# Die regering beplan om die Konstitusionele Hof te nader om hom meer tyd te gun vir die implementering van sy uitspraak, wat prosedurele struikelblokke vir asielaansoeke verwyder het. Die hof het sekere bepalings van die Wet op Vlugtelinge ongrondwetlik verklaar wat immigrasiebeamptes toegelaat het om ‘n asielsoeker te deporteer indien hulle sonder ‘n deurreisvisum […]
# The Jacob Zuma Foundation has condemned what it calls a “media frenzy” fuelled by rumours, misinformation and relentless public scrutiny over the former president’s health. Eighty-four-year-old Zuma has been receiving treatment at the Netcare St Anne’s Hospital in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, since last week. The foundation’s Mzwanele Manyi says Zuma deserves the same dignity, privacy and […]
# The Department of Basic Education has applied for leave to appeal against a Limpopo High Court judgment that cleared 50 former matric learners of examination irregularities. The former learners from Baphutheng Secondary School had their 2024 matric results withheld after similarities in their answers to Business Studies paper one and Economics paper two were […]
# Minister of Home Affairs Leon Schreiber says his department is developing a biometric online platform to speed up asylum applications, strengthen identity verification, and prevent rejected applicants from repeatedly submitting claims to delay their removal. The platform is expected to be operational by 10 November this year. Schreiber says the reforms would draw on […]
# Soccer: Manchester City beat ten-man Liverpool 3-0 at Anfield to restore their three-point lead at the top of the Premier League table. This was City’s first game since an independent commission found the club guilty of all charges related to serious breaches of Premier League financial rules. The club have appealed the verdict and […]
# The United Nations International Organisation for Migration says at least 139 people, including 15 children, have died after a boat carrying more than 305 migrants capsized off the coast of Djibouti in East Africa. The boat was travelling from Djibouti towards Yemen when it went down near Guehere, north of Obock. Another 84 are still […]
# At least 12 people were killed and 309 wounded when Yemen’s Houthi militants struck the King Khalid Airport in Riyadh with missiles over the weekend. They struck a terminal building, killing four Saudis, two Bangladeshis, an American, an Egyptian, a Jordanian, a Syrian, a Palestinian, and a Sudanese. The Houthis also attacked oil facilities and […]
# Motorsport: Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won the Singapore Grand Prix for the first time in his Formula One career. The Dutchman held off an early challenge from Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc to clinch his 73rd career win on his 250th Grand Prix start. Leclerc finished second, with Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli in third. The McLarens of Lando […]
# Basic Education minister Siviwe Gwarube says her department has adopted a zero-tolerance approach to examination irregularities and reinforced candidate and parent pledge agreements to promote integrity. The 2026 National Senior Certificate written examinations officially commence tomorrow and end on November 26. A 24-hour examination hotline is active for members of the public to report […]
