# The civil organisation Soil of Africa says the Gauteng Education Department has demonstrated alarming inconsistency and incompetence in dealing with serious challenges affecting both learners and educators. The organisation has expressed concern at the over 200 schools currently classified as high-risk, plagued by issues ranging from safety to educator misconduct and ill-discipline. Soil of […]
# The DA says it is alarmed that Armscor and Denel are pushing ahead with grand defence plans while ignoring the law, the budget, and basic accountability. Armscor’s latest corporate plan leans heavily on a strategy inspired by president Cyril Ramaphosa’s call for more defence spending and a target of 1.5-percent of gross domestic product. […]
# Krieket: ‘n Stophorlosie-reël word in toetskrieket bekend gestel weens die jarelange probleem van stadige boulwerk. Die reël, wat reeds die afgelope jaar in witbalkrieket van krag is, dwing die veldwerkspan om met ‘n boulbeurt te begin binne ‘n minuut nadat die vorige een geëindig het. Die Internasionale Krieketraad sê ‘n elektroniese horlosie langs die […]
# Cricket: A stop-clock rule has been introduced in Tests because of the long-standing problem of slow over-rates. The rule, already in use in white-ball cricket for the past year, forces the fielding side to start an over within a minute after ending the previous one. The International Cricket Council says an electronic clock will […]
# DA-leier John Steenhuisen het president Cyril Ramaphosa gekritiseer omdat hy Andrew Whitfield van die party as adjunkminister van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging afgedank het. Hy voer aan Whitfield is verwyder omdat hy sy werk goed gedoen het. Steenhuisen het tydens die aanvaarding van die Wet op die Verdeling van Inkomste in die Parlement gesê […]
# DA leader John Steenhuisen has criticised president Cyril Ramaphosa for firing the DA’s Andrew Whitfield from his role as deputy minister of Trade, Industry and Competition. He argued Whitfield was removed for doing his job well. During the adoption of the Division of the Revenue Bill in Parliament, Steenhuisen said the move is a […]
# Die veteraan Suid-Afrikaanse aktrise, Meme Ditshego, is gister in die ouderdom van 60 in die hospitaal dood ná ‘n kort siekbed. Sy is veral bekend vir haar rol as Joyce Mlambo in The Coconuts, maar ook vir haar rolle in die Afrikaanse dramareeks Sterk Skemer, Erfsondes, Soul Buddyz, Muvhango, Kompleks en Skeem Saam. Sy […]
# Die hoof van die polisie se Misdaadintelligensie-eenheid, Dumisani Khumalo, is op die OR Tambo Internasionale Lughawe in hegtenis geneem. Khumalo word aangekla van korrupsie rakende beweerde onreëlmatige aanstellings en plundering binne die afdeling. Dit volg na ‘n ondersoek oor die misbruik van staatsfondse en onwettige aanstellings. Volgens News24 word die saak nou deur die […]
# Die nasionale Polisiekommissaris Fannie Masemola het Operasie Shanela twee in Kaapstad van stapel gestuur. Hy het polisiebeamptes toegespreek en gevra vir ferm optrede teen misdaad om gemeenskapsveiligheid te verseker. Masemola het die beamptes opdrag gegee om drank- en vuurwapenwette af te dwing, op te tree teen afpersers en mense met uitstaande lasbriewe te arresteer:
