# Cricket: Royal Challengers Bengaluru will face table-toppers Punjab Kings in Qualifier 1 on Thursday, after a six-wicket win over the Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League. Rishabh Pant’s unbeaten 118 off 61 balls powered Lucknow Super Giants to 227 for three in their 20 overs. In reply, stand-in captain Jitesh Sharma’s unbeaten […]
# The DA says it supports the Special Investigating Unit’s plans to apply to the Special Tribunal to have the National Student Financial Aid Scheme’s controversial head office lease set aside. The 18.6-million-rand five-year lease for the rental of 140 parking bays for staff in Cape Town was signed by the previous NSFAS CEO, Andile […]
# The Israeli Defence Force says it was forced to fire warning shots near the new aid distribution site in Rafah, Gaza. This is after thousands of Palestinians desperate for food broke fences to reach supplies, resulting in the newly established US-Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation losing control of the distribution site. The foundation says so far […]
# Former Stellenbosch University student, Theuns du Toit, who was charged for urinating on another student’s belongings in 2022, is considering instituting a civil claim against the institution. The Stellenbosch Magistrate’s Court has found him not guilty of crimen injuria and malicious damage to property. Du Toit was expelled after a disciplinary hearing found him […]
# AfriForum has criticised minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Velenkosini Hlabisa’s comments that smaller, failed municipalities should merge with larger municipalities. This comes as the minister has launched a major review of the 1998 White Paper on Local Government. The review will examine the funding model of municipalities and could lead to the […]
# Tennis: Britain’s Cameron Norrie knocked out 11th seed Russian Daniil Medvedev, 7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 1-6, 7-5, to advance to the French Open second round. Three-time champion Novak Djokovic of Serbia eased passed American Mackenzie McDonald, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3, while Russian Andrey Rublev defeated South Africa’s Lloyd Harris, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1. In the women’s […]
# Eskom CEO Dan Marokane says their aim remains to ultimately reduce the power utility’s reliance on government support by driving the company toward financial sustainability. The state-owned entity is in the last year of a three-year debt relief programme, in which the government has assisted it with a 254-billion-rand debt relief package. Marokane says […]
# Police say the 53-year-old man arrested after driving into a crowd in Liverpool, England, on Monday was apprehended on suspicion of attempted murder, dangerous driving offences, and driving while unfit through drugs. Thousands of people had been on the city’s streets for Liverpool’s Premier League victory parade when the man drove through the crowd. […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared a Special Official Funeral Category One for the late ANC stalwart and struggle veteran, Gertrude Shope. She passed away at the age of 99 last Thursday. She joined the ANC at the age of 29 and also served as the party’s Women’s League president. Her funeral will be held […]
