# The DA in Tshwane has won the by-elections in ward 44 with councillor Samantha de la Rey and ward 98 with Mickey van der Westhuizen. In ward 44, the party’s vote share increased from 74.3-percent in the 2024 national and provincial elections to 88.07-percent this year. In ward 98, the party’s vote share grew […]
# Tennis: Seven-time Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic has set up a mouth-watering semifinal clash against world number one Jannik Sinner of Italy. The Serb defeated Italian Flavio Cobolli, 6-7, 6-2, 7-5, 6-4, while Sinner beat American Ben Shelton, 7-6, 6-4, 6-4. In the women’s draw, Poland’s Iga Swiatek and Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic are both through […]
# US president Donald Trump says his administration is committed to strengthening its relationships in Africa through economic development efforts. He hosted leaders from Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania and Senegal at the White House on Wednesday to discuss trade, immigration and defence. There is currently doubt about whether the US will renew the African Growth […]
# Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Angie Motshekga says, despite financial constraints, the South African National Defence Force will have the necessary resources to defend and protect the country. The department has received a budget of 57-billion-rand for the 2025/2026 financial year, 64-percent of which goes to salaries of troops, generals, and staff. Motshekga […]
# Rugby: The Junior Springboks thrashed Scotland 73-14 to book a spot in the semifinals of the World Rugby Under-20 Championship in Italy. South Africa scored eleven tries with winger Jaco Williams bagging a brace alongside scrumhalf Ceano Everson, to seal top spot in their group. This is the Junior Boks’ third straight bonus-point victory […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Public Service and Administration has welcomed the decision by Finance minister Enoch Godongwana to institute three critical spending reviews. The reviews will focus on standardising the remuneration of executives and board members of public entities, auditing and eliminating ghost workers, and investigating underspending of infrastructure conditional grants at the provincial and […]
# Die minister van Kommunikasie en Digitale Tegnologieë, Solly Malatsi beywer hom vir digitale insluiting by die Wêreldberaad oor die Inligtingsgemeenskap in Genève, Switserland, waar hy as voorsitter optree. Die vierdaagse beraad word deur wêreldleiers, tegnologiereuse en die burgerlike samelewing bygewoon en hoop om die globale digitale kloof te oorbrug en innovering te bevorder. Malatsi […]
# Die GOOD-party sê die integriteit van Suid-Afrika se sanitasiestelsels word bedreig deur drie uitdagings, naamlik die besoedeling van riviere en oseane met onbehandelde riool, verswakte watergehalte, en die afbreek van biodiversiteit as gevolg van die ineenstorting van die afvalbestuur-infrastruktuur. Die nasionale jeugvoorsitter van GOOD, Kaden Arguile, sê die mislukking om sanitasieprobleme aan te spreek […]
# Die GOOD-party vra president Cyril Ramaphosa om die Spesiale Ondersoekeenheid magtiging te gee om die verdoemende aantygings van die KwaZulu-Natalse polisiekommissaris, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, te ondersoek. Hy beweer politieke inmenging in die strafregstelsel en betrek die minister van Polisie, Senzo Mchunu, senior polisiebeamptes, lede van die regbank en die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag. GOOD se sekretaris-generaal, Brett […]
