# Tennis: World number one Aryna Sabalenka got her French Open campaign to a winning start. The Belarusian defeated Russia’s Kamilla Rakhimova, 6-1, 6-0, to move to the second round. Italy’s Jasmine Paolini battled past China’s Yuan Yue, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3, while former world number two Czech Petra Kvitova was knocked out. In the men’s […]
# US president Donald Trump says he has agreed to delay a 50-percent tariff on European Union imports until July 9th. It follows a phone call he had with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen on Sunday. The 50-percent rate would have come after Trump had imposed a 20-percent reciprocal tariff on the EU […]
# Athletics: South Africa’s Akani Simbine remains unbeaten in the 100-metres this year, as he powered to his third Diamond League win of the year in Rabat, Morocco. He stormed to victory with a time of 9.95-seconds ahead of Kenya’s Ferdinand Omanyala and American Fred Kerley. Simbine’s compatriot Zakithi Nene delivered a strong performance in […]
# Former president Thabo Mbeki has defended the controversial “Kill the Boer” song, saying it is a symbolic expression rooted in the anti-apartheid struggle. The song was in the spotlight last week, after US president Donald Trump during his meeting with president Cyril Ramaphosa at the Oval Office, played a video of EFF leader Julius […]
# Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie, has terminated the Silapha Wellness Intervention Programme. The programme was a three-year project offered to artists and sportspeople, intended to assist them in accessing resources. The service provider was awarded a tender of over 18-million-rand for three years, with the department paying around 507-thousand to the […]
# The United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine has condemned the deadly wave of Russian missile and drone strikes over the weekend. At least 12 people, including three children, were killed in widespread strikes in the Kyiv region. Ukrainian officials confirmed that Russia launched 298 drones and 69 missiles. The UN says the […]
# Motorsport: McLaren’s Lando Norris held off Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc to win the Monaco Grand Prix for the first time. The Briton navigated the new two-mandatory tyre changes for the race to win for the first time since the season-opener in Australia. His teammate Oscar Piastri finished third, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in fourth, with Ferrari’s Lewis […]
# Build One South Africa has expressed concern at the sudden gazetting of relaxed B-BBEE licensing requirements for satellite service companies. The proposed policy direction provides alternatives to pave the way for Elon Musk’s Starlink to operate in the country. It provides applicants with a workaround to rules on who can acquire a licence to […]
# EFF leader Julius Malema says US president Donald Trump will never intimidate him. During his meeting with president Cyril Ramaphosa at the Oval Office last week, Trump called for Malema to be arrested for singing “Kill the Boer”, and also continued to push the false narrative of a genocide against whites in the country. […]
