# The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse has uncovered suspected irregularities in a Services Sector Education and Training Authority tender and wants the matter investigated. According to the organisation, a successful bidder, Resolutions Studio, submitted conflicting information about its experience and that some reference letters may not have been independent. OUTA’s Rudie Heyneke says electronic records […]
# Amper twee derdes van Suid-Afrikaanse pendelaars sal treine kies as dienste veilig en betroubaar is. Die nuutste pendelaarverslag in ‘n opname deur die Universiteit van Kaapstad het bevind bevind 59-persent van privaat motorgebruikers en 62-persent van taxi- en buspendelaars sal na spoorvervoer oorskakel. Volgens Statistiek SA se 2025 huishoudelike opname, gebruik net 0,6-persent pendelaars […]
# Tourism minister Patricia de Lille has officially launched Tourism Month in KwaZulu-Natal, urging South Africans to explore their own country. De Lille says domestic tourism remains a key pillar of economic growth, supporting jobs, entrepreneurs and communities. She says South Africans made 21-point-two million overnight trips in the first half of the year, with […]
# Cuba is marking the 100th anniversary of Fidel Castro’s birth, as the country battles one of its worst economic and political crises. More than one-thousand-500 activists from over 60 countries have travelled to Cuba for commemorative events honouring the former revolutionary leader. Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel says Castro’s legacy remains important in confronting today’s […]
# The trial of seven men accused of the murder of rapper Kiernan “AKA” Forbes and chef Tebello “Tibz” Motsoane is set to begin in October at the High Court in Durban. The proceedings will run in two phases from 5 October to 6 November, and from 12 April to 14 May 2027. The State […]
# Die Indiese akteur Arjun Rampal word ondersoek nadat ‘n video van hom met ‘n bedreigde gibbon, kommer onder natuurlewe-owerhede veroorsaak het. Amptenare ondersoek hoe die beskermde dier in sy besit gekom het en of natuurlewe-wette oortree is. Gibbons is klein langarm-apies inheems aan Asië, bekend vir hul kenmerkende geroep en vermoë om vinnig deur […]
# Almost two-thirds of South African commuters would choose trains if services were safe and reliable, according to the latest Commuter Report by the University of Cape Town. The survey found 59-percent of private car users and 62-percent of taxi and bus commuters would switch to rail. But only 0.6-percent of commuters currently use trains, […]
# Die Vrystaatse wetgewer werk saam met die Universiteit van Suid-Afrika en die Thabo Mbeki Afrika-skool vir Openbare en Internasionale Sake om demokratiese regering en openbare deelname te versterk. Dit val saam met die dertigjarige viering van Suid-Afrika se Grondwet, en is daarop gemik om grondwetlike opleiding, burgerlike betrokkenheid en gemeenskaps-deelname aan wetgewing te verbeter. […]
# AfriForum het die voorgestelde wets-wysigings verwelkom om onwettige mynbou tot ’n ernstige misdryf te verklaar, met strawwe van tot 30 jaar tronkstraf en boetes van 100-miljoen-rand. Woordvoerder Jacques Broodryk sê dit moet misdaadsindikate in die geheel teiken, insluitend finansiers, werwers, kopers en mynwerkers. Hy sê onwettige mynbou beskadig gemeenskappe, plase, waterbronne en infrastruktuur. Hy […]
