# Rugby: The Springbok Sevens team completed a magnificent quarterfinal win over Fiji at the Bordeaux Sevens shortly after hearing they had won the HSBC World Championship and had been crowned the best Sevens team in the world. They will meet France in a semifinal this afternoon in the Bordeaux Sevens, but what happens doesn’t […]
# Tennis: The 19-year-old Mirra Andreeva became the youngest women’s champion at Roland Garros in 34 years with a dominant 6-3, 6-2 victory over Polish qualifier Maja Chwalinska in the final. Andreeva is the first Russian woman to win a major title since Maria Sharapova’s triumph at Roland Garros in 2014. She is also the […]
# Rugby: Defending champions Leinster overcame an immense defensive effort from the Stormers to clinch a hard-fought 20-11 United Rugby Championship semifinal win at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday night, to set up a replay of last season’s final against the Bulls at Croke Park. Despite being under constant pressure, the Stormers put up an […]
# Die polisie en die weermag gaan voort met pogings om netwerke van georganiseerde misdaad tot niet te maak wat wat betrokke is by onwettige mynbou, bendeverwante geweld en ander ernstige en geweldsmisdaad. ‘n Polisiewoordvoerder, Mpho Mathebula, sê gekoördineerde multidissiplinêre operasies is in Mei regoor die Oos-Kaap, Vrystaat, Gauteng, Noordwes en die Wes-Kaap uitgevoer, waarin […]
Die Oos-Kaap se LUR vir Vervoer en Gemeenskapsveiligheid, Xolile Nqatha, het die deurbraak verwelkom in die massaskietery in Motherwell, Gqeberha, waarin vyf jong mans onlangs doodgeskiet is. Dit volg na die inhegtenisneming van ‘n 28-jarige buitelander in verband met die moorde. Die woordvoerder van die departement Makhaya Komisa, sê die regering waarsku misdadigers dat hulle […]
# Die waarnemende uitvoerende hoof van City Power, Charles Tlouane, het ‘n streng waarskuwing aan kliënte gerig wat steeds nie vir hul munisipale dienste betaal nie en munisipale regulasies verontagsaam. Hy sê City Power is baie bekommerd oor die blatante verontagsaming van regulasies en die toenemende aantal kliënte wat steeds elektrisiteit gebruik, maar doelbewus nié […]
# Russia says Ukraine has launched an attack on and around St Petersburg, as the city hosted the final day of an economic forum. More than 140 drones were shot down over the surrounding Leningrad region. The city’s residents were urged to stay indoors for the first time since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in […]
# Rugby The Bulls clawed their way back from the United Rugby Championship graveyard to pull off one of the biggest upsets in the competition’s history. They beat Glasgow Warriors 22-21 after being 21-3 down after the first 30 minutes in Saturday’s semifinal showdown at Murrayfield. The Bulls will now face Leinster in the URC […]
# Die Minister van Vervoer, Barbara Creecy, sê haar departement ondersoek ‘n nuwe skema waarvolgens ‘n spesifieke fooi by voertuigeienaars se jaarlikse hernuwing van lisensieskyfies gevoeg kan word. Sy sê die regering ondersoek ook alternatiewe moontlikhede om die Padongelukkefonds finansieel volhoubaar te hou. Creecy sê die fonds word tans uit die brandstofheffing op petrol en […]
