# Brazil’s presidential election is heading to a runoff after right-wing Flávio Bolsonaro, an ally of US president Donald Trump, won the first round. The 45-year-old received 47.24-percent of the votes, with incumbent left-wing president Lula da Silva getting 44.91-percent, with neither securing more than 50-percent to win outright. Key issues for voters have been sovereignty, crime, […]
# Die polisie in Limpopo het ‘n geregtelike doodsondersoek begin nadat die liggaam van ‘n 22-jarige vrouestudent van die Universiteit van Limpopo langs die omheining net buite die kampus in Sovengastraat gevind is. Sy was gedeeltelik geklee en het haar identiteitsdokument en kaart van die Nasionale Skema vir Finansiële Bystand aan Studente by haar gehad. […]
# Die adjunkminister in die Presidensie, Nonceba Mhlauli, moedig Suid-Afrikaners en veral jongmense aan, om hul demokratiese reg uit te oefen en in die plaaslike regeringsverkiesing in November te stem. Altesaam 142-duisend-en-72 kandidate is benoem om tien-duisend-526 raadsetels in munisipaliteite te betwis. Die Interministeriële Komitee oor Plaaslike Regeringsverkiesings is tevrede met die voorbereidings vir die […]
# Tennis: Twenty-four-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic’s bid for a record-extending seventh China Open title is still intact after defeating top seed Germany’s Alexander Zverev, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, to reach the semifinals. The Serb is 32-0 in Beijing, the best start in men’s singles at a tour-level event in the Open Era. He will […]
# A News24/SABI poll shows that if the local government elections were tomorrow, the ANC would still be the largest party at 31.6-percent. The party is, however, down 14 percentage points since the 2021 local government elections. The DA is now within five points of the ANC nationally with 25.2-percent, followed by the MK Party […]
# The US Air Force has removed all of its bombers from RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, after the British military air base was the target of a suspected terror attack last month. Five British nationals were arrested on suspicion of explosives offences and terrorism, but were released on bail. Last week, UK prime minister Andy […]
# Golf: Poland’s Adrian Meronk fought from four shots behind to overtake South African Casey Jarvis and win the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland. The 33-year-old finished on four-under 68 to claim his fifth DP World Tour title and regain his tour card for next season. Jarvis, who posted a final round 72, finished […]
# Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says that while South Africa wants foreign capital, it wants it to build processing, beneficiation and manufacturing capacity on home soil. The country recorded 49.8-billion-rand in foreign direct investment inflows during the second quarter of this year. Minister Ntshavheni says the country’s energy, telecommunications and mining rules are made by […]
# Russia’s military has warned that it will intensify its strikes targeting Ukrainian capital Kyiv and other cities in response to comments made by president Volodymyr Zelensky last week. Zelensky said Kyiv would ramp up its attacks on Russian oil refineries. A Russian drone hit Kyiv’s key Northern Bridge over the Dnipro River on Sunday, injuring two […]
