# KwaZulu-Natal’s MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Thulasizwe Buthelezi, has issued a level four weather warning for disruptive rain across large parts of the province. The warning, effective from midnight, comes as persistent rainfall is expected, which could lead to flooding, difficult driving conditions, and damage to property and infrastructure. The department’s Senzelwe […]
# An all-female crew, including pop star Katy Perry, are getting ready to blast off later today on Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket. There will be six women on board: Perry, broadcaster Gayle King, journalist Lauren Sánchez, rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen and film producer Kerianne Flynn. The Blue Origin is […]
# US president Donald Trump says Chinese-made smartphones and other electronics will not be exempt from tariffs. A US customs notice on Saturday revealed smartphones, computers and some other electronic devices would be excluded from the 125-percent tariff on goods from China. However, Trump said they are simply moving into a different levy “bucket”. European […]
# Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has invited Donald Trump to visit his country ahead of any deal with Russia to end the war. The interview with CBS’s 60 Minutes programme was recorded before a Russian missile hit the city of Sumy, killing 34 people and injuring 117 others. The US president said the attack was […]
# ActionSA doen ’n beroep vir dringende fiskale dissipline na onthullings dat die regering drie-miljard-rand in die afgelope finansiële jaar aan buitelandse sendings bestee het. Die party sê die Departement van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking beman 115 diplomatieke kantore wêreldwyd, baie in lande met min strategiese waarde het. Daar is ook verskeie lande wat meer […]
# Franse gesondheidsorgwerkers en gesinslede van kollegas wat selfdood gepleeg het, het strafregtelike klagtes ingedien teen twee ministers oor die dodelike werksomstandighede in openbare hospitale. Frankryk se openbare hospitale is die afgelope dekades gedwing om hul uitgawes ingrypend te sny, en dokters en verpleegsters kla al lank oor te min personeel en onvoldoende betaling. Negentien […]
# Die Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime is in rou oor die dood van senior misdaadkenner Jenni Irish-Qhobosheane, wat Saterdag in ’n motorongeluk in Johannesburg, Gauteng, gesterf het. Sy was ’n bekende navorser wat vir meer as 30 jaar aan georganiseerde misdaad en polisiëring in Suid-Afrika gewerk het. Irish-Qhobosheane het ook die burgerlike sekretariaat […]
# Road Accident Fund CEO Collins Letsoalo says he remains undeterred amid a Special Investigating Unit probe into alleged irregularities surrounding a 79-million-rand office lease awarded to Mowana Properties. Addressing media alongside senior officials, Letsoalo dismissed the allegations as attacks stemming from his efforts to recover billions lost to fraud. He emphasised that the investigation […]
# Die Polisie en Gevangenisse se Burgerregte-unie het die uitsonderlike pogings van wetstoepassingsagentskappe geprys ná die suksesvolle ontdekking van geheime dwelmlaboratoriums in Standerton, Mpumalanga. POPCRU-woordvoerder, Richard Mamabolo, sê die operasie, wat in April verlede jaar begin het, het gelei tot ’n reeks hoëprofiel-arrestasies en beduidende beslagleggings vroeër hierdie maand. Hy sê daar is beslag gelê […]
