# Minister of Social Development Dina Pule says her department will continue to work closely with Interpol South Africa and other relevant law enforcement agencies in addressing cases of trafficking in children. This comes after two South African girls, aged 9 and 15, who were trafficked to Malawi in 2024, were safely repatriated. Minister Pule says the alleged trafficking involved a couple comprising a […]
# American feminist, journalist, and political activist Gloria Steinem has passed away at the age of 92. She became the face of second-wave feminism in the late 1960s and early 1970s and co-founded the Women’s Action Alliance, a group dedicated to fighting sexism, more than 50 years ago. In 2013, then-president Barack Obama awarded her […]
# Tennis: Die Chinese gelukkige verloorder Bu Yunchaokete het die opkomende ster Rafael Jodar uitgeskakel in die eerste ronde van die Amerikaanse Ope. Die nommer-124 op die wêreldranglys het die 12de-gekeurde Spanjaard in skoon stelle geklop in een van die grootste verrassings van die Grand Slam-toernooi tot dusver. Bu het in die kwalifiserende ronde verloor, […]
# ‘n Ipsos markpeiling studie toon byna een uit elke sewe Suid-Afrikaners sê hulle moes al van die werk, skool of universiteit wegbly omdat die vervoer te duur is. Die navorsing toon mense in die ouderdomsgroep van 25 tot 34 word die meeste geraak, met 23-persent wat aandui hulle het al om hierdie rede weggebly. […]
# Trade union Solidarity has launched an investigation into US company Amazon for allegedly excluding companies from a business development programme in South Africa based on their owners’ race. Amazon Web Services’ Equity Equivalent Investment Programme, which promotes diversity and inclusion, reportedly only accepts 100-percent black-owned businesses and disqualifies any company where a white person […]
# Rugby: England captain Maro Itoje believes his extended break from the sport has benefited him both mentally and physically. The 31-year-old forward has missed the Nations Championship Tests against South Africa, Fiji and Argentina in July. Itoje, who surpassed World Rugby’s player load guidelines of 30 matches per season in the two previous seasons, […]
# Die polisie in Noordwes het ʼn moordverdagte vasgetrek wat Dinsdag uit polisie-aanhouding ontsnap het terwyl hy vir mediese behandeling vervoer is. Tshepo Lobelo was een van vier aangehoudenes wat van die Pudimoe-polisiekantoor na die Maganeng-kliniek geneem is. Polisiewoordvoerder Anne Magakoe sê hy het met hul aankoms by die kliniek ontsnap en na bosse gevlug:
# Award-winning American actor George Clooney has described US president Donald Trump’s administration as a ‘kakistocracy’, defining it as a government run by the least qualified people. He was speaking at the opening day of the Venice Film Festival, where he is to be awarded a Golden Lion for career achievement. Clooney says he is […]
# Cricket: The International Cricket Council has confirmed India will host the first-ever edition of the Women’s Champions Trophy in February. Sri Lanka was stripped of hosting because of government interference in its cricket board. The six-team T20 tournament will consist of South Africa, Australia, England, India, New Zealand, and Sri Lanka. ICC CEO Sanjog […]
