# Soccer: Kaizer Chiefs midfielder Mduduzi Shabalala has been called up to replace the injured Relebohile Mofokeng in the Bafana Bafana squad. This is ahead of their two crucial World Cup qualifiers against Zimbabwe and Rwanda. Orlando Pirates forward Mofokeng suffered a knee injury in the win over Siwelele FC on Saturday. Bafana Bafana tied […]
# Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer has rejected president Donald Trump’s claim that negotiations with the Democrats are underway. Two proposals to fund the government, one from Democrats and one from Republicans, both failed in the Senate on Monday evening. This means the government shutdown is now in its seventh day. Schumer says if Trump […]
# The DA says the ANC’s Economic Action Plan must drop the failed Black Economic Empowerment policy to ensure that its new plan works. The new ten-point plan to revive the economy includes expanding electricity infrastructure, restoring the chrome and manganese industries, driving local economic development, and scaling up public employment and skills programmes. The […]
# Multi-Party Charter convener, professor William Gumede, believes South Africa’s political fragmentation has created both a challenge and an opportunity for centrist parties. Build One South Africa, the GOOD Party, and RISE Mzansi have joined forces to form Unite for Change, ahead of the 2026 local government elections. Gumede says it is important to have […]
# Today marks the second anniversary of the deadly Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on 7 October 2023. One-thousand-200 people were killed in the attack, and 251 others were taken hostage. The Israeli Defence Force launched a campaign in Gaza in response. Since then, 67-thousand-160 Palestinians have been killed and about 170-thousand wounded in military operations. […]
# Parliament’s ad hoc committee investigating allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal Police commissioner, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, is scheduled to commence with its hearings today. Mkhwanazi, who will be the first witness, has alleged corruption, political interference and criminal infiltration of the justice system. Parliament has appointed Advocate Norman Arendse as its evidence leader. Committee chairperson, Molapi Soviet […]
# Rugby: Thirteen Springboks players, including Handrè Pollard, Wilco Louw and Canan Moodie, have been included in the Bulls’ 31-man touring squad for the United Rugby Championship fixtures against Ulster, Connacht and Glasgow Warriors. Pollard is in line to make his second Bulls debut after re-joining the Pretoria-based club from Leicester Tigers. Captain Marcell Coetzee […]
# The US Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from Jeffrey Epstein’s associate Ghislaine Maxwell against her sex-trafficking conviction. She was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison in 2022 for carrying out a years-long scheme with Epstein to groom and sexually abuse underage girls. Epstein died in prison in 2019. Maxwell’s appeal centred on […]
# Minister of Basic Education, Siviwe Gwarube, has expressed concern regarding the delays in stipend payments to Education Assistants employed through the Basic Education Employment Initiative. The Department of Employment and Labour blamed minister Gwarube’s department for the delayed payments for September, saying not all the required documents, including attendance registers, were submitted on time. […]
