# Cricket: England paceman Chris Woakes is set to miss the remainder of the fifth and deciding Test against India at the Oval after suffering a shoulder injury. Woakes injured himself late on Thursday’s opening day in south London in a desperate bid to prevent a boundary, landing awkwardly and then leaving the field with […]
# Die onderwys-aktivis Hendrick Makaneta doen ‘n beroep op die regering om kwesbare kinders te beskerm teen moontlike uitsluiting in die 2026-skooljaar. Dit volg nadat Operasie Dudula sy plan aangekondig het om ongedokumenteerde buitelandse kinders te keer om in 2026 openbare skole by te woon. Makaneta sê hierdie optrede is nie net geweldig oneties nie, […]
# Statistieke SA sê besigheidslikwidasies is in Junie sewe-persent hoër as ‘n jaar gelede. Maatskappysluitings het met agt-persent gestyg, terwyl likwidasies van beslote korporasies met een-persent gestyg het. Onica Mushwana van Stats SA sê daar was in die eerste helfte van die jaar ‘n geringe algehele daling van een-persent in totale likdwidasies in vergelyking met […]
# Krieket: Nepal sal die 2026 Vroue T20 Wêreldbeker-kwalifiseringsrondes vanaf 12 Januarie tot 2 Februarie aanbied. Tien spanne sal dit uitspook vir die vier gesogte plekke in die hooftoernooi wat in Engeland en Wallis plaasvind. Bangladesh en Skotland het automaties gekwalifiseer vir die kwalifiseringstoernooi, terwyl Thailand en Nepal deur die Asië-streek gekwalifiseer het, met Amerika wat […]
# Die vakbond GIWUSA verwelkom die besluit van die Suid-Afrikaanse Reserwebank se Monetêre Beleidskomitee om rentekoerse met 25-basispunte te verlaag. Die terugkoopkoers is die koers waarteen die sentrale bank geld aan kommersiële banke leen en dit staan tans op sewe-persent, met die prima uitleenkoers wat verlaag is tot 10,5-persent. GIWUSA se president, Mametlwe Sebei, sê […]
# Statistics South Africa says business liquidations rose by seven-percent in June 2025 compared to the same month last year. Company closures increased by eight cases, while close corporation liquidations rose by one. Stats SA’s Onica Mushwana says for the first half of the year, there was a slight overall decrease of one-percent in total […]
# Award-winning filmmaker Michael James has premiered God’s Work at the 46th Durban International Film Festival. Inspired by his time volunteering at the Denis Hurley Centre, the film follows homeless characters navigating survival and the need to be seen. James collaborated with homeless men to authentically portray life on the streets. The film, now up […]
# Education activist Hendrick Makaneta has called on government to protect vulnerable children from possible exclusion from schools in the 2026 academic year. This comes after Operation Dudula announced it’s plan to block undocumented foreign children from entering public schools next year. Makaneta says this action is not only deeply unethical but also unlawful and […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced urgent supportive measures to protect South African businesses and jobs from the impact of possible US tariff hikes. Speaking at the Union Buildings, Ramaphosa said South Africa’s position as Africa’s largest and most industrialised economy makes it a likely target. He confirmed a two-pronged approach including tough negotiations with […]
