# Athletics: South Africa’s Prudence Sekgodiso won the women’s 800-metres final in a meeting record and personal best time of one-minute-57.16-seconds at the Ostrava Golden Spike in the Czech Republic. Botswana’s Oratile Nowe and Ethiopian Nigist Getachew completed the podium. Another South African, Douw Smit, finished second behind India’s multiple Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra in […]
# Parliament’s standing committee on Public Accounts has resolved to launch a full inquiry into the Road Accident Fund. The inquiry will probe allegations of maladministration, financial mismanagement, wasteful and reckless expenditure, and related financial misconduct. The committee says this decision follows months of repeated attempts to obtain truthful, complete information from the RAF board […]
# Deputy Finance minister David Masondo has defended the 27-billion-rand loan from the World Bank, saying it aligns with the National Treasury’s commitment to responsible and sustainable borrowing. The loan will support urgently needed structural reforms in the country’s infrastructure sectors, with a particular focus on energy and freight transport. Speaking on the sidelines of […]
# Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero says he is confident the motion of no-confidence tabled against him in council will fail today. The DA filed motions against the mayor and chief whip, Sithembiso Zungu, citing ongoing service delivery challenges. Morero says the ANC-led coalition holds the numbers to defeat the motion and remains united despite internal […]
# The EFF expresses concern about the rising trend of foreign-denominated loans, particularly when there is sufficient liquidity in the domestic financial market. This comes as the government has signed a 27-billion-rand loan agreement with the World Bank to bolster infrastructure spending and support structural reforms. The EFF says South Africa’s debt-service costs have ballooned […]
# United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency head, Rafael Grossi, says the ceasefire between Iran and Israel will hopefully open the door for renewed cooperation on Iran’s nuclear programme. Agency inspectors have remained in Iran throughout the conflict. Grossi says there has been extensive damage at several nuclear sites in Iran, including its uranium conversion […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says the achievements of Steve Biko Academic Hospital are a glance into the future of the National Health Insurance. He visited the Nuclear Medicine Research Infrastructure Facility at the hospital in Tshwane on Tuesday. This world-class facility is at the forefront of cancer and TB drug development, using advanced medical imaging […]
# US president Donald Trump says Iran will never rebuild its nuclear programme following America’s strikes on its key nuclear sites at the weekend. A delicate ceasefire between Israel and Iran came into effect in the early hours of Tuesday. However, both sides have accused each other of violating the agreement. Speaking to reporters onboard […]
# Die Universiteit van Pretoria het sy internasionale reputasie versterk nadat hy 63ste in die wêreld is volgens die 2025 Times Higher Education-ranglys, en wêreldwyd die sewende plek vir Volhoubare Ontwikkeling, Doelwit 17. Die lys meet hoëronderwysinstellings se aksies om die Verenigde Nasies se 17 doelwitte te bereik. Slegs drie Afrika-universiteite, wat die UP insluit, […]
