# US president Donald Trump says he would rather make a deal to end the war in Iran, because he “does not want to kill people.” Washington maintains that talks with Tehran, especially on the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, are progressing. However, Iran has stated that it is not negotiating with the US […]
# Soccer: FIFA says Gianni Infantino will remain president, with the management board reaffirming its support for his leadership. This comes as the governing body’s leaders held a crisis meeting in Rabat, Morocco, yesterday, following mounting criticism of Infantino’s now-aborted proposal. He wanted to sell off stakes in FIFA competitions to private investors. Infantino and […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Agriculture is calling for urgent measures to address structural weaknesses that continue to undermine South Africa’s ability to contain and ultimately eradicate foot-and-mouth disease. South Africa has imported 17 million vaccine doses as part of the national disease-control strategy. The committee says inadequate funding remains one of the greatest obstacles to effective […]
# Gauteng MEC for Education, Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation, Lebogang Maile, says parents and guardians continue to have confidence in the province’s online admissions system. The department recorded a strong start to its 2027 online admissions application period, receiving more than 210-thousand Grade 1 and Grade 8 applications within the first four hours of […]
# South African Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago says the country’s economy is growing at a slow rate despite adopting the right macroeconomic policies, due to years of state capture. The country’s gross domestic product grew by 1.1-percent last year, while National Treasury had expected a 1.4-percent growth. In the first quarter of this year, […]
# Netball: The National Netball Championships, South Africa’s largest annual inter-district tournament, kicks off at Stellenberg High School in Cape Town today. The championships will feature 122 teams, comprising 58 senior district sides and 64 under-21 teams, with almost one-thousand-900 players converging for six days of competition. Defending champions Johannesburg will be chasing a fifth […]
# Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has reiterated his call to allies to provide the military hardware required to down Russian missiles. At least 17 people were killed in Kyiv and surrounding areas yesterday, as Moscow fired more than two dozen ballistic and anti-ship missiles. Russia reportedly fired 115 drones and 24 ballistic missiles, and Kyiv’s depleted […]
# United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has expressed alarm at the rise in executions and death sentences issued in Iran since March. At least 56 people have been executed on national security-related charges, including 27 individuals in cases linked to January’s nationwide anti-government protests. Executions for drug-related offences are also continuing at […]
# EFF leader Julius Malema has suggested that all witnesses who will testify before Parliament’s Impeachment Committee should appear in person rather than virtually. The committee is conducting preparatory work and legal reviews regarding misconduct allegations against president Cyril Ramaphosa over the Phala Phala scandal. Malema says in-person testimony of witnesses will safeguard the integrity […]
