The Democratic Republic of Congo government and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels aim to hold direct talks on April 9, sources from both camps said on Tuesday, a potential boost to Qatar’s efforts to end the Central African country’s worst fighting in decades.
Court proceedings in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping and human trafficking trial continue in the Western Cape High Court sitting at Saldanha Bay on the Cape West Coast.
Mercedes-Benz denied a report by Bloomberg News on Tuesday which said the carmaker was considering withdrawing its cheapest models in the US before an added 25% tariff to be imposed on car imports.
Volkswagen, Stellantis, 13 other carmakers and their car association were fined a total of €458m (R9.18bn) by EU antitrust regulators on Tuesday for taking part in a vehicle recycling cartel.
If the DA doesn’t vote in favour of the budget footprint in parliament, they would have pushed themselves out of the government of national unity, ANC bosses say.
Val Kilmer, who starred in the films “Top Gun,” “The Doors” and “Batman Forever” while earning a reputation as a Hollywood bad boy, has died, the New York Times reported. He was 65.
Controversial businessman Zunaid Moti has his neighbours in a froth over a helicopter landing pad on his property in Bryanston, a wealthy suburb in Sandton.
Had the ANC honoured the provisions of the June 2024 statement of intent, which it signed, it would have avoided entirely the fiasco of the last-minute wrangling which has played out in recent weeks, writes Tony Leon.
Principals are not allowed to deregister pregnant pupils who have been registered to write the matric exams. And schools must report teachers who impregnate schoolgirls to the police and SACE.These are some of the proposals contained in a draft document, which is being developed by a task team put together by the Department of Basic Education.
While MPs on Parliament’s finance committees were debating whether to raise taxes for South Africans, MPs on the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs all agreed political parties should be able to get more money in donations, with less transparency.
Cadillac will be playing it safe with design deadlines as the General Motors-backed team prepares for a 2026 Formula One debut, according to executive engineering consultant Pat Symonds.