# President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Leonard Lekgetho as the new head of the Special Investigating Unit with effect from today. He succeeds Advocate Andy Mothibi, who left the position in February to become the National Director of Public Prosecutions. Lekgetho has 19 years of experience at the SIU, during which he has served in […]
# Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky says he had a detailed and constructive phone call with US president Donald Trump’s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. They discussed further coordination between the negotiating teams and developing solutions to achieve peace. Zelensky says he informed Witkoff and Kushner about the situation on the battlefield, where Russia’s gains […]
# EFF leader Julius Malema has agreed to apologise to Supreme Court of Appeal judge Keoagile Matojane in Parliament. Parliament’s Ethics Committee found his questioning of the judge on a personal case at the Judicial Service Commission breached the Code of Ethical Conduct. In JSC interviews in 2021, when Matojane was contesting for appointment in […]
# AfriForum says acting minister of Police Firoz Cachalia’s acknowledgement that communities play an indispensable role in combating crime must now be transformed into a formal partnership between SAPS and neighbourhood watches. The latest crime statistics show that although the murder rate decreased by 5.9-percent during the first quarter of the 2026/2027 financial year, five-thousand-427 […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says the automotive industry is vital to the government’s efforts to grow the economy, expand exports, attract investment and create jobs. He delivered the keynote address at the Volkswagen Group Africa 75th Anniversary Gala Dinner in Kariega, Nelson Mandela Bay, Eastern Cape yesterday evening. Over the past 75 years, Volkswagen’s Kariega plant […]
# A Las Vegas jury has found Duane “Keffe D” Davis guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Tupac Shakur, nearly 30 years after the famous rapper was gunned down. Shakur was shot multiple times on 7 September 1996 in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas and died several days later. Prosecutors accused 63-year-old […]
# Tennis: Seven-time Grand Slam champion Carlos Alcaraz got his US Open title defence off to a winning start, beating Russia’s Roman Safiullin, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. The Spaniard has not played a competitive singles match since April due to injury. Swiss Stan Wawrinka played the final US Open match of his career after suffering defeat […]
# Deputy minister of Higher Education and Training, Nomusa Dube-Ncube, says institutions need to be more proactive in responding to skills shortages and changing economic needs, rather than waiting for directives from government. The department’s 2026/2027 Annual Performance Plan is anchored in a reform mandate flowing from president Cyril Ramaphosa’s declaration of a National Skills […]
# US president Donald Trump has threatened Iran after Tehran’s retaliatory strikes on American military targets in Jordan and the United Arab Emirates, saying “we’re going to hit them hard”. American forces attacked two Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz. The strike killed three people. Trump has also reiterated his […]
