# A massive rescue operation is underway in Afghanistan, after a strong earthquake and multiple aftershocks flattened homes in a remote, mountainous region, killing more than 800 people. The earthquake struck just before midnight, shaking buildings from Kabul to neighbouring Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad. The majority of Afghans live in low-rise, mud-brick homes that are vulnerable […]
# Cricket: Prize money for the Women’s World Cup cricket will outstrip the men’s edition, boasting an overall purse of 244-million-rand. The International Cricket Council announced the prize pot is up from 62-million-rand in 2022 and eclipses the total 176-million-rand for the last men’s World Cup. The 13th edition of the women’s showpiece 50-over tournament […]
# Die Stad Tshwane het ‘n strategiese gebiedsplan vir die Tshwane Varsproduktemark en omliggende woonbuurte in Pretoria goedgekeur. Die plan is daarop gemik om die binnestad te laat herleef, ekonomiese groei te bevorder en meer as sewe-duisend-200 behuisingsgeleenthede te skep. Die burgemeesterskomiteelid Sarah Mabotsa sê gebiede word aangewys vir ontwikkelings, strate en oop ruimtes. Mabotsa […]
# Russian President Vladimir Putin will pay an official visit to India in December, as ties between the countries grow closer and after the United States imposed tariffs on New Dehli over its purchases of Russian oil. Putin will also meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a regional summit in China on Monday. US […]
# Gholf: Die Suid-Afrikaanse sportlegendes Oscar Chalupsky en Shaun Bartlett sal elk ‘n span uitblinker sportsterre aanvoer wat gaan saamkom om mee te ding vir die tweede Bewaringsbeker by Pearl Valley. Dit word Donderdag 4 September gehou om fondse in te samel vir plaaslike bewaringsprojekte. Chalupsky sal Team Rhino aanvoer en Bartlett lei Team Pangolin, […]
# Pro-Palestynse aktiviste berei hulle voor om Sondag vanuit Spanje na Gaza te vaar in tientalle bote met hulp aanboord. Honderde mense van 44 lande, insluitend die Sweedse aktivis Greta Thunberg, sal na verwagting vanuit verskeie hawens na Gaza vertrek as deel van die grootste flottielje van die aard ooit. Hulle het regerings versoek om […]
# Soccer: Veteran striker Robert Lewandowski has been named captain after being recalled on Friday to the Poland squad by new national coach Jan Urban for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. In June, Lewandowski, by far Poland’s all-time leading scorer, refused to play for the national team after Michal Probierz stripped the striker of the […]
# Soccer: Manchester United coach Ruben Amorim admitted he has thought about quitting, as the under-fire boss revealed he sometimes “hates” his players. Amorim sparked speculation he is considering leaving Old Trafford with a cryptic interview after United’s humiliating League Cup second round defeat against fourth tier Grimsby on Wednesday. United’s penalty shoot-out loss to […]
# US President Donald Trump has moved to block 89-billion-rand of congressionally-approved foreign aid. This raises the likelihood of a federal shutdown after 30 September as Democrats oppose the policy. Trump wrote a letter to the House of Representatives saying the cuts affect programmes of the Department of State and the United States Agency for […]
