# US president Donald Trump and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a phone call on Thursday evening, in which they agreed to continue coordination on various fronts. This comes as the US and Iran traded strikes this week. According to Netanyahu’s office, Trump updated the prime minister on current American moves in the Gulf and the […]
# Soccer: Captain Kylian Mbappé starred for France as the two-time champions defeated Morocco 2-0 in Boston to reach a third successive World Cup semifinal. Player of the Match Mbappé recovered from a first-half penalty miss to score his eighth goal of the tournament, before setting up Ousmane Dembele for his fifth to seal the […]
# Tennis: Czech Republic’s Karolina Muchová will face compatriot Linda Nosková in the Wimbledon women’s singles final this afternoon, a match that will guarantee a first-time Grand Slam champion. Muchová battled past American Coco Gauff, 6-2, 1-6, 7-6, while Nosková defeated Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk, 6-4, 6-4. At 20, Nosková becomes the youngest women’s finalist since 2014. […]
# The Public Interest SA has lodged a criminal complaint with the Hawks against acting National Police Commissioner Puleng Dimpane, alleging possible contraventions of the Public Finance Management Act. This is in relation to the controversial 228-million-rand SAPS Medicare24 Tshwane contract. Public Interest SA chairperson, Tebogo Khaas, says that as SAPS Chief Financial Officer at […]
# The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, warns that the resumption of strikes and counterstrikes between the US and Iran risks derailing diplomatic progress made since a ceasefire framework was agreed in April. This week, the US military hit over 150 targets in Iran, killing 14 people, while Tehran attacked US military bases in the […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa is undertaking an official visit to France from today until Sunday, where he is scheduled to hold several bilateral engagements, including with president Emmanuel Macron. During his visit, he will participate in high-level education discussions at UNESCO, engage French business leaders, and attend the 110th Commemoration of the Battle of Delville […]
# Former South African Air Force Brigadier General, Portia Anyamba, has been sentenced to six months in a US federal prison. This is after she pleaded guilty to acting as an undeclared agent of South Africa while working at the highly sensitive Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. As part of a plea agreement, she also […]
# Iranian Foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, has warned against any further US military “adventurism”. This follows a second day of attacks, which have claimed the lives of 14 people in Tehran. The US military struck 170 targets in Iran in the last two days, including more than 60 small boats of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard […]
# Activists and Citizens Forum verwelkom die Nasionale Tesourie se besluit om 3,5-miljard-rand se toekennings te weerhou van 69 munisipaliteite vir nie-voldoening. Dis gedoen om groter fiskale dissipline af te dwing, te verseker openbare geld word behoorlik bestuur en munisipaliteite te dwing om ongemagtigde en verkwistende uitgawes te bestry. Woordvoerder Dennis Bloem sê wydverspreide korrupsie […]
