# Pope Leo issued the clearest apology yet from a pontiff for the Catholic Church’s role in slavery, acknowledging both its delay in condemning the practice and its historic involvement in legitimising it. In a key passage of his first papal letter to bishops and the global public, Leo says the church had taken centuries to […]
# Rugby: Die Blitsbokke pak Brittanje, Kenia en Australië in die groepfase van die naweek se Wêreldkampioenskaps-toernooi in Valladolid, Spanje. Suid-Afrika was verlede maand in Hongkong die wenner van die eerste van drie toernooie. Die laaste geleentheid vind vroeg volgende maand in Bordeaux, Frankryk, plaas wanneer die algehele wenner gekroon sal word. Die Blitsbokke kom […]
# Higher Education and Training minister, Buti Manamela, says the department’s budget aims to ensure education leads to employment opportunities. Addressing Parliament, Manamela said too many graduates struggle to transition into work, while employers continue reporting skills shortages. He stressed the need to improve the effectiveness of skills levies as industry and government play a […]
# Solidariteit steun Glencore-Merafe en Samancor se aansoeke vir ‘n spesiale elektrisiteitstarief van 62-sent per kilowatt-uur. Pieter Jordaan van Solidariteit waarsku duisende werksgeleenthede verkeer in gevaar indien verligting nie toegestaan word nie, met elektrisiteit wat tot 60-persent van die smeltproduksiekoste verteenwoordig. Hy sê vier-duisend regstreekse werksgeleenthede en meer as 35-duisend ander, verbind aan gemeenskappe en […]
# Rugby: The Blitzboks will face Great Britain, Kenya and Australia in the group stage of this weekend’s World Championship tournament in Valladolid, Spain. South Africa clinched the title in Hong Kong last month in the first tournament of the three-match series. The final event will take place in Bordeaux, France, early next month, when […]
# Solidarity backs applications by Glencore-Merafe and Samancor for a special electricity tariff of 62 cents per kilowatt-hour. The union’s Pieter Jordaan warns that thousands of jobs are at risk if relief is not granted, with electricity accounting for up to 60-percent of smelting production costs. He says four-thousand direct jobs and more than 35-thousand […]
# ActionSA gaan die Direktoraat vir Voorkeur-misdaadonversoeke vra vir ‘n strafregtelike ondersoek na Gautengse amptenare wat verbind word met die brand-herstelprojek in die Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburgse Akademiese Hospitaal. Matthew George van die party verwys na ‘n verslag van die Openbare Beskermer wat dui op wanadministrasie, onreëlmatige besteding, swak finansiële beheermaatreëls en moontlike oortredings van die […]
# ActionSA says it will approach the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation to request a criminal probe into Gauteng officials linked to the Charlotte Maxeke Hospital fire repair project. The party’s Matthew George cites a Public Protector report alleging maladministration, irregular spending, poor financial controls, and possible breaches of the Public Finance Management Act. He […]
# Die landbou-organisasie TLU SA het die aankoms verwelkom van die eerste besending van 3,5-miljoen dosisse van Argentinië se Biogénesis Bagó-entstof teen bek-en-klouseer. Dit is die grootste besending entstof teen die siekte wat deur Suid-Afrika ingevoer is. Bennie van Zyl van TLU SA sê die Departement van Landbou moet ‘n toewysingsverspreidingskomitee aanstel wat boere en […]
