# Tennis: Wimbledon champion Linda Noskova fired the Czech Republic into the semifinals of the Billie Jean King Cup in Shenzhen, China. She defeated Britain’s Katie Boulter, 6-2, 7-6, while Marie Bouzkova battled past Sonay Kartal, 7-6, 4-6, 6-4, as the Czech secured an unassailable 2-0 win. The Czechs are bidding for their seventh title in […]
# South Africa’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Mxolisi Sizo Nkosi, says the country is pushing for greater African representation on the UN Security Council. The council comprises five permanent members and ten non-permanent members elected for two-year terms. Africa currently has representation among the council’s elected members, but no permanent seat. Nkosi […]
# The Western Cape government has welcomed Minister of Agriculture Willie Aucamp’s proposal to allow qualifying private sector companies access to the Agricultural Research Council’s intellectual property relating to foot-and-mouth disease vaccines. The ARC vaccine is a very effective defence against the domestic FMD strains; however, due to manufacturing constraints, the research council is currently […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Police has expressed concern at the charges against suspended deputy national police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya. He faces five charges, including rape, trafficking in persons, promoting the sexual grooming of a child, and two counts of sexual grooming of a child. Sibiya is accused of sexually grooming a 16-year-old girl and […]
# Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says his country will not allow domestic or foreign actors to interfere with what he describes as the people’s democratic choice. This comes amid growing allegations of foreign interference in Brazil’s October elections, in which Lula da Silva is seeking a fourth, non-consecutive presidential term. Addressing the […]
# South African investigative journalist Micah Reddy, who was detained by government authorities in Djibouti, was released unharmed and without charge yesterday. He and his local fixer Kooki Mahmoud, who was also released, disappeared from their hotel in the East African country on Saturday afternoon. Reddy is the Africa Coordinator at the International Consortium of Investigative […]
# The DA has filed an urgent application in the Electoral Court accusing the EFF, ActionSA, MK Party and the GOOD Party of deliberately concealing candidates from voters. It alleges that the parties are bending the rules by misinterpreting the law, which allows the Electoral Commission to request a party to submit extra names after […]
# US president Donald Trump says he has a big decision to make on Iran: reach a deal or face annihilation. He addressed the United Nations General Assembly yesterday, where he also expressed gratitude to the UN Security Council for its unanimous support of the US 20-point Gaza peace plan and for officially approving the Board […]
# Die Departement van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing sê die tydelike voorsorgmaatreël wat ingestel is om die buitengewone sardynvrektes te bestuur, bly van krag. Dit volg al is geen nuwe grootskaalse sardynvrektes aangemeld nie, buiten ‘n afsonderlike voorval toe vars sardyne verlede week naby Mbotyi aan die Noordelike Wildekus uitgespoel het. ‘n Woordvoerder, Zolile […]
