# Golf: Fifteen-time major champion Tiger Woods, who is scheduled to appear in a Florida court today, is reportedly set to change his not guilty plea as part of an ongoing driving under the influence case. The 50-year-old was arrested after he crashed his Land Rover in Florida in March. He passed a breathalyser test but […]
# The US Congress has passed an extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act until the end of 2028. This followed Senate’s approval last month. AGOA was first enacted in 2000 to provide duty-free access to the US market for eligible Sub-Saharan countries, including South Africa, covering over one-thousand-800 products. Democratic Congresswoman Terri Sewell […]
# Die minister van Justisie en Grondwetlike Ontwikkeling, Mmamoloko Kubayi, sê Leonard Lekgetho is aangestel as nuwe hoof van die Spesiale Ondersoekeenheid terwyl die regering sy pogings voortsit om korrupsie te bekamp. Lekgetho het 19 jaar ervaring in die eenheid. Woordvoerder Palesa Rammitlwa sê Kubayi glo sy ondervinding en grondige kennis sal hom goed te […]
# Soccer: English Premier League clubs have smashed the transfer spending record for a second straight year, spending 75.5-billion-rand. Eleven of the 20 clubs broke their transfer records. Enzo Fernandez’s joint-British transfer record move from Chelsea to Manchester City grabbed the headlines after being sold for 2.7-billion-rand. The Argentinian is the fourth player to be […]
# Die Vereniging van Staatsamptenare doen ʼn beroep op die regering om dringend maatreëls in te stel wat Suid-Afrikaners teen vandeesmaand se skerp styging in brandstofpryse kan beskerm. Albei grade petrol het met een-rand-34-sent per liter gestyg terwyl diesel tussen twee-rand-93-sent en drie-rand-15-sent per liter meer kos. Die vakbond-woordvoerder, Claude Naicker, sê dringende maatreëls, soos onmiddellike […]
# Die DA sê die Gautengse Departement van Landbou en Landelike Ontwikkeling moet rekenskap gee oor die inenting van diere teen bek-en-klouseer. Dit volg nadat die departement erken het slegs 540-duisend diere is teen die siekte ingeënt terwyl hy meer as 757-duisend-340 entstofdosisse ontvang het. Bronwynn Engelbrecht van die DA sê dit beteken meer as […]
# Die vakverbond Cosatu sê hy is bemoedig deur die daling in sommige ernstige misdade soos aangedui in die jongste kwartaallikse misdaadstatistiek vir die tydperk tussen April en Junie 2026. Volgens Statistiek Suid-Afrika was daar ʼn daling van 5,9-persent in moorde, 17,6-persent minder huisbrake, en ʼn 21-persent-daling in vragmotorkapings. Cosatu-woordvoerder, Matthew Parks, sê ten spyte […]
# Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has warned airlines and passengers against using Russian airspace, saying it is becoming completely unsafe. Kyiv closed its airspace to civilian aircraft at the beginning of the war. Chinese, Turkish and Gulf state airlines are among those using Russian airspace. Zelensky says his country will be escalating its drone strikes […]
# Rugby: Springbok scrum coach Daan Human says it’s not in his nature to try to cheat or instruct his players to scrum illegally. This follows New Zealand coach Dave Rennie’s accusations over South Africa’s alleged underhanded tactics in the scrum. He suggested the Boks were “walking around” opponents in the set-piece. Human says they will […]
