# Cricket: South Africa secured a four-wicket win over Pakistan in their final preparation match for the upcoming Women’s World Cup in Colombo. Pakistan, batting first, were bowled out for 229 in 46 overs, with Ayabonga Khaka and Masabata Klass taking two wickets each for South Africa. In reply, Sune Luus and Anneke Bosch scored […]
# The East London Magistrate’s Court is expected to deliver judgment today in the criminal case against EFF leader Julius Malema and his bodyguard and co-accused, Adriaan Snyman. Among others, they face charges of allegedly contravening the Firearms Control Act. Malema is accused of unlawfully discharging a firearm at the party’s fifth anniversary celebrations in Mdantsane in […]
# Crime Intelligence head, Dumisani Khumalo, is set to testify at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry today. As the convener of the KwaZulu-Natal Political Killings Task Team, Khumalo’s testimony is expected to shed light on operational and administrative issues within the police. He is currently out on bail after he was arrested in July in […]
# Golf: South Africa’s Jacques Kruyswijk secured his fourth Sunshine Tour win of his career at the Origins of Golf at Devonvale Golf and Wine Estate in Stellenbosch. The 32-year-old finished regulation play tied with George Coetzee on ten under par with rounds of 73 and 71, respectively. Kruyswijk won on the second hole of their […]
# Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has condemned Russia’s aerial bombardment, describing it as a vile and brutal attack. Moscow fired more than 600 drones and missiles at targets across Kyiv over the weekend, killing at least four people and injuring about 70 others. The barrage was the third largest reported by the Ukrainian air force since […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has reportedly stepped in to secure the reinstatement of Patriotic Alliance’s Kenny Kunene as Johannesburg’s mayoral committee member for Transport. Kunene was sworn back in as a councillor on Friday, after he had voluntarily stepped down as an MMC after being linked to murder accused Katiso “KT” Molefe. According to TimesLIVE, […]
# Motorsport: Spanish Ducati rider Marc Márquez secured his seventh MotoGP world championship at the Japanese Grand Prix, his first since 2019. The 32-year-old finished second behind his teammate Francesco Bagnaia in Motegi to clinch the title, with Honda’s Joan Mir in third. South Africa’s Brad Binder finished 12th. Márquez, who has 11 wins this season […]
# Die adjunkminister van Elektrisiteit en Energie, Samantha Graham-Maré, het die eerste Munisipale Vroueforum in Energie-doeltreffendheid van stapel gestuur. Die belangrikste doelwitte van die forum is om vroue toe te rus met leierskaphulpmiddels en tegniese kennis, en om openbare en institusionele bewusmaking oor die rol van vroue in die bevordering van energie-doeltreffendheid te verhoog. Graham-Maré […]
# Die Israelse Eerste Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, sal na verwagting vandag ‘n weerbarstige boodskap aan die Verenigde Nasies teen ‘n Palestynse staat lewer, maar hy verkeer tog onder druk van die Amerikaanse president Donald Trump, wat ‘n skikking oor Gaza wil hê. Netanyahu sal die VN Algemene Vergadering toespreek dae nadat Frankryk, Brittanje en verskeie […]
