# The South African Police Service has confirmed that Crime Intelligence deputy head Feroz Khan has been dismissed. This follows his failure to appear before an internal police disciplinary hearing over misconduct allegations against him. On Monday, the Labour Court dismissed Khan’s urgent bid to stop a disciplinary process that could cost him his job. […]
# Golf: Fifteen-time major champion Tiger Woods’ driving license has been suspended for five years after striking a plea deal in his driving under the influence case. The 50-year-old was arrested after he crashed his Land Rover in Florida in March. He passed a breathalyser test but refused a urine test, pleading not guilty to misdemeanour […]
# French president Emmanuel Macron says the UK and France are united on Ukraine, the Middle East and multilateralism. The two countries have led efforts to strengthen European support for Kyiv since Russia launched its full-scale invasion more than four years ago. Macron and King Charles visited the British Museum yesterday for the formal opening […]
# Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on Defence has elected the ANC’s Mzimasi Hala as its new co-chairperson, following the unexpected and unexplained removal of Malusi Gigaba from the position. Hala was elected with six votes to two, while the EFF abstained. Gigaba faces fraud and corruption charges linked to the Transnet tender for over one-thousand locomotives […]
# Business confidence has stabilised, but at a level that remains too low to support the stronger investment and employment growth South Africa needs. This is according to the latest Business Confidence Index published by financial services firm RMB and the Bureau for Economic Research. Business confidence dropped a point to 38 in the third […]
# Gauteng MEC of Education Lebogang Maile was part of another police-led search and seizure operation at six schools yesterday, bringing the total number of schools searched across the province to 23. Yesterday’s operation targeted Sehopotso Secondary School and BoteboTsebo Secondary School in Sebokeng, Residentia Secondary School in Vanderbijlpark, Sapphire Secondary School in Bophelong, and […]
# AfriForum has written to minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, demanding an independent audit of the fuel price and levy, including the general fuel, carbon and Road Accident Fund levies. Petrol prices have gone up by one-rand-34-cents a litre and diesel prices by between two-rand-93- and three-rand-15-cents per litre this month. AfriForum’s Ernst van Zyl […]
# North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Secretary General Mark Rutte warns that Russia has grown increasingly reckless as it continues its war against Ukraine. He says NATO has seen more Russian drones and missiles crossing into allied airspace along the eastern flank, creating greater risk for Europe’s security. This comes as Germany has concluded that Moscow […]
# US president Donald Trump has suggested renaming the Strait of Hormuz as ‘Trump Strait’. This comes as Washington and Iran have resumed strikes and remain deadlocked on the Strait. Tehran claims the right to control the strategic waterway; however, the US says it is an international waterway. At least 26 vessels have been attacked […]
