagraim says government has for years […]
