# ActionSA has called for urgent provincial intervention over the appointment of Lesiba Malotana as Head of the City of Johannesburg’s Public Safety Department. The party says Malotana was red-flagged during vetting and remains linked to unresolved allegations surrounding the Tembisa Hospital matter. ActionSA Johannesburg Caucus Leader Marcel Coutriers says the appointment undermines public trust […]
# The Special Investigating Unit has secured a provisional order freezing three properties and five vehicles linked to an allegedly four-million-rand fraudulent KwaZulu-Natal library project. The assets belong to Liyabongeka Trading Enterprise and its owner, Thabile Jacqueline Xaba. The SIU alleges procurement and contractual irregularities, fraudulent invoices and payments for services not delivered. The project […]
# Suid-Afrika en Saoedi-Arabië wil toerismebande verder versterk, insluitend met meer regstreekse vlugte tussen die twee lande. Die minister van Toerisme, Patricia de Lille, sê gesprekke sluit vlugte na Johannesburg en pelgrimstog-dienste na Kaapstad in. Sy sê Saoedi-Arabië is een van 30 lande wat Suid-Afrika se elektroniese reismagtigingstelsel dek en reisigers uit dié land toelaat […]
# Ysland se regering gaan in Februarie ‘n wetsontwerp indien om walvisjag te verbied. Indien dit aanvaar word, sal Noorweë en Japan die enigste twee lande ter wêreld wees wat steeds kommersiële walvisjag beoefen. Walvisjag in Ysland veroorsaak reeds jare versetoptrede deur diereregte-aktiviste en Hollywood-bekendes. Die Internasionale Walviskommissie se vangrekords dui aan slegs Ysland, Noorweë […]
# Die ANC in KwaZulu-Natal sê tegniese probleme het sy kandidaatlyste in drie munisipaliteite geraak voor November se plaaslike regeringsverkiesing. Die koördineerder van die provinsiale taakspan, James Nxumalo, sê in eThekwini en Ray Nkonyeni is sekere kandidate in die verkeerde wyke gelys en daar was ook gevalle van herhalings en omruilings. Provinsiale sameroeper Mike Mabuyakhulu […]
# South Africa and Saudi Arabia are looking to strengthen tourism ties, including increasing direct flights between the two countries. Tourism minister Patricia de Lille says discussions include commercial flights to Johannesburg and pilgrimage-related services to Cape Town. She says that Saudi Arabia is among 30 countries covered by South Africa’s electronic travel authorisation system, […]
# Iceland’s government will submit a bill in February to ban whaling, a move that would leave Norway and Japan as the only two countries in the world to continue commercial whaling. Whaling in Iceland has sparked years of protests from animal welfare campaigners and Hollywood celebrities. Only Iceland, Norway and Japan have conducted commercial […]
# The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal says technical glitches have affected its candidate lists in three municipalities ahead of the 4 November local government elections. Provincial task team coordinator James Nxumalo says errors in eThekwini and Ray Nkonyeni resulted in some ward candidates being listed in the wrong wards, with cases of duplication and candidate swapping. […]
# Atletiek: Die Statebond-kampioen, Sinesipho Dambile, lei Suid-Afrika se span in die naweek se eerste Wêreldatletiek-Ultimate kampioenskap in Boedapest, Hongarye. Hy sal aan die mans-100-meter deelneem saam met Akani Simbine en Gift Leotlela, terwyl Zakithi Nene aan die mans-400-meter sal deelneem. Prudence Sekgodiso sal wegspring in die vroue-800-meter en Marioné Fourie in die vroue-100-meter-hekkies. Die […]
