# Roadrunning: Two-time Comrades marathon champion Tete Dijana is looking for a hat-trick victory this Sunday in the iconic ultra-marathon. Last year’s winner Piet Wiersma will also be defending his title in the 90-kilometre down run from Pietermaritzburg to Durban. Other top male contenders include Joseph Manyedi, Dan Moselakwe, and Edward Mothibi. Speaking at the […]
# Soccer: Former England football captain, David Beckham is said to be in line for a knighthood, with King Charles’ birthday honours list of the recipients to be published next week. Beckham was awarded an Order of the British Empire in 2003. BBC Sport reports he is now in line to receive further recognition for […]
# Die oudpresident van Zambië, Edgar Lungu wat tot 2021, bykans sewe jaar aan bewind was, is in die ouderdom van 68 in Pretoria dood. Volgens ‘n verklaring deur sy politieke party, die Patriotic Front, het Lungu gespesialiseerde mediese behandeling by ‘n kliniek in Pretoria ontvang. Hy het ‘n seldsame slukderm-siekte gehad wat veroorsaak word […]
# Die Vereniging van Staatsamptenare verwelkom die skorsing van die hoof van die Onderwysdepartement in Mpumalanga, Lucy Moyane, nadat ‘n forensiese verslag ernstige verkrygingsonreëlmatighede in haar departement blootgelê het. Die departement het na bewering twee miljoen rand bestee aan slegs 22 skootrekenaars, wat neerkom op 91-duisend-rand per rekenaar. Flip van der Walt van die vereniging […]
# Zambia’s former president Edgar Lungu, who held power for almost seven years until 2021, died in Pretoria at the age of 68. According to a statement by his political party, the Patriotic Front, Lungu had been receiving specialised medical treatment in a clinic in Pretoria. He had suffered from recurring achalasia, a condition caused […]
# Die Departement van Landbou gaan nuwe reëls instel om die beweging van diere met gesplete hoewe te beheer in ‘n poging om die verspreiding van bek-en-klouseer te bekamp. Dit volg ná ‘n uitbreking by die grootste beesvleisprodusent, Karan Beef, wat besmettings by sy Heidelberg-voerkraal in Gauteng bevestig het. Die nuwe maatreëls sal streng toesig […]
# The Public Servants Association welcomes the suspension of the Mpumalanga Education Head of Department, Lucy Moyane, following a forensic report exposing serious procurement irregularities. The department reportedly spent two-million-rand on just 22 laptops costing over 91-thousand-rand each. The association’s Flip van der Walt warns more senior officials may be involved, calling for urgent disciplinary […]
# The Department of Agriculture will soon introduce new rules to control the movement of cloven-hoofed livestock in a bid to stop the spread of foot-and-mouth disease. This follows an outbreak at the largest beef producer, Karan Beef, which confirmed infections at its Heidelberg feedlot in Gauteng. The new measures will require supervised animal movement […]
# Tennis: Die Franse sprokiesverhaal vir die 22-jarige promotorskeuse en nommer 361 op die ranglys, Lois Boisson, leef voort. Sy het die sesde gekeurde Mirra Andreeva met 7-6, 6-3 geklop om die halfeindronde van die Franse Ope te haal. Boisson het die derde gekeurde Jessica Pegula in die rondte van 16 in haar eerste Grand […]
