# Soccer: Bafana Bafana thrashed Eritrea 5-0 in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Cairo, Egypt, as they consolidated top spot in Group D with six points from two matches. Relebohile Mofokeng scored a first-half brace to lay the foundation for South Africa. Yaya Sithole, Iqraam Rayners and substitute Luther Singh also found the back […]
# Cricket: Australia beat South Africa by 45 runs on the Duckworth–Lewis–Stern method as rain affected the third and final ODI in Potchefstroom. Alex Carey top-scored with 74 from 88 balls as the tourists posted 322 for nine in their 50 overs. In reply, Ryan Rickelton scored an unbeaten 71 off 81 balls, but the […]
# Former Public Protector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, has been acquitted in the criminal case linked to the Absa-Bankorp matter. This follows the State’s withdrawal of the founding and main charge of perjury against her. The case centred on allegations that Mkhwebane lied under oath about the number of times she met with former president Jacob Zuma during […]
# Deputy minister in the Presidency Nonceba Mhlauli says the Presidential Youth Employment Intervention cannot address youth unemployment alone. She says the challenge’s scale and complexity require continued cooperation among government, business, civil society, educational institutions, and other partners. In the first quarter of the 2026/2027 financial year, the Employment Intervention recorded 139-thousand-693 earning opportunities secured […]
# The DA is calling for a complete, evidence-based redesign of South Africa’s parole and community corrections system. Across the country, 35-percent of all parole board posts lie vacant, including 41 community member positions, 17 chairpersons, and 15 vice-chairpersons. In regions like Limpopo, Mpumalanga, and the North West, 19 of 24 posts are unfilled. The […]
# Solidarity warns that South Africa could be removed from the African Growth and Opportunity Act before Christmas. This comes as the White House is reviewing the list of participating countries, with an announcement expected by November. South Africa accounts for 54-percent of all AGOA-related exports to the US, making it the scheme’s largest beneficiary. […]
# Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed the security services to prepare for additional potential threats. This comes after an Israel-bound Flydubai flight was diverted to Saudi Arabia yesterday after one pilot stabbed another pilot and apparently tried to crash the plane. Passengers and crew subdued the assailant, who was arrested. A replacement Flydubai flight […]
# Action Society sê vroue het nie nodig dat president Cyril Ramaphosa weer die regering se tekortkominge in die stryd teen geslagsgeweld en vrouemoord uitlig nie, maar hy moet hy eerder verduidelik waarom sy regering toegelaat het dat dit voortduur. Ramaphosa het ‘n reeks maatreëls aangekondig, soos ‘n oudit van onopgeloste sake en planne om […]
# Republican-controlled US Senate has rejected a Democratic-led resolution that would have required the State Department to provide information on violence and alleged human rights abuses in the Middle East’s occupied West Bank. This includes information on nine Americans killed in the area and Israel’s treatment of Palestinian children in military detention. The resolution failed 47-53. […]
