# EFF leader Julius Malema has agreed to apologise to Supreme Court of Appeal judge Keoagile Matojane in Parliament. Parliament’s Ethics Committee found his questioning of the judge on a personal case at the Judicial Service Commission breached the Code of Ethical Conduct. In JSC interviews in 2021, when Matojane was contesting for appointment in […]
# AfriForum says acting minister of Police Firoz Cachalia’s acknowledgement that communities play an indispensable role in combating crime must now be transformed into a formal partnership between SAPS and neighbourhood watches. The latest crime statistics show that although the murder rate decreased by 5.9-percent during the first quarter of the 2026/2027 financial year, five-thousand-427 […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says the automotive industry is vital to the government’s efforts to grow the economy, expand exports, attract investment and create jobs. He delivered the keynote address at the Volkswagen Group Africa 75th Anniversary Gala Dinner in Kariega, Nelson Mandela Bay, Eastern Cape yesterday evening. Over the past 75 years, Volkswagen’s Kariega plant […]
# A Las Vegas jury has found Duane “Keffe D” Davis guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Tupac Shakur, nearly 30 years after the famous rapper was gunned down. Shakur was shot multiple times on 7 September 1996 in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas and died several days later. Prosecutors accused 63-year-old […]
# Tennis: Seven-time Grand Slam champion Carlos Alcaraz got his US Open title defence off to a winning start, beating Russia’s Roman Safiullin, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. The Spaniard has not played a competitive singles match since April due to injury. Swiss Stan Wawrinka played the final US Open match of his career after suffering defeat […]
# Deputy minister of Higher Education and Training, Nomusa Dube-Ncube, says institutions need to be more proactive in responding to skills shortages and changing economic needs, rather than waiting for directives from government. The department’s 2026/2027 Annual Performance Plan is anchored in a reform mandate flowing from president Cyril Ramaphosa’s declaration of a National Skills […]
# US president Donald Trump has threatened Iran after Tehran’s retaliatory strikes on American military targets in Jordan and the United Arab Emirates, saying “we’re going to hit them hard”. American forces attacked two Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz. The strike killed three people. Trump has also reiterated his […]
# IFP eThekwini mayoral candidate, Mkhuleko Hlengwa, says he is determined to bring about change to the metro. He is currently serving as the party’s national spokesperson and the deputy minister of Transport in the government of national unity. KwaZulu-Natal is the IFP’s stronghold. The party has increased the number of candidates it is fielding for […]
# Minister of Electricity and Energy Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says municipal debt remains one of the biggest threats to Eskom’s financial sustainability. On the 31st of March this year, municipal debt stood at 111.6-billion-rand, and increased to approximately 119-billion-rand by June. This comes as Eskom has recorded a second successive year of profitability, recording a profit […]
