# Youth Olympic Games: Team South Africa added two more medals to their haul at the Youth Olympic Games in Dakar, Senegal, with the first gold medal coming courtesy of rower Callum Dreyer and a silver medal thanks to Chanel Veldsman. Sixteen-year-old Dreyer sealed the gold by defeating Spain’s Diego Molina Martinez in the final, […]
# President Donald Trump says the US will cut off roughly 66.88-billion-rand in annual aid to Israel by the end of the year. America provides military aid to Israel under a ten-year memorandum of understanding that began in 2018 and is set to expire in 2028. A September poll conducted by Quinnipiac University found that nearly […]
# With today being the local government elections, president Cyril Ramaphosa, accompanied by First Lady doctor Tshepo Motsepe, will cast their votes at Hyde Park High School in Johannesburg. A record 546 parties and nearly 137-thousand candidates will contest the elections. The DA leader will cast his vote at Edgemead Primary School in Cape Town, while […]
# Tshwane mayor Nasiphi Moya says a preliminary report has found evidence of serious shortcomings in the Bronkhorstspruit Water Treatment Plant manager’s discharge of his responsibilities. Last month, over 800 cases of gastrointestinal illness were reported after the metro failed to treat the plant’s water with chlorine. Moya says accountability for the water crisis in […]
# The EFF says South Africa will do fine without the African Growth and Opportunity Act. The US will exclude the country from the duty-free trade deal next year for several reasons, including barriers that undermine American trade and investment practices. The EFF says AGOA was a conditional trade arrangement through which America sought to advance […]
# The MK Party has called for the Political Killings Task Team to immediately investigate the murder of its regional organiser in Ugu on the South Coast of KwaZulu-Natal, Lastborn Shazi. It is believed that he was cornered by gun-wielding assassins while at his home in uMzumbe on Monday night and shot dead. Shazi was […]
# ActionSA in eThekwini sê die party sal eis dat geen onwettige immigrant ‘n onderneming in die munisipaliteit mag bedryf nie, insluitend spazawinkels en in die middestad. Dit vorm deel van die party se leierskapsraamwerk, goedgekeur deur sy Senaat. Die burgemeesterskandidaat in die metro, Zwakele Mncwango, sê die munisipaliteit moet ook ‘n toegewyde eenheid in […]
# Namibia’s foot-and-mouth disease outbreak is placing growing financial pressure on the beef industry, threatening revenue, jobs and export markets. Savanna Beef CEO Ian Collard says prolonged disruptions to livestock movement and processing could have serious consequences for farmers, meat processors and the wider economy. He says the industry needs urgent intervention to contain the […]
# Americans head to the polls for the midterm elections today, with control of the Senate and House, both currently held by the Republicans, at stake. Opinion surveys suggest the Democrats are well-positioned to win the House, while the party holds the advantage in the Senate race in Michigan, Kansas, Maine, Ohio, and Texas. President […]
