# Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva accused Israel of carrying out premeditated genocide in the occupied Palestinian territory of Gaza. At a joint media conference in Paris with French president Emmanuel Macron he said what is happening in Gaza is not a war. He said it’s genocide being carried out by a highly […]
# Die DA in Johannesburg het die burgemeester, Dada Morero, se nuwe ‘bomb squad’-diensleweringspan ‘n publisiteitsfoefie genoem. Die DA-koukusleier, Belinda Kayser-Echeozonjoku, sê dit lyk asof die inisiatief ANC-kaders bevoordeel en nie die inwoners nie. Kayser-Echeozonjoku bevraagteken die grondwetlikheid daarvan en vra vir oorsig en verantwoordbaarheid. Sy het bevestig ‘n mosie van wantroue sal voor die […]
# The African Union has expressed concern over a new US travel ban on several countries, while Somalis were indignant at being among the seven African nations singled out by the Trump administration. President Donald Trump signed a decree banning citizens from Somalia, Chad, Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Libya, Sudan, Yemen, Afghanistan, Myanmar, […]
# Rugby: Lwazi Zangqa from Border has been named as the new head coach of the SA Schools side, and he will be assisted by the Bulls’ Cobus van Dyk. The SA Schools ‘A’ team will be coached by Flash Malinga of KwaZulu-Natal, with Clinton van Rensburg of Western Province named as his assistant. Zangqa […]
# Tennis: Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka and world number three Jessica Pegula have pulled out of the new women’s tournament at Queen’s Club. Pegula, the runner-up at last year’s US Open, was set to be the highest-ranked player at the event, but the American withdrew alongside Japanese star Osaka. The Wimbledon warm-up event […]
# Chinese leader Xi Jinping held a phone call with US president Donald Trump today, as the world’s top two economies clash over trade. The call follows officials in Beijing and Washington accusing each other of jeopardising a trade war truce agreed last month in Geneva. It took place at Trump’s request, the Xinhua news […]
# Die Vereniging van Staatsamptenare verwelkom die skorsing van die hoof van die Onderwysdepartement in Mpumalanga, Lucy Moyane, nadat ‘n forensiese verslag ernstige verkrygingsonreëlmatighede in haar departement blootgelê het. Die departement het na bewering twee miljoen rand bestee aan slegs 22 skootrekenaars, wat neerkom op 91-duisend-rand per rekenaar. Flip van der Walt van die vereniging […]
# Zambia’s former president Edgar Lungu, who held power for almost seven years until 2021, died in Pretoria at the age of 68. According to a statement by his political party, the Patriotic Front, Lungu had been receiving specialised medical treatment in a clinic in Pretoria. He had suffered from recurring achalasia, a condition caused […]
# Die Departement van Landbou gaan nuwe reëls instel om die beweging van diere met gesplete hoewe te beheer in ‘n poging om die verspreiding van bek-en-klouseer te bekamp. Dit volg ná ‘n uitbreking by die grootste beesvleisprodusent, Karan Beef, wat besmettings by sy Heidelberg-voerkraal in Gauteng bevestig het. Die nuwe maatreëls sal streng toesig […]
