# Motorsport: Red Bull Racing has severed its last formal links with Christian Horner, removing him as a director of the two main companies behind its Formula 1 operations. The 51-year-old was removed from his position as Red Bull team principal and CEO last month, marking the end of his 20-year reign at the helm. […]
# US president Donald Trump says there is a 25-percent chance that today’s meeting with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, will not be successful. The two leaders will meet for the first time in six years in Alaska. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has been excluded from the talks, but has warned that any resolutions made […]
# Golf: Mexican Luis Carrera will be chasing a third title on the Sunshine Tour when he tees off in the Vodacom Origins of Golf at the Parys Golf and Country Estate in the Free State today. South Africa’s Jean Hugo returns as the favourite, having won a record 12 Vodacom Origins of Golf titles. […]
# More than four-thousand-600 survivors endured abuses used as weapons of war, torture, terrorism and political repression in 2024, marking a 25-percent increase from the previous year. This is according to the annual Report of the United Nations Secretary-General on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence. The report covers 21 countries, with women and girls making up 92-percent of […]
# Health minister Aaron Motsoaledi has filed papers in the Gauteng High Court seeking a stay on all pending National Health Insurance cases. This is until the Constitutional Court hears president Cyril Ramaphosa’s appeal over disclosing information that led to his decision to sign the NHI Bill into law, and matters of jurisdiction have been resolved. […]
# The Presidency says the South Africa National Defence Force chief, General Rudzani Maphwanya’s trip to Iran, was not sanctioned. During a meeting in Tehran, Maphwanya and Iran’s army commander, Major General Amir Hatami, reportedly commended their countries’ shared goal of combating global arrogance and aggressive colonial approaches. Maphwanya also denounced Israel’s bombing of Palestinians while […]
# The Presidency says the first national convention of the national dialogue process will go ahead today and tomorrow, despite some political parties and organisations withdrawing their participation. The DA, Freedom Front Plus, MK Party, the Thabo Mbeki Foundation, and the Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation are among those that have withdrawn from the […]
# Die Departement van Onderwys van die Noord-Kaap het ‘n onderwyser van Upington voorlopig geskors terwyl ondersoek ingestel word na ‘n swartgesig-verf-voorval verlede week by ‘n geleentheid by Hoërskool Duineveld. Jaco Liebenberg het na bewering ‘n swartgeverfde gesig gehad by ‘n skoolfunksie wat wydverspreide verontwaardiging veroorsaak het nadat foto’s op sosiale media versprei is. Wynand […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Suikerrietkwekersvereniging versoek die minister van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging, Parks Tau, om die regulasies te finaliseer wat kleinhandelaars, voedsel- en drankvervaardigers, meulenaars en produsente sal toelaat om gesamentlik te onderhandel oor die aankoop van hoofsaaklik plaaslike suiker. Die suikerbedryf ondervind ‘n beduidende bedreiging oor die tariewe van 30-persent wat op suikeruitvoere na […]
