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Jo Black. (Foto: Facebook) Safety, love, care, provision and the heart of a home. This is how Afrikaans singer and songwriter Jo Black describes the role of a father. “I think many people underestimate the role of a good father in a child’s life. A father builds the foundation for young people’s future. If you have a healthy husband, you have a healthy household,” says Jo. “I am the father of two daughters myself, and I know it is my duty to instill in them confidence in who they are. It is important that they know: ‘My father thinks I…
The tax collection unit in the country, SARS has introduced several changes in its programs with the aim of making life easier and avoiding mistakes for taxpayers this year.One of these changes is a new alert questionnaire that will help detect and resolve problems early, reducing the likelihood that a taxpayer’s file will be selected for verification or audit.Mr Nico Theron, founder of Unicus Tax Specialists SA, applauded the change. He said taxpayers may receive a warning before they submit their returns if something is wrong. “The warning, it seems, will tell the taxpayer that there is something wrong or…
(Photo: SA Police) Firoz Cachalia, Acting Minister of Police, met with the management of the police in Pretoria this week regarding the operational readiness in the run-up to the planned anti-immigration demonstration on 30 June. Cachalia received detailed information on national and provincial operational plans aimed at ensuring that all demonstrations take place in a safe, protected and peaceful manner. Brig. Athlenda Mathe, national spokesperson for the police, says Cachalia expressed his satisfaction with the measures introduced by the police. According to Mathe, Cachalia will meet with the deputy ministers of police, the minister of defense and premiers of all…
Psychiatrists have issued a worrying warning because of the actions of many men who delay seeking health care for mental health problems, which makes it difficult for them to get help quickly and properly.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup knockout stage format, criteria and rules for qualification. Find out who’s in and who’s out.Published On 21 Jun 202621 Jun 2026|Updated: 2 hours agoUpdated: 2 hours agoThe knockout bracket in the FIFA World Cup 2026 is starting to take shape.It begins with the round of 32, which runs from June 28 to July 3.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listWhat is the format and criteria for qualification, and which teams have progressed or been eliminated?What is the format of the World Cup knockouts?The top two teams in each of the 12 groups, along with…
June 20, 2026 Tania Haynes How would you like to share the article? (Photo: Tania Heyns) The first registration weekend in the run-up to this year’s local government elections is in full swing. A total of 23 706 polling stations nationwide opened at 08:00 in the hope that as many South Africans as possible will register to finally draw their cross on 4 November. (Photo: Tania Heyns/Maroela Media) The electoral roll currently stands at 28 million registered voters. It stood at 27.7 million during the 2024 general election. However, political parties hope that millions more South Africans will register to…
The collision took place late in the afternoon near Bedford, a town about 90 km north of the British capital. (Photo: X) The British Transport Police said on Saturday that a train driver had died after two trains collided north of London on Friday. Eleven people were seriously injured in the accident. The collision took place late in the afternoon near Bedford, a town about 90 km north of the British capital. According to East Midlands Railway (EMR), two London-bound trains were involved on the same track. “Tragically enough, one person was pronounced dead at the scene. He was the…
(File photo: ActionSA) AfriForum is demanding answers from Maqueen Letsoha-Mathae, Prime Minister of the Free State, about the provincial government’s failure to implement a court order that places the Ngwathe local municipality under administration. The civil rights organization outlined its request for answers in a letter to the prime minister this week, after it came to light that the municipal council – which should have been dissolved in terms of a court order – last week accepted a budget for the new financial year. The municipality serves the towns of Parys, Heilbron, Koppies and Vredefort, among others. The Free State…
June 20, 2026 Christel Cornelissen How would you like to share the article? (Photo: Tania Heyns/Maroela Media) Dress warmly if you intend to queue at a polling station for voter registration weekend on Saturday or Sunday. According to the weather service, mainly cold and cloudy conditions are expected over the central and eastern parts of the country. Elsewhere it will be partly cloudy and cool, but warm in the westernmost parts of the country. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected over parts of the Northern Cape, Free State and North West on Saturday and are expected to spread to the…
(Photo: Tania Heyns/Maroela Media) Voter registration weekend for the local elections in November kicked off mostly without incident at the country’s 23,706 polling stations on Saturday. Moreover, according to the Election Commission (ECC), almost all polling stations opened on time. In places where polling stations did not open at 08:00, the delays were attributed to protests by communities. The IEC expressed its thanks to the 48,212 electoral officers who reported to ensure that registration operations could start as planned. Polling stations are open on Saturday and Sunday from 08:00 to 17:00. By early Saturday afternoon, more than 330,000 applications for…