# Hokkie: Die minister van Sport, Kuns en Kultuur, Gayton McKenzie, het drie-miljoen-rand se noodfinansiering goedgekeur vir die nasionale mans- en vroue-span wat aan volgende maand se Wêreldbeker-toernooi in België en Nederland gaan deelneem. Die vrouespeler Onthatile Zulu het in ‘n ope brief onthul dat van spelers verwag is om tot vlugte by te dra […]
# Over ten-thousand people were evacuated in southwestern France overnight as a rapidly spreading wildfire scorched through two-thousand hectares of land west of Bordeaux. Data shows wildfires have burnt more land in Europe already this year than the annual average in the past two decades, as the world’s fastest-warming continent has endured three back-to-back heatwaves. […]
# A report by the International Council on Mining and Metals warns that water scarcity is becoming a major obstacle to mining and the global energy transition. The study titled Global Mining and Metals Water Dataset found 30-percent of mining and metals facilities operate in areas of high water stress, while South Africa has 96-percent […]
# Hockey: Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie, has approved three-million-rand in emergency funding for both the men’s and women’s national teams to cover their participation in next month’s World Cup in Belgium and the Netherlands. In an open letter, women’s national team player Onthatile Zulu revealed players were expected to contribute towards […]
# Die vakverbond Cosatu sê hy verwag die Suid-Afrikaanse Reserwebank gaan die terugkoopkoers vandag verhoog as gevolg van die verhoging in inflasie. Volgens Statistiek Suid-Afrika het inflasie van 4,5-persent in Mei tot vyf-persent gestyg en het die hoogste vlak sedert Junie 2024 bereik weens vervoerkoste wat pryse laat styg het. Jaarlikse inflasie vir kos en […]
# Union federation Cosatu expects the Reserve Bank to hike the repo rate today, as a result of the increase in inflation. Statistics South Africa announced inflation accelerated to five-percent from 4.5-percent in May, reaching levels last seen in June 2024 as higher transport costs pushed prices higher. Annual inflation for food and non-alcoholic beverages […]
# Die adjunkminister van Verdediging en Militêre Veterane, Bantu Holomisa, sê vennootskappe tussen die openbare- en privaat sektor kan help om Suid-Afrika se verdedigingsvermoë te versterk ondanks beperkte staatsbefondsing. Hy het tydens die verdedigingsbedryf se lekgotla in Pretoria aan die SABC gesê sulke vennootskappe kan militêre behuising, infrastruktuur, grensveiligheid en die opknapping van toerusting ondersteun […]
# Die voormalige speaker van die Nasionale Vergadering, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, het onskuldig gepleit op 12 aanklagte van korrupsie en een van geldwassery aan die begin van haar verhoor in die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria. Dit hou verband met bewerings dat sy tussen 2014 en 2021 tydens haar termyn as minister van Verdediging omkoopgeld van 4,5-miljoen-rand gevra […]
# Suid-Afrika se verbruikersinflasiekoers het verlede maand tot vyf persent gestyg teenoor 4,5 persent in Mei – die hoogste sedert Junie 2024 toe dit op 5,1 persent gestaan het. Statistiek Suid-Afrika sê vervoer, behuising en nutsdienste was die hoofbydraers tot die toename. Die hoër inflasiekoers weerspieël stygende kostes waarmee huishoudings en sake-ondernemings te kampe het. […]
