# Die vakbondfederasie Cosatu verwelkom die kredietgraderingsagentskap Fitch se jongste gradering van Eskom as ‘n positiewe mosie van vertroue. Die kragvoorsiener se langtermyn-gradering is opgradeer van B na B-plus na die onlangse opgradering van Suid-Afrika se soewereine kredietgradering. Dis ‘n kritieke tyd vir Eskom, wat sy langtermyn bedryfs-omkeerplan uitvoer. Matthew Parks van Cosatu sê nadat […]
# Education activist, Hendrick Makaneta, has challenged those who blame children of foreign nationals for overcrowding in South African schools to provide evidence for their claims. Data indicates that 98.2-percent of learners in the country’s schools are South African citizens, while only 1.8-percent are foreign nationals. Makaneta says instead of blaming foreign children, government should […]
# Union federation Cosatu has welcomed international ratings agency Fitch’s latest credit rating on Eskom, saying this is a positive vote of confidence. Fitch has raised the power utility’s long-term issuer default rating from B to B+, following a recent upgrade of South Africa’s sovereign credit rating. This comes at a critical time for the […]
# Die DA in Gauteng sê verskeie departemente se begrotings weerspieël nie inwoners se ware behoeftes nie. Dit sluit in die kantoor van die Premier, Gemeenskapsveiligheid, Menslike Nedersettings, Gesondheid en Ekonomiese Ontwikkeling. Die party het verlede week daarteen gestem. Woordvoerder Mike Moriarty sê misdaad is onbeheersd, die gesondheidsorg-stelsel ondervind erge druk en werkloosheid bly onaanvaarbaar […]
# The DA in Gauteng says the 2026/2027 provincial budgets for various departments, including the Office of the Premier, Community Safety, Human Settlements, Health and Economic Development, are not aligned to the real needs of residents. The party voted against the budgets last week. The DA’s Mike Moriarty says at a time when crime is rampant, […]
# Britse gewapende magte en wetstoepassers het beslag gelê op ‘n Russiese skadu-olietekenkskip wat deur die Engelse Kanaal gevaar het. Die Smyrtos het 100-duisend ton Russiese ru-olie vervoer. Dis die eerste keer dat ‘n vaartuig van Rusland se skadu-vloot in Britse gebiedswater onderskep is. Eerste minister Keir Starmer sê die geslaagde optrede is nog ‘n […]
# UK armed forces and law enforcement officers seized a Russian shadow fleet tanker which was sailing through the English Channel. The Smyrtos was carrying more than 100-thousand tonnes of Russian crude oil. This is the first time a Russian shadow fleet vessel has been interdicted in British waters. Prime minister Keir Starmer says this […]
# Padwedlope: Gerda Steyn het haar status as een van Suid-Afrika se grootste ultra-afstandatlete verstewig nadat sy haar vyfde vrouetitel by die 99ste Comrades-marathon in KwaZulu-Natal gewen het. Steyn het die wedloop oorheers in ‘n rekord nie-amptelike tyd van vyf-uur-45-minute-twee-sekondes. Die vertoning het haar vorige rekord van Durban na Pietermaritzburg van vyf-uur-49-minute-46-sekondes oortref en haar […]
# The DA has accused Emfuleni mayor Hassan Mako of unlawfully appointing Patriotic Alliance councillor Bruce Nimmerhoudt to the municipality’s Mayoral Committee for Roads and Transport while still a serving councillor in the Rand West City municipality. DA Emfuleni mayoral candidate Kingsol Chabalala says it is illegal for a councillor to hold seats in two […]
