# The DA has taken over leadership of the Laingsburg municipality in the Western Cape following a successful motion of no confidence against former mayor, the Patriotic Alliance’s Amanda Kleinbooi, and the Karoo Democratic Force’s Samuel Laban as deputy mayor. The party has appointed Aletta Theron as the new mayor and Lindi Potgieter as deputy […]
# The Bakgatla Ba Kgafela cultural community’s paramount chief Kgosikgolo Kgafela Kgafela II and AfriForum have signed a landmark treaty in Cape Town to promote peace, cultural autonomy, and cooperation. The agreement focuses on community self-sufficiency, cultural preservation, agricultural development, and mutual respect. Kgafela says the treaty honours ancestral sacrifices and aims to protect property […]
# The United Democratic Movement says the 70th anniversary of the Freedom Charter marks a moment of reflection and recommitment. Adopted in Kliptown in 1955, the Charter embodied the hopes of a people under siege. UDM leader Bantu Holomisa says the Charter’s ideals have since been betrayed by corruption, failed leadership, and a government disconnected […]
# Die 2025 Tracking Social Development Goal 7-verslag toon daar is bykans 92-persent van die wêreld se bevolking met toegang tot elektrisiteit, maar 666-miljoen mense worstel steeds daarsonder. Die verslag het ook onthul dat alhoewel daar vordering was, is die huidige tempo te stadig om teen 2030 wêreldwye toegang te bereik. Befonsingstekorte en streeksverskille, veral […]
# Die opperleier van Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, sê Amerika het niks gebaat by sy aanval op die Islamitiese Republiek tydens die 12-dag oorlog met Israel, waarin sy kernaanlegte geteiken is nie. In ‘n verklaring aan staatsmedia, het Khamenei gesê die VSA het direk tot die oorlog toegetree want hy was oortuig dat sonder sy […]
# Die kabinet sê geen begroting is nog goedgekeur vir die komende nasionale dialoog nie. Dit volg op groeiende openbare kommer oor berigte van kosteberamings vir die geleentheid. Die minister in the Presidensie, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, sê die voorgestelde befondsing het nie deur die normale regeringsbegrotingsproses gegaan nie. Sy sê dis ook nog nie deur die […]
# Die adjunkminister van Elektrisiteit en Energie, Samantha Graham-Maré, sê die ontwikkeling van vaardighede is noodsaaklik vir die Suid-Afrikaanse Hernubare Energie Meesterplan. Graham-Maré sê die plan het ten doel om 25-duisend werksgeleenthede teen 2030 deur industrialisering en opleiding te skep. Die minister sê ‘n kernbelangrike inisiatief is die Energie- en Watersektor Onderwysopleidingsowerheid se PowerUp-platform, ontwikkel […]
# The DA in Gauteng has slammed the provincial Education Department over unpaid bills after 525 schools have been left without electricity or water. The DA’s Sergio Isa Dos Santos says 398 no-fee schools are worst affected, with some learners forced to study in darkness and unsafe conditions for over a month. He calls for […]
# Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says that the United States had gained nothing from its attacks during the Islamic Republic’s 12-day war with Israel that saw nuclear sites hit. In a statement published by state media, Khamenei said the US engaged in the war directly, convinced that its refusal to intervene would lead […]
