# Soccer: Paris St-Germain and France forward, Ousmane Dembélé, won his first Ballon d’Or. The 28-year-old scored 35 goals for PSG last season, as the team won the Champions League, the league title, and the French Cup. PSG manager Luis Enrique was named coach of the year. Barcelona and Spain midfielder Aitana Bonmati became the […]
# France has become the latest country to formally declare their recognition of a Palestinian state. This comes as international pressure is ramping up on Israel over the unfolding humanitarian crisis in Gaza and settlement building in the West Bank. Belgium, Monaco, Malta, Luxembourg, and Andorra also declared their support for a Palestinian state during […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa reiterates its firm commitment to the creation of a contiguous Palestinian State existing peacefully and side by side with the State of Israel, alongside the 1967 borders. He was speaking at the two-state solution conference on the sidelines of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly […]
# United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres, has warned that the principles of the organisation are under assault as never before. He delivered a speech to the General Assembly in New York on Monday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the UN. Guterres says from eradicating smallpox to healing the ozone layer to preventing a […]
# Cricket: Pakistan women beat South Africa by six wickets in the third and final ODI in Lahore, with the visitors clinching the three-match series 2-1. Left-arm spinner Nashra Sandhu claimed career-best figures of six wickets for 24 runs, as South Africa were bowled out for 115. In reply, Sidra Amin scored an unbeaten half-century as […]
# Business Leadership South Africa says, amidst trade negotiations with the US, the government must prepare for all scenarios by accelerating trade diversification efforts. Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Parks Tau, met US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and members of Congress in Washington last week, to strike a trade deal. BLSA CEO Busiswe Mavuso […]
# The EFF says Helen Zille does not have an understanding of the City of Johannesburg’s complex issues and how to fix them. Zille is the DA’s mayoral candidate for Johannesburg ahead of next year’s local government elections. If elected, Zille, at 74 years old, would become the oldest Johannesburg mayor in the country’s democratic […]
# National Treasury has confirmed that Finance minister Enoch Godongwana will table the medium-term budget policy statement on November 12th. Traditionally tabled in October, the medium-term budget policy statement is an opportunity for the minister to make revisions to the national budget and allocate additional money where needed. Treasury says due to the lateness of the […]
# Die Vereniging van Staatsamptenare het die 50-duisend-rand vergoeding wat aan een van sy lede toegeken is verwelkom, nadat hy onregverdig oor die hoof gesien is vir ‘n skoolhoofpos by ‘n hoërskool in Limpopo. Die Kommissaris van die Raad op Arbeidsverhoudinge in die Onderwys het bevind die provinsiale Onderwysdepartement het onregverdige arbeidspraktyke gevolg toe die […]
