# Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Parks Tau, says he has requested the US to provide evidence that South Africa is importing goods using forced labour. The US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer has flagged 60 countries, including South Africa, Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom, on suspicion of unfair trade practices and the use […]
# The DA has welcomed the Electoral Commission of South Africa’s investigation into the ANC and Rise Mzansi over funding donations. The ANC failed to declare 770-thousand-rand in donations on time. The IEC is also looking into a donation of 30-million-rand to Rise Mzansi that was converted from a loan. The DA says the Political […]
# The MK Party has expressed disappointment at the election of Rise Mzansi’s Makashule Gana as the chairperson of the Impeachment Committee, claiming that he lacks objectivity. Gana received 19 votes, defeating United African Transformation leader Wonderboy Mahlatse, who secured 12 votes. The committee is tasked with considering whether president Cyril Ramaphosa should face impeachment […]
# The European Union says it is ready to contribute to a sustainable and peaceful resolution between the US and Iran. A draft peace agreement, mediated by Pakistan, has been going back and forth between the two countries, with US president Donald Trump stating that the focus is on Tehran’s nuclear capability. EU’s high representative […]
# Tennis: Twenty-three-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams has announced that she is officially making her comeback to professional tennis. Nearly four years after stepping away, the 44-year-old American will restart her career at Queen’s Club in London next week, where she will play in the women’s doubles. It is widely reported that she will […]
# Iran has halted peace talks with the US due to the widening Israeli assault on Lebanon. This comes amid a broadening wave of Israeli attacks across southern Lebanon after prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the military would deepen its offensive against the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah. According to Iranian state media, Tehran will move […]
# Soccer: Bafana Bafana departed for their World Cup training base in Pachuca, Mexico, yesterday without assistant coach Helkman Mkhalele. He is still waiting for his visas to be processed by the US Embassy. The squad was originally set to depart on Sunday, but was held back by a delay in obtaining visas in what […]
# Acting National Commissioner, Puleng Dimpane, has deployed a National Forensic Task Team, together with Crime Intelligence experts, to investigate the explosions that occurred at Woolworths stores in Gauteng and the Free State last week. The first explosion took place at Woolworths Menlyn Park in Pretoria on Thursday, and the second less than 24-hours later […]
# Die speaker van die Johannesburgse raad, Margaret Arnolds, is bekommerd oor die voortgesette verspreiding van grafiese beeldmateriaal van gewelddadige voorvalle op sosiale media. Foto’s van die naweek se moord op drie mense in Eldoradopark is op platforms gedeel. Arnolds se woordvoerder, Vusi Gumbi, sê voorvalle van geweldsmisdaad berokken steeds emosionele skade en ondermyn die […]
