# Golf: Three additional players have earned full exemptions into this week’s US Open Championship, while five alternates from final qualifying have been added to complete the 156-player field. New Zealand’s Ryan Fox won the Canadian Open to secure his place in the major championship. Americans Cameron Young and Bud Cauley also earned full exemptions into […]
# Finance minister Enoch Godongwana says South Africa’s ongoing partnership with the World Bank will assist the country to move forward with greater speed on the reforms vital to transforming the infrastructure landscape. This comes as the World Bank has approved an approximately 26.5-billion-rand loan to support structural reforms aimed at boosting the country’s infrastructure. […]
# Agriculture minister John Steenhuisen says persistent regulatory delays, inconsistent enforcement, and non-tariff barriers continue to hinder South Africa’s export growth. He addressed the inaugural Total Mixed Ration Conference on Monday. The minister says the country’s export certification processes are often too slow, and engagements on market access can be fragmented. Steenhuisen says his department […]
# The Pentagon has confirmed that it is activating 700 active-duty US Marines to the Los Angeles area to help the federal response to protests against immigration raids and deportations. It says the Marines will seamlessly integrate with around two-thousand-100 National Guard troops already on the ground, protecting federal personnel and property. LA mayor Karen […]
# Athletics: South Africa’s Marione Fourie finished second behind local athlete Nadine Visser in the women’s 100-metre hurdles at World Athletics’ Continental Tour Gold meeting in Hengelo in the Netherlands. Poland’s Pia Skrzyszowska finished third. In the men’s 100-metres, local runner Elvis Afrifa secured victory, with South Africa’s Benjamin Richardson second and Sweden’s Henrik Larsson […]
# Johannesburg mayor, Dada Morero, has laughed off suggestions that DA federal chairperson Helen Zille is considering contesting to become the next Johannesburg mayor after next year’s local government elections. According to reports, some DA members have asked Zille to avail herself for the position. Morero says Zille’s potential inclusion on the list for mayor […]
# The chairperson of Parliament’s portfolio committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Zweli Mkhize, says the integrity and functionality of municipalities are under immense strain. Last month, the Auditor-General reported that only 41 of the country’s 257 municipalities obtained clean audits in the 2023/2024 financial year. Mkhize says a total of 113 municipalities are currently […]
# NATO Secretary General, Mark Rutte, says the organisation needs a 400-percent increase in air and missile defence to maintain credible deterrence. This comes ahead of a summit in The Hague later this month when the 32-country alliance is expected to agree to a Donald Trump-inspired pledge to spend five-percent of gross domestic product on […]
# The presiding judge in the Senzo Meyiwa trial says he is willing to recuse himself if the lawyers in the case believe he is biased. This comes after Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng issued an apology on Monday, following a backlash over his remarks in the courtroom last week. This included references to black legal professionals, […]
