# Tennis: World number one and defending champion, Jannik Sinner, has been knocked out of the Halle Open in Germany. The Italian was stunned by 45th-ranked Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, his worst defeat by ranking since August 2023. German world number three Alexander Zverev defeated Italian Lorenzo Sonego, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6, to […]
# Parliament’s select committee on Economic Development and Trade has expressed concern regarding the work of the business rescue practitioners on the South African Post Office’s turnaround strategy. A total of four-thousand-875 employees were retrenched in 2024, after the Post Office entered business rescue, with an 8.7-billion-rand debt. It has been backed by a 2.4-billion-rand […]
# The Special Investigating Unit has secured a freezing order from the Special Tribunal against a property allegedly purchased using funds misappropriated from the National Lotteries Commission. The property in Centurion, Gauteng, is registered under Black Tshisimba, a company owned by Collin Tshisimba, who has been implicated in other instances of NLC grant misappropriation. The […]
# Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has praised president Donald Trump, saying the US is helping a lot in his country’s conflict with Iran. According to reports, Trump has reviewed attack plans for Iran but is waiting to see whether Tehran steps back from its nuclear programme. Netanyahu visited the Soroka Medical Centre in Beersheba yesterday, […]
# The World Health Organisation says the escalation of hostilities between Israel and Iran is putting health facilities and access to health care at risk. A new wave of Iranian missiles hit Israel yesterday, with the Soroka Medical Centre in Beersheba being hit, resulting in over 70 people being injured. WHO director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, […]
# Deputy president Paul Mashatile says it has become very clear that the world needs solidarity now more than ever, amidst the tumultuous global crises. He delivered a public lecture at St. Petersburg State University in Russia. He has been on a working visit to Moscow this week, aimed at strengthening economic and trade ties […]
# Die DA eis aanspreeklikheid oor die uitsluiting van syfers oor geslagsgeweld en misdade teen kinders in die polisie se jongste misdaadstatistieke. Lisa Schickerling van die party sê in ‘n land waar ‘n vrou elke drie uur vermoor word, is die weglating nie net ‘n statistiese gaping nie, maar ‘n morele mislukking. Sy sê die […]
# Die DA in Gauteng sê die provinsiale wetgewer se voorsittende beamptes weier aanspreeklikheid deur premier Panyaza Lesufi en sy uitvoerende gesag te beskerm teen vrae oor diensleweringskwessies. Die beamptes laat nie vrae toe oor e-tolstelsels, leefstyloudits, ekonomiese ontwikkeling en geslagsgeweld nie. Mike Moriarty van die DA sê inwoners verwag aanspreeklikheid van hulle regering:
# The Israeli Defence Force has been ordered to intensify strikes against strategic targets in Iran. This comes after Iran launched its latest wave of around 30 ballistic missiles at Israel today. A hospital in Beersheba was hit directly, leaving more than 60 people injured. Israel’s Defence minister, Israel Katz, says the deliberate attacks on hospitals […]
