# Tennis: Italy’s world number six Flavio Cobolli and Swiss teammate Belinda Bencic defeated American Serena Williams and Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, 5-4, 4-1 in a high-quality showdown to reach the semifinals of the US Open Mixed Doubles Championship. Top seeds Serbia’s Novak Djokovic and Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka suffered defeat to Britain’s Henry Patten and Czech […]
# Rugby: The All Blacks completed a clean sweep of South Africa’s franchise sides with a hard-fought 41-35 win over the Lions at Ellis Park in Johannesburg. This follows victories against the Stormers, Sharks, and the Bulls. New Zealand also beat the Springboks 33-16 in the first Test. The Lions played brilliantly in the first […]
# The Centre for Development and Enterprise says the City of Johannesburg’s budget is increasingly disconnected from reality, noting the non-payment of rates and utility bills by residents. This is amid the metro’s lack of service delivery and failing infrastructure. The organisation’s latest report shows unpaid bills owed to Johannesburg rose from 15-billion-rand in 2014/2015 […]
# ANC Secretary General Fikile Mbalula says the party has approached the candidate selection process with the seriousness it deserves. The party convened an extended National Executive Committee meeting yesterday, the final stage of the national list process before submitting candidates to the Independent Electoral Commission. This is ahead of the November local government elections. […]
# Canada will impose retaliatory tariffs on a wide range of US goods to the value of about 322.47-billion-rand, effective from the eighth of September. The tariffs, ranging from 15-to-50-percent will hit over 700 US products, including steel and aluminium, furniture, clothing, and fish. This is in response to 50-percent tariffs imposed by president Donald […]
# President Donald Trump says the US Navy has removed and/or detonated all mines within the international waters of the Strait of Hormuz. The vital waterway, through which some 20-percent of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas is used to transit, has largely been closed by Iran since the war started in February. In […]
# EFF leader Julius Malema says government’s failure to act against the alleged instigators and perpetrators of violence against foreign nationals in South Africa creates the impression that the violence was state-sanctioned. He was speaking during president Cyril Ramaphosa’s answer session in the National Assembly yesterday. The president stated that the government is investigating alleged […]
# Rugby: Springbok captain Siya Kolisi has recovered from a hamstring injury and will start against the All Blacks in Cape Town on Saturday. The 35-year-old, who suffered the injury against Argentina three weeks ago, missed the first Test in Johannesburg last weekend. Kolisi will form a loose trio with Pieter-Steph du Toit, who was […]
# Legendary country music singer, songwriter, and actress Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80. In a career that spanned six decades, she wrote more than three-thousand songs and sold over 100 million records worldwide. She will be remembered for her songs that told beautiful stories, such as Coat of Many Colours, Jolene, […]
