# US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner say they held meaningful, substantive discussions with Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky. Yesterday’s meeting came a day after the envoys held three hours of talks in Moscow on Saturday with Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin. Zelensky and Putin agreed to halt strikes on each other’s capitals for three days […]
# Acting Police minister Firoz Cachalia says the best way to honour fallen officers is to build a police service grounded in professionalism, discipline, integrity and courage. Yesterday marked the annual SAPS National Commemoration Day in Pretoria, where 12 officers who died in the line of duty between April last year and March this year […]
# Cricket: The Proteas secured a commanding 48-run victory over Zimbabwe to clinch the T20 Tri-Series title in Windhoek, Namibia. Jordan Hermann claimed his maiden T20 half-century, scoring 53 off 29 balls to help South Africa post 205 for five. In reply, Bjorn Fortuin and Duan Jansen took three wickets each as Zimbabwe were bowled […]
# The Gauteng Department of Education has recorded 805-thousand-688 online applications for Grades 1 and 8 for the 2027 academic year. A total of 357-thousand-468 parents and guardians registered on the online admissions system. At Grade 1 level, Laerskool Akasia received the most applications with one-thousand-355, while Hoërskool Langenhoven in Tshwane recorded the most applications […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says the South African Police Service is operating under unprecedented public scrutiny, given the revelations emerging from the Madlanga Commission. He gave the keynote address at the SAPS Commemoration Day at the Union Buildings in Pretoria yesterday. Twelve officers were killed in the line of duty between April last year and […]
# Rugby: The Springboks and the All Blacks will be without key players Cheslin Kolbe and Ardie Savea for the final Test in Baltimore, USA, on Saturday. Kolbe suffered a broken jaw in South Africa’s 29-24 victory in the third Test in Johannesburg, while captain Savea dislocated his right shoulder. Springbok props Carlu Sadie, Boan Venter, […]
# US vice president JD Vance says November’s midterm elections present a clear choice between crazy and common sense. Seats will be decided in Congress and state and local offices. Polls show states such as Texas, Ohio and Alaska the Republicans comfortably carried in 2024, have become key battlegrounds. Vance says Democrats want to open […]
# Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi, says the fight against corruption is yielding significant financial recoveries. The National Prosecuting Authority’s Asset Forfeiture Unit has recovered 8.3-billion-rand in unlawfully obtained gains. Of this, 3.68-billion-rand was paid to victims, and 4.6-billion-rand went to the Criminal Assets Recovery Account. The Special Investigating Unit has recovered assets […]
# Die motorvervaardiger Volkswagen het ‘n verreikende kostebesparingsplan goedgekeur wat 50-duisend poste sal besnoei, die onderneming se modelreeks met die helfte verminder en voertuigvervaardiging in vier aanlegte in Duitsland sal beëindig. Volkswagen het ‘n oormaat produksievermoë van 500-duisend voertuie in Europa. ‘n Mededingende toekomstige produksietoewysing vir sy aanlegte in Emden, Zwickau, Hanover en Neckarsulm is […]
