# The Presidency says the strategic importance of the bilateral relations between South Africa and Kenya underlines government’s intentions to elevate the nature of the relationship to that of a strategic partnership. President Cyril Ramaphosa will host Kenyan president William Samoei Ruto on a State Visit at the Union Buildings in Tshwane today. Kenya is […]
# US president Donald Trump has admitted that he called Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu ‘crazy’ during a tense phone call over fighting in Lebanon earlier this week. The latest reported clash came as Trump mulls a deal that would extend the US-Iran ceasefire and open the door to talks on the future of Tehran’s […]
# Israel and Lebanon have agreed to implement a renewed ceasefire, which is contingent on a complete cessation of attacks from the Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah, among other conditions. The agreement comes after Israeli strikes killed at least nine people in southern Lebanon on Wednesday, and Hezbollah fired rockets into northern Israel. US Secretary of […]
# Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts has resolved to lay a criminal charge against former Road Accident Fund CEO, Collins Letsoalo. This follows his failure to appear before the committee in response to a summons issued in November last year. The committee had summoned Letsoalo to appear in connection with RAF misgovernance, maladministration, and financial […]
# Gauteng Education MEC Lebogang Maile has condemned the killing of an 18-year-old Grade 10 learner from Mokgome Secondary School in Braamfischerville, Soweto. Preliminary investigations reveal that the teenager, who was not at school at the time, was attacked with a panga by unknown suspects over an allegation of stolen items. The victim passed away […]
# Tennis: World number one Aryna Sabalenka has been knocked out in the quarterfinals of the French Open. The Belarusian suffered a 3-6, 7-5, 6-0 defeat by Russia’s Diana Shnaider, who is through to her first Grand Slam semifinal. Shnaider will face Polish qualifier Maja Chwalinska, who beat Russia’s Anna Kalinskaya, 7-6, 6-3. In the […]
# The World Health Organisation says its ability to respond effectively to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda is being hindered by blanket travel restrictions. The US, Bahrain, Mexico, and other countries have imposed travel restrictions, while Canada is enforcing a 21-day quarantine for all travellers arriving from the DRC. […]
# Golf: Six-time major champion Rory McIlroy is aiming for his first-ever victory at the PGA Tour’s Memorial Tournament, which kicks off at Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio, today. The Northern Irishman’s best finish at the tournament was when he finished tied for fourth in 2016. McIlroy, who clinched back-to-back Masters victories in April, admitted that […]
# Acting National Police Commissioner, Puleng Dimpane, says government is not turning a blind eye to illegal immigration. In the past three weeks alone, more than five-thousand illegal immigrants have been arrested for contravening the Immigration Act. Since January this year, law enforcement operations conducted across the country have resulted in the arrest of 34-thousand-798 […]
