# Tennis: Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz got his French Open title defence to a winning start, beating Italian qualifier Giulio Zeppieri, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2, to move to the second round. World number one Jannik Sinner of Italy defeated France’s Arthur Rinderknech, 6-4, 6-3, 7-5, while 2021 finalists Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas saw off Argentina’s Tomas Martin Etcheverry, […]
# Two people, one of them a child, have sustained serious injuries while 27 were taken to the hospital after a car ploughed into crowds at the Liverpool Football Club Premier League trophy parade in England. A 53-year-old British man has been arrested and is believed to be the driver of the vehicle. Merseyside police […]
# The US special envoy Steve Witkoff says a ceasefire-hostage deal for Gaza is currently on the table with a pathway to end the war. This comes as Israel has intensified its military action in Gaza, killing at least 54 Palestinians, most of them in a school building sheltering displaced families, over the weekend. Witkoff […]
# Cricket: Proteas Women head coach, Mandla Mashimbyi, says he is very excited to have Marizanne Kapp, Tumi Sekhukhune, and Ayanda Hlubi back into the mix. The trio is part of the squad for the white-ball tour to the West Indies next month, consisting of three one-day internationals and three T20s. Kapp missed the ODI […]
# The Gauteng Education Department says funding to schools of specialisation has been reduced due to broader budgetary constraints. Since 2022, the department has slashed funding to schools of specialisation from 69.29-million-rand in 2022 to just over 13-million in 2024, representing a decrease of 81.36-percent. The department’s spokesperson, Steve Mabona, says that as more schools […]
# The DA Federal Council has passed a motion to affirm the party’s longstanding position against the expropriation of property without compensation. The party says it supports Section 25 of the Constitution, and that just and equitable compensation adjudicated by a court of law must be paid for any expropriation. The DA’s national spokesperson, Karabo […]
# Deputy minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Sihle Zikalala, says infrastructure development and industrialisation are the two keys that will address the challenges of the country’s economy. The Sustainable Infrastructure Development Symposium kicked off in Cape Town on Monday, with president Cyril Ramaphosa set to deliver the keynote address today. Zikalala says the department […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sal vandag vrae oor ekonomiese groei en werkskepping in die Nasionale Vergadering beantwoord. Die presidensie sê hy sal die Parlement inlig oor pogings om rassediskriminasie reg te stel en die ondersoek en vervolging van apartheidsmisdade. Die kantoor sê Ramaphosa sal ook besin oor Suid-Afrika se verbintenis tot konflikoplossing in Oekraïne en […]
# Die DA in die Wes-Kaap het die provinsiale Polisiekommissaris, Thembisile Patekile, skriftelik versoek om ‘n duidelike tydlyn en operasionele plan te verskaf, waarin die minister van Polisie, Senzo Mchunu, belowe het om bendegeweld op die Kaapse Vlakte te bestry. Die party-lid, Nicholas Gotsell, sê die tydlyn moet tasbare antwoorde insluit oor wanneer die Anti-Bende-eenheid […]
