# Soccer: FIFA has accused European soccer body UEFA of launching a “smear campaign” against its president Gianni Infantino. UEFA has filed legal cases in three US courts requesting discovery of evidence connected to Infantino’s failed plan to sell stakes in the World Cup and other competitions to private investors. It has accused Infantino of […]
# US deputy president JD Vance says they won’t set a timeline for the Iran war to end, suggesting instead it was up to Tehran to conclude the conflict that started six months ago. The two sides have returned to a cycle of back-and-forth strikes as Iran seeks to maintain control of the Strait of […]
# The Justice, Crime Prevention and Security Cluster has activated a coordinated stabilisation plan aimed at restoring normality and ensuring the safety of all residents at the Dr AB Xuma Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape. This follows ongoing instability, violent protests, road blockades, intimidation, and disruption of schooling, business operations, and public services. Concerns relate […]
# Israel’s Defence minister, Israel Katz, says that while the new US economic sanctions against Iran appear to be effective, the increased pressure could lead Tehran into extreme measures. Last month, the US Treasury announced a new series of sanctions to suffocate the Iranian economy. The US military has also resumed strikes against Tehran. In […]
# Rugby: All Blacks coach Dave Rennie says there is no bad blood between him and Springboks coach Rassie Erasmus. This follows his accusations over South Africa’s alleged underhanded tactics in the scrum after the second Test in Cape Town last weekend. He suggested the Boks were “walking around” opponents in the set-piece. Rennie says they […]
# Government has secured around 5.6-billion-rand in concessional loan financing to support National Treasury’s Metro Trading Services Reform programme. The funding comes from the German and French Development Cooperation via KfW Development Bank and the French Development Agency. The programme is aimed at turning around electricity, water and sanitation, and solid waste management in South […]
# Minister of Social Development Dina Pule says her department will continue to work closely with Interpol South Africa and other relevant law enforcement agencies in addressing cases of trafficking in children. This comes after two South African girls, aged 9 and 15, who were trafficked to Malawi in 2024, were safely repatriated. Minister Pule says the alleged trafficking involved a couple comprising a […]
# American feminist, journalist, and political activist Gloria Steinem has passed away at the age of 92. She became the face of second-wave feminism in the late 1960s and early 1970s and co-founded the Women’s Action Alliance, a group dedicated to fighting sexism, more than 50 years ago. In 2013, then-president Barack Obama awarded her […]
# Tennis: Die Chinese gelukkige verloorder Bu Yunchaokete het die opkomende ster Rafael Jodar uitgeskakel in die eerste ronde van die Amerikaanse Ope. Die nommer-124 op die wêreldranglys het die 12de-gekeurde Spanjaard in skoon stelle geklop in een van die grootste verrassings van die Grand Slam-toernooi tot dusver. Bu het in die kwalifiserende ronde verloor, […]
