# Motorsport: Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli has extended his lead in the Drivers’ Championship to 43 points after winning the Canadian Grand Prix. This is the Italian’s fourth consecutive win. George Russell, who started on pole, retired from the race while battling with his teammate Antonelli due to a power unit issue. Seven-time world champion […]
# Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky says Russia’s use of its hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missile to target his country must not go unpunished. Moscow launched a massive attack on Kyiv and its surrounding region over the weekend, killing at least four people and injuring about 100. The Russian Defence Ministry said this was in response to Ukraine’s […]
# AfriForum is calling on authorities to treat the investigation into the murder of an elderly tourist couple at the Kruger National Park as a matter of national importance. Their bodies were found at Crook’s Corner, where the Levubu and Limpopo rivers meet inside the national park, following a search operation after they failed to return […]
# The Justice, Crime Prevention and Security Ministers will convene an urgent meeting in Pretoria today to discuss the rising protests on immigration and illegal foreigners in the country. There have been calls for government to enforce immigration laws and act against undocumented foreign nationals. The JCPS Ministers will finalise a framework on the national […]
# Soccer: Mamelodi Sundowns secured their second CAF Champions League title after playing to a 1-1 draw against AS FAR in the second leg of the final in Rabat, Morocco. This was enough to give the 2016 champions a 2-1 aggregate win after they defeated the Moroccan side 1-0 in the first leg in Pretoria last […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa’s legal team is reportedly planning to file papers in the Western Cape High Court today, seeking a review of the Section 89 panel report. The Constitutional Court ruled that the National Assembly acted unlawfully when it voted against adopting the report. The report found that Ramaphosa had a case to answer […]
# Former president Thabo Mbeki says he hopes South African Ambassador to the United States, Roelf Meyer, will succeed in mending relations between Pretoria and Washington. Meyer was officially accredited at the White House last Thursday. He is joined in the US by career diplomat Thabo Thage to re-establish the South African embassy. Mbeki told […]
# Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he and US president Donald Trump have agreed that any final agreement with Iran must eliminate the nuclear danger. The two leaders spoke on the phone over the weekend. This comes as the US and Iran are signalling progress in efforts to resolve the war. Netanyahu says dismantling […]
# Cricket: The Rajasthan Royals secured the fourth and final Indian Premier League playoff spot after defeating former champions the Mumbai Indians by 30 runs. After being put into bat first, the Royals posted 205 for eight in their 20 overs. In reply, despite Suryakumar Yadav top-scoring with 60 from 42 balls, Mumbai were restricted to […]
