# Tennis: American Ben Shelton knocked out defending champion Carlos Alcaraz in a five-set thriller to reach the US Open semifinals for the first time since 2023. The eighth seed battled past the Spaniard, 6-7, 6-1, 6-3, 1-6, 7-6, in four-hours-and-28-minutes in the quarterfinal clash, that finished at 3:33 a.m. in New York, the latest […]
# Tens of thousands of passengers remain stranded at UK airports today, following a technical fault at the National Air Traffic Services. The issue caused some one-thousand-300 cancellations of flights to or from airports in the UK yesterday. According to FlightRadar, the worst affected airports were Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester and Birmingham. More than 250 flights […]
# Die Rethink Your Drink-veldtog vra ‘n gekoördineerde nasionale strategie om fetale alkohol-spektrumversteuring te voorkom. Vandag is Internasionale Fetale Alkohol-spektrumversteuring-bewustheidsdag, waartydens die gevare van drankgebruik tydens swangerskap uitgelig word. Daar word geraam dat sowat een uit elke tien Suid-Afrikaanse kinders met FASD saamleef. Woordvoerder Kashifa Ancer sê gefragmenteerde pogings deur gesondheids-, onderwys- en maatskaplike dienste […]
# Die Stad Tshwane het sy jongste groep pas-gekwalifiseerde ambagslui gevier en die opgegradeerde loodgieter-werkswinkel van 18-miljoen-rand by die Tshwane Leierskaps- en Bestuursakademie in Pretoria-Wes geopen. Dit volg op die suksesvolle voltooiing van ʼn strawwe driejaar-handelsprogram, wat erkenning gee aan permanente munisipale werkers wie se vaardighede deur die program opgeskerp is. Die burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Korporatiewe […]
# Golf: Two-time major champion Jon Rahm has admitted LIV Golf’s uncertain future has created further turbulence. LIV has filed for US bankruptcy protection after Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund withdrew its funding. Documents in the petition outline money owed to LIV creditors with the 30 largest unsecured claims. The Spaniard, who tops the list […]
# Cricket: Proteas captain Temba Bavuma says the upcoming one-day series against Australia is a great opportunity for the squad to find its rhythm. Fast bowler Gerald Coetzee returns after last playing an ODI at the 2023 World Cup in India. Aiden Markram, Lungi Ngidi, David Miller and Quinton de Kock return after being rested […]
# Die vakbond GIWUSA sê hy is bekommerd oor die bruto binnelandse produk se inkrimping in die tweede kwartaal vanjaar. Die BBP het met 0,2-persent gekrimp ná groei van 0,4-persent in die eerste kwartaal. GIWUSA se president, Mametlwe Sebei, sê terwyl apologete vir kapitaal sal verwys na die oorlog in Iran en wêreldwye onderbrekings in […]
# The Electoral Commission says it expects more political parties to approach the Electoral Court over candidate list submissions. This comes as the ANC has approached the court to challenge the IEC’s decision not to register party candidates in six municipalities. The party claims it was unable to register the candidates because of technical glitches […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Federasie van Vakbonde sê die jongste bruto binnelandse produksyfers is ‘n rooi waarskuwing van ‘n ekonomiese ramp wat besig is om te ontvou. Suid-Afrika se ekonomie het in die tweede kwartaal van hierdie jaar met 0,2-persent gekrimp, met drie sleutelnywerheidsektore, naamlik mynbou, vervaardiging en handel, wat tot negatiewe nasionale groei gelei het. […]
