# Rugby: Western Province coach Labeeb Levy has made six changes to the starting line-up for this evening’s Currie Cup clash against the Sharks in Durban. Flank Paul de Villiers, who will make his first appearance of the season, starts at openside flank, and the experienced Cabous Eloff comes in at loosehead prop. Scrumhalf Ezekiel […]
# Altesaam 367 verdagtes is gister vir verskeie misdade in hegtenis geneem in Hercules en Pretoria-Wes tydens Operasie Shanela. Polisiewoordvoerder Johan van Dyk sê die misdade sluit in moord, poging tot moord, gewapende roof en verkragting. Hy sê 50 onwettige immigrante is aangehou en kan moontlik gedeporteer word:
# The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says erratic and intensified rainfall patterns, amplified by climate change, are compounding Pakistan’s vulnerability. Heavy monsoon rains and flash floods have killed at least 739 people across Pakistan since late June, displacing thousands and destroying over two-thousand homes. More than one-thousand livestock have been […]
# Rugby: Aphelele Fassi will start at fullback in the Springboks’ second Rugby Championship Test against the Wallabies in Cape Town tomorrow. This follows the withdrawal of Willie le Roux due to injury. He suffered the injury at training earlier this week and has not recovered in time to play. Fassi, who has 13 caps, […]
# Die Vryheidsfront Plus verwelkom die suksesvolle uitvoering van ʼn Hooggeregshofbevel om die onwettige besetting van die ou Lyttelton-stadsaal te stop. Die saal word sedert 2019 onwettig beset en as skuiling vir sowat 30 daklose persone gebruik, maar sonder ʼn amptelike huurooreenkoms met die Stad Tshwane. Wesley Jacobs van die VF Plus sê volgens berigte […]
# Die Stad Johannesburg stel van 1 Oktober af ʼn hersiene, vereenvoudigde proses vir boorgat-aansoeke bekend. Inwoners of sakeondernemings wat sonder goedkeuring of ʼn geldige sertifikaat boor, kan optrede verwag soos boetes, ʼn bevel om werksaamhede onmiddellik te staak of die beslaglegging op boortoerusting. Die metro se woordvoerder, Nthatisi Modingoane, sê dis deel van hul […]
# European Commission vice president, Kaja Kallas, warns that Russian president Vladimir Putin cannot be trusted to honour any promise or commitment. US president Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, confirmed earlier this week that Putin agreed to allow America to provide Ukraine with robust security guarantees. Kallas told the BBC that security guarantees must […]
# Tennis: World number one Jannik Sinner will start his US Open title defence against Czech Vit Kopriva. The Italian is chasing his third major of the season. Spanish second seed Carlos Alcaraz will face big-serving American Reilly Opelka and could meet Serbian Novak Djokovic in the semifinals. Djokovic will begin his pursuit of a […]
# The DA says it condemns Tourism minister Patricia de Lille’s decision to dissolve the SA Tourism board, while ignoring accusations of impropriety levelled against the CEO. The minister and the board had reportedly locked horns over the board’s decision to institute disciplinary action against the entity’s now-suspended CEO, Nombulelo Guliwe. This was over a 4.1-million-rand prepayment to a […]
