# The Supreme Court of Appeal is today hearing president Cyril Ramaphosa’s challenge of a ruling of the High Court in Pretoria that declared his recognition of King Misuzulu kaZwelithini as Zulu monarch unlawful. The king was traditionally crowned at Kwakhangelamankengane Royal Palace in Nongoma in 2022. The ruling followed a legal challenge by Prince […]
# The General Industries Workers Union of South Africa has welcomed the extension of the Social Relief of Distress grant. Finance minister Enoch Godongwana announced in his budget speech last Wednesday that the 370-rand-a-month grant will be extended to the end of March 2026. Giwusa president, Mametlwe Sebei, says the grant must be transformed into a […]
# Suid-Afrika het kommer uitgespreek oor die afwesigheid van Amerika op die vergadering van internasionale landbouwetenskaplikes wat in Polokwane, Limpopo aan die gang is. Die vierdaagse beraad is ‘n samekoms van kenners van G20-lande om die wêreld se landbou-uitdagings te takel, insluitend klimaatsveranderin en die beperkte befondsing vir boere in ontwikkelende lande. Afgevaardigdes se doel […]
# South Africa has expressed concern over the absence of the United States during the international agricultural scientists’ meeting underway in Polokwane, Limpopo. The four-day summit brings together experts from G20 countries to tackle global agricultural challenges, including climate change and limited funding for farmers in developing nations. Delegates aim to strengthen food security through […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse veteraanomroeper Darren Scott is oorlede. Hy het jare lank teen melanoom, ‘n aggressiewe soort velkanker, geveg. Scott het meer as vier dekades agter die mikrofoon deurgebring om Suid-Afrikaners in te lig en te vermaak. Hy het by van die land se bekendste radiostasies gewerk, insluitend Radio Bop, 5FM, Jacaranda, East Coast Radio, […]
# South African veteran radio broadcaster Darren Scott has passed away. He had been battling melanoma, an aggressive kind of skin cancer, for years. Scott has spent more than four decades behind the mic, informing and entertaining South Africans. He has worked at some of the country’s most recognisable radio stations, including Radio Bop, 5FM, Jacaranda, […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê sy suksesvolle werksbesoek aan Amerika het die noodsaaklikheid bevestig om die gesprekskanale oop te hou. Hy sê in sy weeklikse nuusbrief een van die belangrikste uitkomste van die gesprekke met president Donald Trump was ‘n ooreenkoms oor ‘n ekonomiese samewerkingskanaal tussen die twee lande vir verdere besprekings oor tariewe en […]
# Die Anglikaanse aartsbiskop van Kaapstad, Thabo Makgoba, vra dat meer internasionale druk op Israel geplaas word. Dit volg na twee afsonderlike lugaanvalle op Gaza die naweek waarin 24 mense dood is. Volgens berigte was een op ʼn skool waar ontheemde gesinne gehuisves word. Makgoba sê Israel se aggressie is nou buite verhouding met Hamas […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says his successful working visit to the US affirmed the importance of keeping the channels of dialogue open. In his weekly newsletter, he says one of the key outcomes of discussions with president Donald Trump was an agreement on an economic cooperation channel between the two countries, to engage further on […]