# A Hamas delegation departed for Cairo to discuss new ideas aimed at securing a ceasefire in Gaza, as Israeli air strikes killed 26 people across the territory today. The renewed effort follows Hamas’s rejection last week of Israel’s latest proposal to secure the release of hostages still held in Gaza. Talks have so far […]
# Rugby: La Rochelle se ondertekening van ’n kontrak met ‘n Australiese tiener het daartoe gelei dat Rugby Australië by Wêreldrugby gekla het dat Franse klubs hulle jong talent wegrokkel. La Rochelle het die 16-jarige Reds-speler Visesio Kite gekontrakteer, terwyl die 17-jarige voorspeler Heinz Lemoto glo ook in die visier van welgestelde Top 14-spanne is. […]
# Kleinhandelverkope in Februarie het volgens Statistieke Suid-Afrika met 3,9-persent gestyg vergeleke met dieselfde maand verlede jaar. Die sterkste groei is getoon by kleinhandelaars van tekstiele, klere, skoene en leerware teen 15,7-persent, sowel as algemene handelaars, wat met 3,4-persent gestyg het. Raquel Floris van Statistieke SA sê egter op ‘n maand-tot-maand-grondslag het seisoensaangepaste verkope met […]
# Die Organisasie teen Belastingmisbruik sê hy het wydverspreide bedrog met die uitreiking van padwaardigheidsertifikate in verskeie provinsies blootgelê. Die ondersoek het aan die lig gebring dat voertuie wat inspeksies in Gauteng misluk het, binne minute goedgekeur is by toetspunte in Limpopo en Noordwes. Rudie Heyneke van OUTA waarsku dat onpadwaardige voertuie, wat deur korrupte […]
# Rugby: La Rochelle’s signing of an Australian teenager led to Rugby Australia complaining to World Rugby that French clubs are poaching its young talent. La Rochelle contracted 16-year-old Reds player Visesio Kite, while 17-year-old forward Heinz Lemoto is reportedly also in the sights of wealthy Top 14 sides. Rugby Australia’s chairperson, Daniel Herbert, says […]
# According to Statistics South Africa, retail trade sales rose by 3.9-percent in February compared to the same month last year. The strongest growth came from retailers in textiles, clothing, footwear, and leather goods at 15.7-percent, as well as general dealers, which increased by 3.4-percent. However, Stats SA’s Raquel Floris says on a month-to-month basis, […]
# The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse says it has uncovered widespread fraud in the issuing of roadworthy certificates across several provinces. Their investigation revealed that vehicles failing inspections in Gauteng were being cleared within minutes at testing stations in Limpopo and North West. OUTA’s Rudie Heyneke warns that unroadworthy vehicles, enabled by corrupt officials, put […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê sterker interregering-samewerking is die sleutel om dienslewering en bestuursuitdagings in die Oos-Kaap op te los. Ramaphosa het op ‘n vergadering tussen die nasionale uitvoerende gesag en die provinsiale uitvoerende raad in Nelson Mandelabaai gepraat en verwelkom die provinsie se belyning met nasionale prioriteite, maar is bekommerd oor agterstande in infrastruktuur, […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says stronger intergovernmental cooperation is key to fixing service delivery and governance challenges in the Eastern Cape. Speaking at a meeting between the national executive and the provincial executive council in Nelson Mandela Bay, Ramaphosa welcomed the province’s alignment with national priorities but raised concerns over infrastructure backlogs, poor service delivery, […]