# Soccer: Paris St-Germain are through to the Champions League final after defeating Arsenal 2-1 in the semifinal second-leg, winning the tie 3-1 on aggregate. Goals from Fabian Ruiz and Achraf Hakimi ensured the victory for PSG, who have set up a final against Inter Milan. PSG will be looking to become the first French […]
# Black smoke emerged from the chimney over the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday evening, signalling that a first ballot had been held at the conclave and had concluded without the election of a pope. Sixteen days after Pope Francis’s death, 133 cardinals from around the world swore an oath of secrecy as the conclave got underway. […]
# Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi says the DA’s planned motion of no confidence against Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero will not succeed. The DA has accused the mayor of failing the residents, saying instead of leading with integrity, his administration has been marked by mismanagement, patronage networks, and a disturbing lack of transparency. Lesufi says they […]
# The ANC has accused the DA of misusing the judiciary to score cheap political points. This comes as the High Court in Pretoria has dismissed the DA’s application for leave to appeal an earlier judgment that rejected its request to declare the ANC’s cadre deployment policy unconstitutional. The court found that the DA failed […]
# Afrikaans’ centenary as an official language is celebrated today. Thomas Walters of the DA says over the decades, Afrikaans has developed into a language that reflects the diversity of South Africa, and is a language that connects people, carries stories, and shapes communities. He says today is an opportunity to pay tribute to all […]
# The National Student Financial Aid Scheme says over 850-million-rand has been recovered, following irregular payments made to public universities and Technical and Vocational Education and Training colleges. This is part of the Special Investigating Unit’s probe, which has identified 2.06-billion-rand for recovery. The ongoing SIU probe is looking at Nsfas’ procurement failures, poor financial […]
# The EFF has condemned the British High Commission’s failure to process leader Julius Malema’s visa application to the United Kingdom. Malema was supposed to address students at the 11th Annual Cambridge Africa Together Conference at Cambridge University this weekend. He revealed that he received the denial letter just four hours before his scheduled departure […]
# Cricket: India captain Rohit Sharma has announced his retirement from Test cricket with immediate effect, ruling him out of the series in England in June. The 38-year-old retires with four-thousand-301 runs in 67 Test matches, including 12 hundreds and 18 half-centuries. His top score was 212 against South Africa in Ranchi in 2019. Sharma, who […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says the upcoming budget will speak to growth, which is the only way to achieve fiscal sustainability and social progress in the country. Finance minister Enoch Godongwana will deliver the national budget for a third time in Parliament on the 21st of May. Speaking at the launch of the second phase […]
