# Rugby: Springbok Sevens star Tristan Leyds has been nominated for the men’s Sevens Player of the Year award, together with Australia’s Henry Hutchison and Fiji’s Vuiviwa Naduvalo. In the men’s Rookie of the Year category, Kele Lasaqa of New Zealand, Australia’s Harry Wilson and Finley Lloyd-Gilmour of Great Britain are nominated. Australia’s Maddison Levi, […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa will table the Presidency’s 2026/27 budget vote before the National Assembly this afternoon, which will be followed by a debate. This takes place amid heightened political tension regarding his pending Section 89 impeachment inquiry. The Presidency says centred in this year’s budget are priorities such as an intelligence-led approach to dismantle […]
# Forum for South Africa sê die regering het geen geloofwaardige plan om brandstofpryse te bestendig nie, terwyl petrolpryse om middernag met een-rand-43-sent per liter styg. Die Nasionale Tesourie herstel vir Junie 75-sent per liter van die brandstofheffing-verligting wat hy vroeër vanjaar op petrol- en dieselpryse ingestel het. FOSA se woordvoerder, Tebogo Mashilompane, sê die […]
# Twee vermeende gewapende rowers is vroeg vanoggend dood tydens ‘n skietgeveg met die polisie in KwaMsane, KwaZulu-Natal, en een beseer. Polisiewoordvoerder Robert Netshiunda sê hulle het inligting ontvang van gewapende aanvallers wat ‘n man beroof het in die Hluhluwe-wetstoepassings-gebied. Hy sê hulle het vinnig reageer en die voertuig wat die slagoffer beskryf het, op […]
# Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen says South Africa is successfully maintaining key livestock export markets despite the ongoing foot and mouth disease. Since February, the country has procured 13.5 million doses of vaccine and vaccinated nearly 4.4 million animals. Steenhuisen says government has shouldered the financial burden of the vaccination campaign to reduce the […]
# Rugby: The Stormers have received a major boost ahead of their United Rugby Championship semifinal against Leinster in Dublin on Saturday, with two experienced players declared fit. Lock Ruben van Heerden, who had a concussion, and centre Dan du Plessis, who has recovered from a knee injury, are back in the squad. The Stormers […]
# Die ANC in die Groter-Johannesburg-streek verwelkom die JSE se besluit om die opskorting van die Stad Johannesburg se genoteerde skuldinstrumente op te hef. Dit herstel die metro se toegang tot die plaaslike skuld-mark na ʼn tydelike verbod omdat hy nie sy geouditeerde finansiële state ingedien het nie. ANC-woordvoerder, Amukelani Mashele, sê dit versterk vertroue […]
# RISE Mzansi says it is offering Johannesburg residents a legitimate and sound alternative to the various established political parties, which have had an opportunity to misgovern the country’s economic and financial hub since 2016. The party’s mayoral candidate for the metro is Lukhona Mnguni. RISE Mzansi’s spokesperson, Mabine Seabe, says the repeated narrative aimed […]
# Iran-backed Hezbollah has agreed to a US proposal for a ceasefire, which will halt attacks on Israel and for Israel not to attack the Lebanese capital, Beirut. This comes after Iran pulled out of peace talks with the US in protest at the Israeli offensive in Lebanon. The current conflict began in March, after […]
