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Willie Spies, the FF Plus’ mayoral candidate. (Photo: Christine Oelofse/Maroela Media) There is quite possibly a fierce battle awaiting in Pretoria in November with several high-profile candidates who have already thrown their names into the hat to possibly become the new first citizen of the capital. The FF Plus’s Willie Spies and the DA’s Cilliers Brink are two of these candidates. However, Spies, a lawyer by profession, does not consider Cilliers, also a qualified lawyer, to be the competition. “However, I am not entering this election to make Brink the mayor. I am entering this election to make the FF…
The PRESIDENT of Cosatu, Ms. Zingiswa Losi, has warned her allies, the ANC and the SACP, not to use the Workers’ Day celebrations, to carry out the conflict and flagging that exists between these organizations.He came out and said that the celebrations of this day tomorrow across the country, must shape the jaws of the ANC and the SACP. He reminded the parties that this workers’ day is not for the ANC or the SACP.”This is Workers’ Day and these celebrations must be a forum for unity and the coming together of people who know each other. Workers must not…
Antoinette Kellermann and Dawid Minnaar can be seen together in ‘Welkingslied’ at the Suidoosterfees. (Photo: Leonie Bezuidenhout/Maroela Media) Every time before the stage’s curtains rise for a performance of Withering songAntoinette Kellermann and Dawid Minnaar hold each other’s hands tightly and encourage each other. These two veteran actors can be seen together in the weighty play – poet and writer Breyten Breytenbach’s last before he passed away in 2024 – and confess they are still nervous before each performance. Withering song is back on the stage this year at the Suidoosterfees, where it debuted last year. This year the production…
ABOMZANSI Magic, have revealed that there is no other way they should have continued to support artists, other than to make small plays that will be shown on this channel.They said this while introducing ten games, which will start next month to be shown on this channel, as two big games have just ended. Shirley Adonisi, said about these shows they confirmed that they are being filmed by youth companies and they are acting by young people who have made a name for themselves in acting and others who have just arrived.All these shows will be shown for ten weeks,…
The famous goalkeeper of Kaizer Chiefs and Bafana Bafana, Itumeleng Khune, sees Brandon Petersen as the one who should wear the jersey with Ronwen Williams in the national team in the World Cup, and receive the best goalkeeper award, the Betway Premiership Goalkeeper of the Season.Khune, who won almost all the goalkeeper awards in Mzansi football before snaring his gloves, was talking to the media after the historic home game where Chiefs drew 1-1 with Orlando Pirates. The Chiefs should thank Petersen for the point they got in this game since the 31-year-old goalkeeper from Cape Town, stopped many bad…
The BEE codes, which prescribe transformation targets for the profession, propose, among other things, fixed requirements for ownership, management control, skill development and preferential acquisition, but should be declared irrational and illegal, asks Solidarity.
INSEPHE of the 100m distance runner, Akani Simbine, has confirmed that he will be competing in the World Relay Championships to be held in Botswana, this weekend. Simbine (32) who is the founder and organizer of the Simbine Classic, a race oftrack and field which was run for the first time this year at Pilditch Stadium, Pretoria, on Tuesday, he expressed his happiness and sadness at the success of this race which attracted top runners and spectators who came out in large numbers to attend. He said that what started as a dream for him ended up becoming a tournament…
Students’ organization Cosas has appealed to President Cyril Ramaphosa to immediately replace the Minister of Basic Education, Ms. Siviwe Gwarube, over the issue of school textbooks tender.This tender is said to be for the preparation of primary school textbooks, the Foundation Phase. There are allegations that one of the companies in Cape Town that was given this job, was established a few days after the tender was issued to grind Grade 1 to Grade 3 books.Ms Gwarube has written to her colleague at the Ministry of Treasury, Mr Enoch Godongwana, to investigate its release.Cosas said they want the SIU to…
Russia has continued heavy attacks on Ukraine for the past 24 hours, with several coming overnight on Thursday and in the early hours of Friday. At least one person has been killed and several have been injured.A Russian drone attack overnight damaged port infrastructure in Ukraine’s southern Odesa region and wounded two people in the Black Sea port city of Odesa, regional Governor Oleh Kiper said on Friday morning.Two high-rise residential buildings were damaged in the attack, which destroyed apartments and caused fires, Kiper wrote on the Telegram messaging app.“This night, Russia again massively attacked the civilian infrastructure of the…
Who: Arsenal vs FulhamWhat: English Premier LeagueWhere: Emirates Stadium, London, United KingdomWhen: Saturday, May 2, at 5:30pm (16:30 GMT)How to follow: We’ll have all the buildup on Al Jazeera Sport from 13:30 GMT in advance of our live text commentary stream.For all the talk of Arsenal having blown their Premier League title hopes after being reeled in by Manchester City, the truth is that come Saturday, they could have re-established a six-point lead to pile the pressure on Pep Guardiola’s side.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listCity’s 2-1 victory over Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium on April 29 meant…