# Tennis: Iga Swiatek is through to the second round at Wimbledon after beating Russia’s Polina Kudermetova 7-5, 6-1 in the first round. But a number of women were sent home in surprise defeats. The American third seed Jessica Pegula lost in straight sets 6-2, 6-3 against the world number 116 from Italy, Elisabetta Cocciaretto. […]
# Tennis: Top seed Jannik Sinner eased into the Wimbledon second round on Tuesday, brushing aside fellow Italian Luca Nardi in straight sets. Sinner barely broke a sweat in a 6-4, 6-3, 6-0 victory lasting just one hour and 48 minutes. Sinner has failed to reach the Wimbledon final in his four visits, with his […]
# Rugby: Springbok midfielder Jesse Kriel will lead the side into battle and officially become the 67th captain for their first test against Italy at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday. Kriel is in because regular captain Siya Kolisi had a stiff Achilles, and it was decided as a precaution to keep him out of the game. […]
# Elon Musk’s new attack on what he calls Donald Trump’s insane spending bill that the US Senate has now passed appears to have hit the share price of Tesla. Musk’s latest outburst and Trump’s reaction to it reignited the tit-for-tat insults between the former close allies. Trump earlier said he will “take a look” […]
# Die Stad Kaapstad het bykomende wetstoepassingsbronne herontplooi ter ondersteuning van SAPD-operasies wat gemik is op bekende bende- en afpersingsbrandpunte. Beamptes verbonde aan die Wetstoepassingsbevorderingsplan het Saterdag ‘n bestuurder en passasier in Gugulethu in hegtenis geneem vir die besit van ‘n gelaaide aanvalsgeweer. Die burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Veiligheid en Sekerheid, JP Smith, sê die ontdekking het […]
# Die EFF het in ‘n brief aan die waarnemende hoof van die Nasionale Studente Finansiële Hulp Skema, Waseem Carrim, kommer uitgespreek oor beweerde onreëlmatige betalings wat aan vier studenteverblyf tussengangers gemaak word. Die party sê dié maatskappye neem 5-persent van alle transaksies wat tussen NSFAS en akkomodasie-voorsieners gemaak word, wat beteken dat 145-miljoen-rand per […]
# Die Johannesburgse Kamer van Koophandel het Caren Sutherns aangestel as sy nuwe president, om Connie Mashaba op te volg. Sutherns, met meer as 30 jaar-regservaring en ‘n uitgebreide agtergrond in eiendomsontwikkeling, het ‘n deurslaggewende rol gespeel in beleidsbesprekings en herlewingsprojekte. Sy het belowe om innovasie, lede-waarde en samewerking te bevorder en sakegroei te ondersteun. […]
# Die GOOD-party in die Wes-Kaap sê die moord op raadslede van die Stellenbosch-munisipaliteit skets ‘n prentjie van ‘n owerheid in die greep van wetteloosheid en ‘n magstryd waarin mense kan sterf. Robin Hendrikse van GOOD sê die verhoor van die beskuldigdes wat na bewering in 2019 die moord op ‘n gewese onder-burgemeester, Cameron Mcako, […]
# ‘n Vermiste pasgebore seuntjie, Mogamat Imaad Shamar, is ongedeerd gevind in Tafelsig in Mitchells Plain, Kaapstad. Polisiewoordvoerder Frederick van Wyk sê ‘n multidissiplinêre taakspan het onvermoeid gewerk sedert ‘n saak van ontvoering Saterdag by Bellville se polisiestasie geregistreer is. Hy sê die baba is by ‘n plaaslike winkelsentrum ontvoer:
