# Cricket: Proteas fast bowler Kagiso Rabada says they are embracing the freedom and responsibility of playing a World Cup on home soil. South Africa will co-host the 14th edition of the 50-over World Cup alongside Zimbabwe and Namibia next year. The tournament returns to Africa after 24 years. Rabada has particpated in South Africa’s […]
# A Ukrainian drone strike has killed at least 12 people and injured 39 others in the city of Nizhnekamsk in Russia’s Tatarstan region this morning. The city is the site of a major, technologically advanced oil refinery, the likely target of the strike. Moscow says it shot down 456 Ukrainian drones. Ukraine’s president Volodymyr […]
# The N3 Toll Concession says the combination of increased traffic volumes, adverse weather conditions, and ongoing construction activities will most likely result in slower travelling conditions and possible delays. This as the Women’s Day long weekend draws to a close today, with heavy traffic already being experienced northbound towards Gauteng. N3TC chief operating officer, […]
# Three mountain passes in the northern parts of the Eastern Cap are currently closed due to heavy snowfall. These are the Barkly Pass on the R58 between Elliot and Barkly East, Penhoek Pass on the N6 between Komani and James Calata and Boesmanshoek Pass between Sterkstroom and Molteno. The provincial Department of Transport spokesperson, […]
# Chinese authorities have downgraded Typhoon Dolphin to a tropical storm. More than a million people were evacuated from their homes in eastern China including Shanghai on Sunday as the typhoon made landfall. It also forced Shanghai’s two airports to cancel more than one-thousand-300 flights. While the storm is moving inland within China, authorities have warned […]
# Soccer: Golden Arrows and Sekhukhune United have booked a place in the MTN8 semifinals. Arrows claimed a hard-fought 1-0 victory over 15-time champions Kaizer Chiefs at the Moses Mabhida Stadium on Sunday. Sekhukhune defeated AmaZulu 4-3 in extra time at the Chatsworth Stadium in Durban, putting them into the final four of the MTN8 for […]
# The Freedom Front Plus says the November local government elections afford women the opportunity to decide who should represent them. Women make up the majority of South Africa’s population. The FF Plus says the country’s everyday reality is marred by crime, poor service delivery, unsafe schools, and water and electricity problems. It says politics […]
# The ANC Women’s League has called for discretionary funding to be made available for the implementation of the declaration of gender-based violence and femicide as a disaster. President Cyril Ramaphosa classified GBVF as a national disaster last year. He has also appointed members to the new National Council on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide. ANCWL […]
# Western Cape police are offering rewards of up to 100-thousand-rand for information related to two of the three separate mass shootings which claimed eleven lives in Cape Town over the weekend. Five people were shot and killed in Langa while three others were shot and killed in the Barcelona informal settlement in Gugulethu. Three […]
