# US president Donald Trump says there was a very good prospect of a meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin in person as early as next week. This follows a meeting in Moscow between Putin and US envoy Steve Witkoff on Wednesday. Trump has warned that Russia could face hefty sanctions or see secondary sanctions […]
# Cricket: Proteas all-rounder Wiaan Mulder has been nominated for the International Cricket Council’s July Men’s Player of the Month, alongside England’s Ben Stokes and India’s Shubman Gill. Mulder smashed an unbeaten 367 in the second Test against Zimbabwe, the highest individual score in South African Test history. Stokes scored 251 runs and took 12 […]
# Justice and Constitutional Development minister, Mmamoloko Kubayi, says to date there has been no political interference in the matters that the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption has been dealing with. She was responding to a written parliamentary question from the EFF, regarding allegations of executive interference and undue political influence in investigations by KwaZulu-Natal Police […]
# The Gauteng Education Department says several schools across the province have been affected by ground instability, air pollution, and proximity to illegal and legal mining activities. In some cases, schools have been relocated or placed on rehabilitation programmes due to safety concerns. The department’s spokesperson, Steve Mabona, says it has conducted assessments and is set […]
# Most organisations providing vital relief across Gaza will likely have to shut down their operations within weeks, unless Israel withdraws its demand that they provide sensitive information about Palestinian employees. This is according to the Humanitarian Country Team in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Already, non-governmental organisations which have not registered under the new system […]
# Golf: Two strong teams have been picked to represent South Africa at the World Amateur Team Championships in Singapore in October. Competing for the women’s Espirito Santo Trophy, which South Africa won in 2006, Kyra van Kan will make her debut alongside Megan Streicher and Bobbi Brown. The country’s top-ranked amateur, Christiaan Maas, will […]
# The families and survivors of apartheid-era crimes have criticised president Cyril Ramaphosa’s application to delay a constitutional damages case. The families are demanding 168-million-rand for what they call the state’s gross failure to adequately investigate and prosecute political crimes, which the Truth and Reconciliation Commission identified. Ramaphosa wants the High Court in Pretoria to […]
# The Congress of the People belê hierdie naweek sy nasionale komiteevergadering in Boksburg, Gauteng. Die vergadering sluit al die verkose leiers, twee provinsiale verteenwoordigers per provinsie en verteenwoordigers van party-afdelings in. Die waarnemende voorsitter van COPE, Pakes Dikgetsi, sê aangesien die vergadering die hoogste besluitnemingsowerheid tussen kongresse is, sal die agenda fokus op pogings […]
# Die Vereniging van Staatsamptenare loof die Vervoerdepartement se skoon ouditverslag vir die 2024/2025-boekjaar. Dit is die eerste keer in 31 jaar dat hy ‘n skoon oudit ontvang. Die ouditeur-generaal het onder meer verwys na die indiening van die jaarlikse finansiële state binne die vereiste tydperk, sterk interne beheermaatreëls en finansiële bestuursprosesse. Die staatsdiensvakbond se […]
