# The SACP says contesting the 2026 local government elections independently is to exercise power on behalf of the working class and unemployed, not to break the tripartite alliance. The party celebrated its 104th anniversary at KwaDlengezwa near Richards Bay in KwaZulu-Natal on Sunday. SACP general secretary, Solly Mapaila, accused the ANC of betraying the […]
# Motorsport: Lando Norris held off teammate Oscar Piastri to win the Hungarian Grand Prix as McLaren claimed another one-two of the season. Mercedes’ George Russell finished third, while pole-sitter Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc had to settle for fourth, with Fernando Alonso in fifth place for Aston Martin. Norris, who has reduced Piastri’s Drivers’ Championship lead to […]
# Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi has removed or reshuffled several heads of department. This comes after a damning report that revealed approximately 1.8-billion-rand in budget underspending, including missed service delivery performance targets. Some of the appointments include Masabata Mutlaneng and Rufus Mmutlana, who have been named as the new heads of eGovernment and Infrastructure Development, respectively. […]
# The DA says the South African Judiciary needs strong leadership now more than ever, at a time when the threat of lawlessness abounds. This follows the appointment of Justice Dunstan Mlambo as the deputy Chief Justice. The party’s Glynnis Breytenbach says Mlambo will play a crucial role supporting Chief Justice Mandisa Maya in fulfilling […]
# Israel’s far-right National Security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has sparked outrage after leading a group of worshippers in Jewish prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the most sensitive holy site in Jerusalem. This is despite a decades-old arrangement, where anyone can visit the site, but only Muslims are allowed to pray there. The Palestinian Ministry of Religious […]
# Swimming: Twenty-one-year-old Pieter Coetzé won silver in the 50-metre backstroke at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, to finish the competition with three medals. He also secured gold in 100-metre backstroke and silver in the 200-metre backstroke. The South African recorded another African record time of 24.17-seconds to share the silver with Russian Pavel […]
# Die vakbond GIWUSA verwelkom die besluit van die Suid-Afrikaanse Reserwebank se Monetêre Beleidskomitee om rentekoerse met 25-basispunte te verlaag. Die terugkoopkoers is die koers waarteen die sentrale bank geld aan kommersiële banke leen en dit staan tans op sewe-persent, met die prima uitleenkoers wat verlaag is tot 10,5-persent. GIWUSA se president, Mametlwe Sebei, sê […]
# Die Parlement se portefeuljekomitee oor Justisie en Grondwetlike Ontwikkeling verwelkom die aanstelling van regter Dunstan Mlambo as adjunkhoofregter. Dit volg op aanbevelings van die Regterlike Dienskommissie verlede maand. Mlambo dien sedert November 2012 as die Gautengse regter-president. Die komitee se voorsitter, Xola Nqola, sê Mlambo bied ‘n magdom ervaring en ‘n uitgelese rekord op […]
# Professor Firoz Cachalia is amptelik ingehuldig as waarnemende minister van Polisie in die Uniegebou in Pretoria. Cachalia neem oor by Senzo Mchunu, wat op spesiale verlof is na aanleiding van die KwaZulu-Natalse polisie-kommissaris, Nhlanhla Mkwanazi, se bewerings van korrupsie. Die Konstitusionele Hof het gister die MK-party se aansoek teen president Cyril Ramaphosa se reg […]
