# EFF leader Julius Malema says president Cyril Ramaphosa will be a constitutional delinquent if he fails to remove acting Police minister, Firoz Cachalia. Speaking in East London where he appeared on firearm charges, Malema slammed the appointment as unconstitutional. He threatened to approach the Constitutional Court should Ramaphosa fail to respond to their written […]
# A Bangladesh Air Force jet crashed into a college in the capital Dhaka, killing at least 19 people. Emergency officials say the crash at the Milestone School and College campus, in the Diabari neighbourhood of northern Dhaka, injured more than 100 others. At least 83 of the mostly students who survived are treated in […]
# Rugby: SA Rugby het hulde gebring aan die voormalige Springbok-kaptein Des van Jaarsveldt, wat vandag op die ouderdom van 96 oorlede is. Van Jaarsveldt is in Zimbabwe gebore en het Suid-Afrika in ‘n 1960-toets teen Skotland aangevoer, en ‘n drie gedruk. Hy het meer as 60 provinsiale wedstryde vir die destydse Rhodesië gespeel en […]
# Trade union Solidarity says FlySafair has finally agreed to mediation by the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration, but only after public pressure and the threat of an extended pilot strike. Nearly 90-percent of FlySafair’s pilots earlier signaled their readiness to strike, and the airline responded with a planned seven-day lockout. Solidarity’s Helgard Cronjé […]
# Rugby: Wêreldrugby het Engeland se bewering gehandhaaf dat hulle spelers onderwerp is aan rasse-teistering deur toeskouers gedurende ‘n onlangse toerwedstryd in Argentinië. Engeland het verlede week ‘n amptelike klagte ingedien oor die uitjouery nadat hulle 22-17 gewen het in San Juan. Wêreldrugby sê hy het saam met die Argentynse Rugbyfederasie gewerk om ‘n aksieplan […]
# Rugby: SA Rugby has paid tribute to former Springbok captain Des van Jaarsveldt, who passed away today at the age of 96. Van Jaarsveldt, born in Zimbabwe, captained South Africa in a 1960 Test against Scotland, scoring a try. He played over 60 provincial games for Rhodesia and remained active in rugby as a […]
# Die burgemeester van Ekurhuleni, Dokter Xhakaza, bepleit kalmte ná gewelddadige versetoptrede in Tembisa oor die omstrede vaste elektrisiteitsheffing. Die stad het die vaste heffing opgeskort om verdere openbare raadpleging moontlik te maak en bekostigbare, langtermynoplossings te vind. Xhakaza het op ‘n nuuskonferensie gesê daar word gepoog om belanghebbendes te betrek, kommunikasie te verbeter en […]
# Rugby: World Rugby have upheld England’s claim that their players were subjected to racist abuse from fans during a recent tour match in Argentina. England made an official complaint about the taunts on 15 July, three days after winning 22-17 in San Juan. World Rugby said it had worked with the Argentinian rugby federation […]
# Russia has showcased what it calls the biggest drone factory in the world, broadcasting rare footage from inside a plant assembling the deadly attack drones it fires at Ukraine on a daily basis. The video, published yesterday by Zvezda, a TV channel owned by the Russian Defence ministry, showed workers with their faces blurred […]
