# The Africa CEO Forum has officially opened in Kigali, Rwanda, bringing together business leaders, investors and heads of state to discuss Africa’s economic growth and competitiveness. More than two-thousand-800 delegates from over 90 countries are attending the forum, themed The Scale Imperative: Why Africa Must Embrace Shared Ownership. Rwandan president Paul Kagame has urged […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says energy shortages and logistics challenges have been major factors holding back investment and economic growth in South Africa. In his oral reply to questions in Parliament, Ramaphosa said ongoing electricity challenges and inefficiencies in the transport and freight system have discouraged companies from investing at higher levels. He added reforms […]
# Soccer: Madonna, Shakira and K-pop boy band BTS will headline the Super Bowl-style half-time show at this year’s World Cup final in New Jersey in the US on 19 July. Colombian pop star Shakira is releasing her official World Cup song today. Sixty-seven-year-old Madonna will release her 15th album in July. BTS, the best-selling […]
# Sokker: FIFA se president, Gianni Infantino, sê voorbereidings verloop glad vir die Wêreldbekertoernooi wat in minder as ‘n maand in Kanada, Amerika en Mexiko begin. Agt-en-veertig spanne gaan van 11 Junie tot 19 Julie in 16 stede deelneem aan die vergrote formaat. Mexiko en Suid-Afrika pak mekaar in die openingswedstryd. Teen laat verlede maand […]
# Soccer: FIFA president Gianni Infantino says with less than a month until the World Cup in the US, Canada and Mexico, preparations for the tournament are going well. Forty-eight teams will compete in the expanded tournament across 16 cities from June 11 to July 19, with Mexico hosting South Africa in the opening match. As […]
# Die LUR vir Mobiliteit in die Wes-Kaap, Isaac Sileku, het provinsiale verkeersbeamptes geloof na ‘n klopjag tot ‘n groot dwelmbeslaglegging by die Tsitsikamma-tolplaza op die N2 gelei is. Beamptes het ongeveer 15 sakke saamgeperste dagga tydens ‘n roetine-voertuigondersoek gevind en die bestuurder in hegtenis geneem, terwyl ‘n passasier ontsnap het en steeds voortvlugtig is. […]
# Die Pretoriase Landdroshof het die Medicare 24-tenderkorrupsiesaak wat die geskorste polisiekommissaris Fannie Masemola, die sakeman Vusimusi Matlala en verskeie senior polisiebeamptes betrek, tot 26 Junie uitgestel. Masemola staan tereg op aanklagte in verband met beweerde oortredings van die Wet op Openbare Finansiële Bestuur, terwyl Matlala en 12 medebeskuldigdes teregstaan op aanklagte van bedrog en […]
# Vier Mexikaanse burgers is onder elf verdagtes wat in hegtenis geneem is in ‘n groot dwelmklopjag op ‘n plaas in Swartruggens in Noordwes. Die polisie sê die intelligensie-gedrewe operasie het ‘n dwelmvervaardigingslaboratorium van etlike miljoene-rande ontdek, wat sedertdien afgetakel is. Die verdagtes sluit ook ‘n vrou in. Polisiewoordvoerder Athlenda Mathe sê die arrestasies stuur […]
# Western Cape Mobility MEC Isaac Sileku has praised provincial traffic officers after a major drug bust at the Tsitsikamma Toll Plaza on the N2. Officers found about 15 bags of compressed dagga during a routine vehicle check and arrested the driver, while a passenger escaped and remains on the run. Sileku says near Grabouw, […]
