# The Department of Home Affairs’ Refugee Appeals Authority has recorded the biggest reduction in the asylum appeals backlog in years, slashing its historic backlog by 14.2-percent and its active caseload by 12-percent in 2025/2026. The caseload declined from 79-thousand-870 cases at the end of 2024 to 70-thousand-976 at the end of last year. The […]
# Gauteng police arrested 80 illegal immigrants during a multidisciplinary Operation Shanela conducted in Pretoria yesterday. This formed part of the ongoing provincial operation Shanela initiatives to combat crime, enforce immigration laws, and enhance public safety across Gauteng districts. Nine vehicles were also impounded for road safety. Deputy provincial Police Commissioner, Fred Kekana, told the […]
# Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs portfolio committee chairperson, Zweli Mkhize, says non-compliance with the law cannot be condoned to spare communities from the impact of poor financial management. This comes as the National Treasury has frozen July grant payments to 69 municipalities over financial mismanagement and governance failures. Mkhize says the challenges reflected in […]
# US president Donald Trump and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a phone call on Thursday evening, in which they agreed to continue coordination on various fronts. This comes as the US and Iran traded strikes this week. According to Netanyahu’s office, Trump updated the prime minister on current American moves in the Gulf and the […]
# Soccer: Captain Kylian Mbappé starred for France as the two-time champions defeated Morocco 2-0 in Boston to reach a third successive World Cup semifinal. Player of the Match Mbappé recovered from a first-half penalty miss to score his eighth goal of the tournament, before setting up Ousmane Dembele for his fifth to seal the […]
# Tennis: Czech Republic’s Karolina Muchová will face compatriot Linda Nosková in the Wimbledon women’s singles final this afternoon, a match that will guarantee a first-time Grand Slam champion. Muchová battled past American Coco Gauff, 6-2, 1-6, 7-6, while Nosková defeated Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk, 6-4, 6-4. At 20, Nosková becomes the youngest women’s finalist since 2014. […]
# The Public Interest SA has lodged a criminal complaint with the Hawks against acting National Police Commissioner Puleng Dimpane, alleging possible contraventions of the Public Finance Management Act. This is in relation to the controversial 228-million-rand SAPS Medicare24 Tshwane contract. Public Interest SA chairperson, Tebogo Khaas, says that as SAPS Chief Financial Officer at […]
# The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, warns that the resumption of strikes and counterstrikes between the US and Iran risks derailing diplomatic progress made since a ceasefire framework was agreed in April. This week, the US military hit over 150 targets in Iran, killing 14 people, while Tehran attacked US military bases in the […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa is undertaking an official visit to France from today until Sunday, where he is scheduled to hold several bilateral engagements, including with president Emmanuel Macron. During his visit, he will participate in high-level education discussions at UNESCO, engage French business leaders, and attend the 110th Commemoration of the Battle of Delville […]
