# Soccer: Forty-one-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo has suggested he will retire at the end of this season. Portugal’s captain is contracted to Saudi Pro League champions Al-Nassr until next year. Ronaldo told Vogue he has his future all mapped out, emphasising he has so many things to keep him busy. He has won five Ballons d’Or, […]
# Rugby: All Blacks prop Ollie Norris is returning to New Zealand after suffering a cartilage injury and is set to be sidelined for six weeks. He is the fourth player to be ruled out of the remainder of Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry Tour in South Africa following injuries to George Bell, Billy Proctor and Caleb […]
# Actress Hayden Panettiere, popularly known for her roles on Heroes, Nashville and in Scream 4, has died at the age of 36. At just four years old, she was cast in the popular US soap opera One Life to Live. Panettiere went on to play a self-healing cheerleader in Heroes, which was followed by […]
# Tennis: Poland’s Iga Swiatek got her Cincinnati Open title defence off to a winning start, beating Colombia’s Emiliana Arango, 6-3, 6-0, to make the third round. World number one Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus defeated Australian Talia Gibson, while American Coco Gauff saw off Russian Liudmila Samsonova, 2-6, 6-4, 6-1. In the men’s draw, Portuguese […]
# Die Tshwane-metropolisiedepartement sê hy verskerp steeds sy reaksie op versnelrenne deur sigbare polisieteenwoordigheid by geïdentifiseerde brandpunte op Steve Biko-weg in Gezina. Die doel is om mense wat die wet oortree deur onwettige versnelrenne op openbare paaie te hou, en sodoende onskuldige padgebruikers se lewens in gevaar stel, uit te skakel. Die departement se woordvoerder, Puleng […]
# Die Truth and Solidarity-beweging sê Suid-Afrika se waterkrisis mag nooit ‘n geleentheid vir politieke partye word om in die aanloop tot ‘n verkiesing verontwaardiging te skep, maar die mense te vergeet sodra die stemme getel is nie. Dit kom nadat die Parlement se portefeuljekomitee oor Water en Sanitasie verlede week sy landwye openbare verhore […]
# Tshwane-distrik se polisiekommissaris, Samuel Thine, sê multidissiplinêre operasies soos Operasie Shanela bly belangrik om misdaadaktiwiteit in die metro te ontwrig. Altesaam 354 verdagtes is die naweek in Mabopane en Loate tydens multidissiplinêre operasies vir verskeie misdade vasgetrek. Die polisiewoordvoerder Johan van Dyk sê die misdade sluit in moord, poging tot moord, verkragting en gewapende […]
# ActionSA se leier, Herman Mashaba, sê Suid-Afrika moet ophou om funksies uit te kontrakteer wat die regering self kan verrig. Hy wil weet waarom munisipaliteite tussengangers betaal om mense aan te stel om vullis te verwyder, openbare geriewe skoon te maak, infrastruktuur te onderhou en veiligheid te voorsien. ActionSA se woordvoerder, Omogolo Taunyane, sê […]
# The South African Communist Party says its election manifesto puts people first, particularly the workers and poor who constitute the majority of society. The party will be contesting the November local government elections independently. The manifesto places reliable public services at the centre of its municipal programme, alongside decent work, land and housing, food […]
