# Die minister van Justisie en Grondwetlike Ontwikkeling, Mmamoloko Kubayi, lei van vandag af die Suid-Afrikaanse afvaardiging by die 15de Verenigde Nasies-kongres oor Misdaadvoorkoming en Regspleging in die Verenigde Arabiese Emirate. Die kongres is ʼn globale forum vir lidstate en rolspelers in die regsektor om gesamentlike reaksies op misdaad te bespreek, strafregstelsels te versterk en […]
# Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Parks Tau, says South Africa is ready to engage with US companies looking for secure sources of critical minerals and industrial inputs. He participated in the Critical Minerals Roundtable in New York. The minister has proposed the establishment of a South Africa–USA Critical Minerals Working Group. Tau says […]
# Rugby: Sharks head coach JP Pietersen has selected an exciting matchday 23 for their United Rugby Championship opener against Ospreys at Kings Park on Saturday. Former Junior Bok Vusi Moyo will spearhead the attack at flyhalf, partnering scrumhalf Jaden Hendrikse. Nick Hatton captains the side from number eight in a strong loose trio with […]
# Swimming: Decorated Olympian Tatjana Smith announced her return to the sport by winning the 50-metres breaststroke at the South African Short Course Championships in Pietermaritzburg. She won in 29.50 seconds, which is under the required qualifying mark for the World Short Course Championships in Beijing, China, in December. Michael Houlie and Chris Smith also […]
# Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed “we’d all be dead” if Israel and the US didn’t attack Iran and devastate its nuclear facilities. Dozens of delegates walked out of the United Nations General Assembly as he stood up to deliver his speech yesterday. Netanyahu says targeting Iran was one of the easiest decisions […]
# Rugby: Lock Riley Norton, scrumhalves Andre Warner and Ezekiel Ngobeni, and hooker Vernon Paulo are set to make their Stormers debut in the United Rugby Championship opener against Connacht in Galway, Ireland tonight. Winger Leolin Zas, who made his Stormers debut in 2016, will play his 100th match for the club. He will feature […]
# DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis says Johannesburg does not lack potential, but lacks a government that can live up to that potential. He addressed supporters in the metro yesterday, as part of the party’s campaign roadshow ahead of the November local government elections. Helen Zille is the DA’s mayoral candidate for Johannesburg. Hill-Lewis stated that the […]
# Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas says Palestinians in Gaza were being subjected to killing, destruction, starvation, attempted forced displacement, and a war of genocide, while in the West Bank, settlement expansion was accelerating. He addressed the United Nations General Assembly via a pre-recorded video after his delegation was, for the second consecutive year, denied the visas […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says he will address the nation in a few days on the steps government is taking to confront gender-based violence and femicide. He will also provide an update on the investigation into the killings of nine women in and around Ekurhuleni. The president announced this at the National Heritage Day celebrations […]
