# Die EU baan die weg om Kanada sy eerste geassosieerde lid te maak. Die president van die Europese Kommissie, Ursula von der Leyen, sê dié status is nie tans in die EU se verdrae nie en beteken nie volle lidmaatskap nie. Sy meen so ‘n reëling kan samewerking tussen die EU en Kanada op […]
# The Electoral Commission has certified 136-thousand-790 candidates to contest the local government elections on 4 November. Major metros, including Johannesburg, Tshwane and Ekurhuleni, will have double-column ballots due to the high number of political parties. The commission’s CEO, Sy Mamabolo, told the media special vote applications will open on 21 September, while political parties […]
# Eastern Cape farmer Louis Lategan has been found guilty of rape and human trafficking in the Makhanda High Court. He was charged for luring six young women to his remote farm with offers of au pair work before sexually assaulting them. The court rejected his claims that the sexual encounters were consensual and that […]
# The European Union is opening the door for Canada to become its first associate member. European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen says the proposed status is not currently defined in EU treaties and would fall short of full membership. She says the arrangement could deepen cooperation with Canada on trade, defence, technology, energy […]
# The South African Council of Churches is calling for urgent action to protect women following the discovery of eight women’s bodies on Gauteng’s East Rand over two months. General-secretary, Reverend Mzwandile Molo, told the SABC the deaths in Kempton Park, Olifantsfontein and Springs have sparked fear and outrage. He calls for swift investigations, prosecutions, […]
# Atletiek: Die president van Wêreldatletiek, Sebastian Coe, sê dis ‘n geskiedkundige geleentheid om die Wêreldkampioenskap in 2029 die eerste keer in Afrika aan te bied nadat Nairobi ‘n oortuigende, emosionele bod ingedien het. Kenia is die tweede suksesvolste land in die geskiedenis van die kampioenskap en het verlede jaar in Tokio tweede geëindig met […]
# Athletics: World Athletics president Sebastian Coe says taking the World Championships to Africa for the first time in 2029 will be historic, as hosts Nairobi presented a compelling and emotional bid. Kenya is the second-most successful nation in the championships’ history and finished second in Tokyo last year with eleven medals, including seven gold. […]
# Suid-Afrika vier vandag Internasionale Dag van Demokrasie en Build One South Africa sê 50-dae voor die plaaslike regeringsverkiesing ‘n stem vir ‘n kleiner party is nie ‘n verlore stem nie. Graham Charters van die party sê gevestigde partye baat by die wanopvatting dat slegs hulle ‘n werklike kans staan om te regeer. Hy sê […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse petrochemiese groep Sasol het ‘n brandstofverskaffings-ooreenkoms met die Antarktiese verkenningstog-onderneming White Desert onderteken ter ondersteuning van vlugte na die afgeleë vasteland. Sasol sê die ooreenkoms behels die verskaffing van stralerbrandstof aan White Desert se vlugte na Antarktika, wat wetenskaplikes, toeriste en ondersteuningspanne na die vasteland vervoer. Die brandstof sluit volhoubare stralerbrandstof in […]
