# 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 […]
# The National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure has activated a comprehensive operational plan following unrest in parts of the country linked to undocumented migrants. The plan focuses on three key areas: enhanced visibility and rapid deployment capabilities, intelligence-led operations, and targeted crime-combatting operations. Hotspots, including the Western Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, and the Eastern Cape, are […]
# The US has proposed a broad new set of import tariffs on 60 countries, including South Africa, for failing to address the importing of goods made with forced labour. Under the proposal, countries including South Africa, China, the United Kingdom, Japan, and Brazil would face additional tariffs up to 12.5-percent. Mexico, Canada, and the European […]
# Kuwait’s Foreign Ministry has ordered two Iranian diplomats to leave the country within 24 hours and declared them “persona non grata”. This comes after Iran targeted US bases in Kuwait and Bahrain, as well as a vessel near the Strait of Hormuz. An Indian national was killed and more than 60 injured in the […]
