# At least three crew members have been killed after a UPS freight transport aircraft crashed shortly after take-off near the Louisville international airport in Kentucky. Eleven people have been injured. Officials say the plane, which was bound for Hawaii, crashed into an area that includes a petroleum recycling business, further compounding the impact. Kentucky Governor Andy […]
# Tennis: World number one Aryna Sabalenka claimed her second win in the WTA Finals in Riyadh and is closing in on a place in the semifinals. The Belarusian defeated American Jessica Pegula, 6-4, 2-6, 6-3, but required a straight-set win to confirm progression from the Stefanie Graf Group. Defending champion American Coco Gauff kept her […]
# The Gauteng Department of Education has expressed concern about reports of an individual known as “Godfrey”, who is allegedly soliciting bribes from parents in exchange for placements in public schools for the 2026 academic year. The online admissions placement period commenced on 16 October, when the department began sending placement offers to parents and […]
# The National Assembly has adopted the portfolio committee on Home Affairs’ report on the One-Stop Border Post Bill. The bill aims to establish a legal framework for creating shared border posts between South Africa and its neighbouring countries. Committee chairperson, Mosa Chabane, says once enacted, the bill is expected to significantly enhance intra-African trade […]
# Deputy Police minister Polly Boshielo says attempted murder accused Vusimuzi Cat Matlala’s multimillion rand tender was the only contract Police minister Senzo Mchunu was concerned with after his appointment last year. Matlala’s company, Medicare 24 Tshwane District, was awarded a 360-million-rand tender in June last year to provide healthcare services to the SAPS, despite […]
# At least 46 people, including six crew members of a military Huey helicopter, have been killed after Typhoon Kalmaegi unleashed heavy rains and floods across the central Philippines. Most of the fatalities, which were due to drowning, have been reported in the most populated central island of Cebu. Thousands of people were forced to […]
# Three more suspects, aged between 17 and 20-years-old, have been arrested for the Westbury double murder in Gauteng. This brings the total number of arrested suspects to five, following the shooting of a group of teenagers in which two were killed and several others were wounded last month. Police spokesperson, Brenda Muridili, says the […]
# Amnesty International South Africa has accused the government of failing the lives of five million people living in informal settlements, many of them living on flood-prone land. Its latest report, Flooded and Forgotten: Informal Settlements and the Right to Housing in South Africa, examines the incidence and impact of floods on residents of informal […]
# Former US president George W Bush has paid tribute to former vice-president, Dick Cheney. The 84-year-old, who served under Bush passed away due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease. Cheney was a central figure in the 2003 invasion of Iraq by the US and allied forces. Bush says history will remember […]
