# United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has called on governments around the world to use their leverage and put pressure on Israel to end the war in Gaza. On Sunday, Israel imposed a ten-hour tactical pause in military activity in three areas of Gaza, as international outrage grows over starvation inside […]
# Motorsport: McLaren’s Oscar Piastri claimed victory in a wet-dry Belgian Grand Prix, his sixth win of the season. Heavy rain delayed the race start by 80 minutes, and then the first four laps took place behind the safety car. Once racing got underway on lap five, the Australian passed teammate Lando Norris and controlled the […]
# The EFF says its 12th anniversary celebration was a resounding success. The event took place in a state-of-the-art dome structure, specially constructed at the Khayelitsha Rugby Stadium in Cape Town, on Saturday, to mark the occasion. The EFF says the celebration carried a powerful message that South Africa remains trapped in the grips of […]
# Oxfam says the airdrops of aid and a trickle of trucks won’t undo months of engineered starvation in Gaza. Israel, Jordan, and the United Arab Emirates dropped aid into Gaza over the weekend, a method sharply criticised by humanitarian groups as expensive, inefficient, and dangerous. Israeli forces have killed over a thousand people seeking […]
# World University Games: Team South Africa secured 19 medals, including six gold, five silver, and eight bronze, at the FISU World University Games in Germany, finishing seventh overall on the medal table. The bulk of the team’s medals came from swimming and athletics. Nineteen-year-old speedster Bayanda Walaza ended the games with three medals, winning […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says there is a renewed offensive against transformation, progressive policies, multilateralism, and a re-weaponisation of global institutions. In his capacity as the ANC president, he addressed a gathering of liberation movements from across southern Africa in Johannesburg on Sunday. Ramaphosa said competition for public positions and resources has undermined the ability […]
# Die Vergelegen-wynlandgoed in Somerset-Wes, Kaapstad, wat bekend is vir sy uitsonderlike tuine, gaan iets besonders aan blomliefhebbers bied. ‘n Halwe hektaar oranje en geel Namakwa-madeliefies skep ‘n kleurryke blomtapyt naby die Stables-restaurant. Dié vrolike blommetjies sal na verwagting tot begin volgende maand blom. Vergelegen is een van slegs 39 Internasionale Kamelia-tuine en die enigste […]
# Die regering sê misdaad het geen plek in Suid-Afrika nie en hy sal pogings verskerp om dit hok te slaan. ‘n Regeringswoordvoerder, Nokululeko Mtshali, sê wetstoepassingsagentskappe se vermoë om misdaad op te spoor, te ondersoek en te vervolg word versterk. Sy sê die stryd teen misdaad word landwyd verskerp en hulle fokus op brandpunte […]
# Die Vryheidsfront Plus sê die voortslepende waterinfrastruktuur-probleem in Vishoek, Kaapstad, word veroorsaak deur verbrokkelende stelsels wat kritieke afmetings bereik het. Pieter Jansen van Vuuren van die party sê groot lekkasies kom byna daagliks voor en lei tot die vorming van sinkgate en slaggate. Hy sê hulle gaan die saak onmiddellik met die Wes-Kaapse LUR […]
