# Tennis: World number three, Poland’s Iga Swiatek, has reached the fourth round of the Italian Open. The two-time winner thrashed Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto, 6-1, 6-0. She will face Japan’s Naomi Osaka next, who defeated Russia’s Diana Shnaider, 6-1, 6-2. There were also wins for Kazakhstani Elena Rybakina and American Jessica Pegula. In the men’s […]
# US president Donald Trump has rejected Iran’s response to the recent peace proposal, calling it “totally unacceptable”. Tehran submitted its response on Sunday, which reportedly includes an immediate end to the war and a halt to a US naval blockade. The US proposal includes a suspension of Iranian nuclear enrichment and restoring free transit […]
# The Madlanga Commission will hold its last public hearings this week, before it breaks to focus on its second interim report. It will continue to focus on drug seizures by law enforcement agencies this week, and testimony on the handling and theft or disappearance of narcotic substances in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng. The commission’s spokesperson, […]
# The South African Communist Party is calling on Parliament to expedite the establishment of an impeachment committee against president Cyril Ramaphosa. This comes after the Constitutional Court on Friday ruled that Parliament’s decision to protect Ramaphosa from facing an impeachment inquiry was unconstitutional. An independent inquiry had found that Ramaphosa has a case to […]
# Iran says it has replied to a US peace proposal to end the war. The proposal reportedly consists of a one-page 14-point memorandum of understanding that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz while setting a framework for further talks on Tehran’s nuclear programme. Mediator Pakistan confirmed that it has forwarded the proposal to US […]
# Motorsport: Aprilia’s Jorge Martin won the MotoGP French Grand Prix, his first race victory since 2024 when he won the championship. Between the end of 2024 and the beginning of 2026, he endured multiple injuries and missed the majority of the races. His teammate and championship leader, Marco Bezzecchi, finished second, and Trackhouse Racing’s Ai […]
# Golf: South Africa’s Yurav Premlall secured his first DP World Tour title by winning the Catalunya Championship in Barcelona by 14 shots. Ranked 598th in the world, he finished at 28 under to claim the largest winning margin for a maiden DP World Tour title. His compatriot Shaun Norris finished second. Another South African, […]
# The MV Hondius cruise ship, which is at the centre of the hantavirus outbreak, docked in Tenerife, Spain, on Sunday. The ship arrived in the Canary Islands carrying 146 people, after three people died of the virus and eight more became ill. So far, passengers from Spain, France, the UK, Canada, Belgium, and the Netherlands […]
# The National Disaster Management Centre has called on all three spheres of government to step up support for disaster management teams and strengthen contingency measures. This as it has classified the adverse weather conditions in some provinces as a national disaster. This follows torrential rainfall, storms, and damaging winds in the Western Cape, North West, […]
