# The South African National Taxi Council has praised emergency services after they rescued three learners from trees in the Eastern Cape. This occurred after their school transport bus was swept away by floodwaters at the Efata Bridge near Mthatha. SANTACO’s national spokesperson, Mmatshikhidi Phala, says the bus was en route to Jumba Senior Secondary […]
# Statistics South Africa says manufacturing production fell by 6.3-percent in April compared to the same time last year. The biggest declines were recorded in the food and beverages sector, motor vehicles, and steel and metal products. However, production rose slightly by 1.9-percent from March to April. Stats SA’s Nicolai Claassen says production and sales […]
# The DA demands the immediate release of the Auditor-General’s report into the failed driver’s licence card tender. This follows repeated breakdowns of South Africa’s only licence card printing machine, leaving a backlog of over 730-thousand cards. The DA’s Chris Hunsinger says costs for new smart card equipment ballooned from 486-million-rand to 898-million-rand in a […]
# Rugby: Die Bulle kan moontlik bevoordeel word nadat die eindstryd van die Verenigde Rugbykampioenskap verskuif is vanaf Leinster se tuisveld, die Aviva-stadion in Dublin, Ierland. Die wedstryd sal op die Crokepark-sokkerstadion gepeel word, want Aviva is nie beskikbaar nie. Croke, met sitplek vir meer as 82-duisend toeskouers, sal na verwagting slegs halfvol wees. Kaartjieverkope […]
# Rugby: The Bulls could possibly benefit from the moving of this weekend’s final of the United Rugby Championship from Leinster’s home ground, the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland. The game will be played at soccer stadium Croke Park because Aviva isn’t available. It is expected Croke, with a capacity of over 82-thousand, will only […]
# Die minister van Sport, Kuns en Kultuur, Gayton McKenzie, sê die repatriasie van die oorskot van anti-apartheidshelde en inheemse Khoi- en San-voorouers is die sleutel tot die regstelling van geskiedkundige ongeregtighede. Hy het die herbegrafnisse van die oorskot van 58 Khoi- en San-mense genoem, terwyl gesprekke met die Universiteit van Glasgow voortduur om meer […]
# Sport Arts and Culture minister Gayton McKenzie says repatriating the remains of anti-apartheid heroes and indigenous Khoi and San ancestors is key to correcting historical injustices. McKenzie mentioned the reburial of the remains of 58 Khoi and San people, as talks continue with the University of Glasgow to return more Khoi and San remains […]
# Rugby: Die Bulle se direkteur van rugby, Jake White het nie twee keer gedink voordat hy Johan Goosen in die Bulle se opdrafspan vir hulle Verenigde Rugbykampioenskap halfeindstryd teen die Haaie op Loftus ingesluit het nie. Goosen, wat van ‘n besering herstel het, is die enigste verandering aan die span wat Edinburgh verlede week […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het sy meegevoel betuig aan die familie van die voormalige Zambiese president Edgar Lungu en die mense van Zambië na Lungu se afsterwe gister in Pretoria op 68-jarige ouderdom. Volgens die Patriotic Front het Lungu vir ‘n aantal weke mediese behandeling in Suid-Afrika ontvang vir ‘n onvermelde siekte. Lungu het Zambië […]
