# Tesla has renamed its controversial Full Self-Driving software Tesla Assisted Driving on its European websites. The change follows concerns from European regulators that the original name could mislead motorists into believing their cars can drive themselves. The system can steer, brake and accelerate, but drivers must remain alert and ready to take control. Eight […]
# Swimming: South Africa’s Pieter Coetzé has smashed the men’s 50-metre backstroke short-course world record at the Swimming World Cup in Uzbekistan. The 22-year-old touched the wall in 22.09 seconds in Tashkent yesterday, taking 0.02 seconds off the previous mark set by Russia’s Kliment Kolesnikov in 2022. Coetzé beat Russian swimmer Egor Kornev, who finished […]
# The United States has imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court, just hours after South African jurist Navi Pillay won the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says Washington wants to prevent the court from prosecuting American citizens. The measures target the court itself and could disrupt its banking, insurance […]
# Gholf: Die Skot Grant Forrest het halfpad deur die Spaanse Ope in Madrid ‘n voorsprong van een hou. Die 33-jarige het in die tweede ronde ‘n vier-onder-baansyfer 67 aangeteken vir ‘n algehele nege onder baansyfer. Sy landgenoot, Connor Syme en Joel Girrbach van Switserland deel die tweede plek op agt onder. Eugenio Chacarra van […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het oudpresident Jacob Zuma ‘n spoedige herstel toegewens nadat bevestig is hy is in die hospitaal. Ramaphosa sê dokters behandel die 84-jarige Zuma en die militêre chirurg-generaal word oor sy toestand ingelig. Die uMkhonto weSizwe-party hou vol hy is in ‘n goeie luim en het sy hospitaalbesoek aanvanklik as ‘n roetine-ondersoek […]
Former Telkom chief executive Sipho Maseko has been convicted for failing to submit tax returns for five companies where he served as a director. The Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court heard that the companies failed to file 85 returns covering employee taxes, VAT and corporate income tax over several years. An admission-of-guilt fine of 85-thousand-rand was […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê hy is bemoedig deur die Vrystaat se planne om nywerheidsgroei te laat herleef, belegging te lok en werksgeleenthede te skep. Hy het gepraat tydens die bekendstelling van die Vrystaat se projek vir belegging en industrialisering. Ramaphosa sê die provinsie was eens ‘n belangrike vervaardigingsentrum, maar swak munisipale dienste en infrastruktuurprobleme […]
# Motorsport: Red Bull’s Max Verstappen has secured pole position for Saturday’s Singapore Grand Prix sprint race, beating Mercedes driver George Russell by just 0.120 seconds. The four-time world champion clocked one minute 31.156 seconds around the Marina Bay street circuit, claiming his first pole position of any kind in Singapore. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc qualified […]
# Cricket: South Africa had Australia six down before bad light brought an early end to the opening day of the first Test at Kingsmead. The visitors, who elected to bat, slumped to124 for six before Matt Renshaw and captain Pat Cummins steadied the innings with an unbeaten 63-run partnership. Renshaw was on 46, with […]
