# Zimbabwe’s Finance and Economic Development minister, professor Mthuli Ncube, says the government has spent about 79.2-million-rand on the repatriation and reintegration of citizens returning from South Africa. More than 36-thousand Zimbabwean nationals have been repatriated through government-facilitated arrangements, while close to 80-thousand returned to the country through self-repatriation. Ncube says money covers transportation, temporary […]
# Militant group Hamas says it has agreed to the Board of Peace’s plan to disarm in Gaza completely. US president Donald Trump described the agreement as a major milestone in the implementation of his 20-point peace plan for ending the war in Gaza. The four-page roadmap sets out a phased process linking Hamas’s disarmament […]
# Soccer: European governing body UEFA’s 55 member associations have unanimously voted to boycott the World Cup and other FIFA competitions if the sport’s governing body proceeds with its controversial sell-off plan. FIFA president Gianni Infantino wants to launch a subsidiary worth around 334.46 billion-rand and sell off more than 20-percent of the new FIFA Forward […]
# Parliament’s Standing Committee on Finance says the appointment of deputy minister of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Seiso Mohai, as the Public Investment Corporation board chairperson is a significant step towards strengthening governance stability. He replaces deputy minister of Finance David Masondo, who became the sixth person to step down from the PIC board last […]
# Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi, says they are in the process of appointing an acting head of the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption. This follows the resignation of former head Andrea Johnson, who concluded her six-day marathon testimony before the Madlanga Commission on Wednesday. Kubayi says she has decided against promoting someone […]
# Commonwealth Games: Paralympian Masala Makutu secured South Africa’s first track and field medal at the Games in Glasgow, winning silver in the men’s T12 100-metres final. The 20-year-old finished in a personal best time of 11.04 seconds. Sinesipho Dambile produced a blistering 19.82-second performance, the second fastest time ever recorded in the Games, to book […]
# US president Donald Trump says the Board of Peace, which consists of over 20 countries, has reached an agreement for the complete disarmament of Hamas and other armed groups in Gaza. In a post on Truth Social, he says that as disarmament is completed, Israeli forces will withdraw, and the International Stabilisation Force will […]
# The Gauteng Political Killings Task Team has found the body of EFF member Aaron Makola, who was reported missing in Bronkhorstspruit. The 51-year-old went missing on 10 July and a day later his vehicle was found abandoned. National spokesperson, Athlenda Mathe, says the task team took over the investigation after meeting with Makola’s family […]
# The Ekurhuleni Council has resolved to dismiss the head of human resources, Linda Gasheka, the head of legal services, Kemi Behari, and the head of HR Services, Moloko Monyepao, following findings of misconduct. Gasheka and Behari were implicated at the Madlanga Commission, accused of protected suspended Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department chief Julius Mkhwanazi, while […]
