# The National Prosecuting Authority says it plans to re-enrol the fraud case of former acting CEO of the Johannesburg Social Housing Company, Themba Mathibe. This comes after the Alexandra Magistrate’s Court struck the case off the roll on Tuesday. The case relates to the discovery of 321-thousand-rand at Mathibe’s residence during a search-and-seizure operation linked to […]
# Tennis: 2024 finalist Alexander Zverev is through to the French Open semifinals, continuing his bid for a first Grand Slam title. The second-seeded German defeated 19-year-old Spaniard Rafael Jodar, 7-6, 6-1, 6-3. Zverev will face Czech Jakub Mensik, who beat Brazilian teenager Joao Fonseca, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6. In the women’s draw, Marta Kostyuk defeated compatriot […]
# The US military says it conducted “self-defence” strikes on Iran’s Qeshm Island, in response to attempted attacks by Tehran across the Middle East. It also disabled an unladen oil tanker heading toward an Iranian port, attempting to break through the American blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile, in retaliation, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard […]
# Deputy president Paul Mashatile has described his first leg of his working visit to India as highly productive, saying it has helped strengthen the long-standing strategic partnership between the two nations. He held high-level engagements with Indian president Droupadi Murmu and major companies operating in sectors including energy, water, infrastructure, and agriculture. Mashatile says […]
# National Treasury director-general Duncan Pieterse says South Africa remains on course to meet its fiscal targets, despite the economic uncertainty caused by the ongoing Middle East conflict. The country’s debt-to-gross domestic product ratio stabilised in February for the first time since before the 2008 global financial crisis and is expected to decrease to 76.5-percent […]
# Israeli Defence minister, Israel Katz, says the country’s growing export figures reinforce its position as a leading defence-technology power. Israel’s defence exports reached a record 314-billion-rand in 2025, marking the fifth consecutive year of growth, more than doubling in five years and quadrupling in a decade. The growth was largely driven by missile, rocket, […]
# The DA says the crisis within the country’s criminal justice system is not merely a departmental failure, but a failure of governance. South Africa recorded a nearly ten-percent drop in murders between January and March this year; however, more than five-thousand-100 people were still killed, an average of 58 killings every day. Speaking in […]
# ANC chief whip, Mdumiseni Ntuli, says they strongly reject xenophobia, vigilantism, and the demonisation of African migrants. There has been growing anti-illegal immigration protest activity across parts of the country, particularly in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, in recent weeks. Speaking during the tabling of the Presidency’s budget in the National Assembly yesterday, Ntuli said they […]
# Employment and Labour minister, Nomakhosazana Meth says despite signs of economic stabilisation and improving investor confidence, South Africa continues to face a massive job crisis. The country’s official unemployment rate rose to 32.7-percent in the first quarter of this year. Meth says her department is intensifying efforts to tackle unemployment through a combination of […]
