# The IFP is seeking a bilateral meeting with the DA to understand its stance on the budget impasse. The ANC and DA, which are the biggest parties in the government of national unity, have been divided by several issues but most recently the value-added tax increase. The DA has filed court papers challenging the […]
# Deputy president Paul Mashatile will lead the 32nd commemoration of the death of liberation struggle icon and freedom fighter, Chris Hani, in Cofimvaba, Eastern Cape, today. The former South African Communist Party leader was assassinated outside his home in Boksburg on this day in 1993. His murderer Janusz Waluś was released on parole and […]
# Dominican Republic president Luis Abinader has declared three days of national mourning following the deadly roof collapse at a nightclub in Santo Domingo on Tuesday morning. The death toll from the Jet Set club roof collapse has risen to 124, with emergency personnel still trying to find survivors under the rubble. Singer Rubby Pérez, and former […]
# Soccer: Orlando Pirates are through to the CAF Champions League semifinals for the first time since 2013, after playing to a goalless draw against Algerian club MC Alger in the second-leg at the Orlando Stadium. The Buccaneers qualified for the last four on a 1-0 aggregate having beaten MC Alger away in the first-leg […]
# The South African National Defence Force has denied the deployment of members to the #JusticeForCwecwe march in Matatiele in the Eastern Cape on Tuesday. The protest was calling for justice for the alleged rape of a seven-year-old girl, affectionately known as Cwecwe, at Bergview College in October 2024. During the march residents criticised the […]
# Wall Street bank Goldman Sachs is warning that the US economy still faces a significant risk of a recession, even after president Donald Trump’s 90-day pause on country-specific tariffs. During the pause there will be a universal tariff of ten-percent, but Trump has hiked levies on China to 125-percent. Goldman Sachs economists project the […]
# US president Donald Trump has announced a 90-day pause on all the reciprocal tariffs that went into effect on Wednesday, except for China. During the pause, there will be a universal tariff of ten-percent, while levies for Beijing will increase to 125-percent. This is because China will slap and punish 84 percent tariffs on […]
# Golf: The 32nd South African Women’s Open, the final tournament on this year’s Sunshine Ladies Tour, is set to tee off at the Erinvale Country and Golf Estate in the Western Cape today. The tournament has drawn a strong field including South Africans Casandra Alexander, Kaiyuree Moodley, and Danielle du Toit. Approximately 7.1-million-rand in […]
# The Congress of the People says it refuses to be a spectator as the government of national unity risks constitutional chaos. The ANC is reportedly considering the reconstitution of the coalition government after the DA voted against the fiscal framework in Parliament last week. COPE’s acting national chairperson, Pakes Dikgetsi, says the government of […]
