# Tennis: Grand Slam champions Juan Martin del Potro, Ashleigh Barty and Svetlana Kuznetsova are among the International Tennis Hall of Fame’s Class of 2027 nominees. Del Potro amassed 22 tour-level titles throughout his standout career, including his 2009 US Open triumph. Barty, a former world number one, won four Grand Slam titles, three in singles […]
# Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese has called for politicians to lower the rising temperature of political rhetoric. This comes as independent member of Parliament Helen Haines was struck by a car and severely injured outside her office in Wangaratta yesterday. A 43-year-old man has been arrested. In 2025/2026, one-thousand-and-67 reports of harassment and threatening behaviour […]
# Credit rating agency Moody’s says it will scrutinise the South African government’s design of its fiscal anchor, including potential carve-outs embedded within the framework. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana is expected to unveil details of a formal fiscal anchor aimed at keeping government borrowing and debt in check when he tables the Medium-Term Budget Policy […]
# Soccer: The Portuguese Football Federation has suspended Cristiano Ronaldo for 30 days and fined him four-thousand-700-rand for walking out on the national team during last month’s UEFA Nations League campaign. The 41-year-old left the squad ahead of Portugal’s clash with Denmark on September 30th after a dispute with head coach Jorge Jesus, accusing him of […]
# The Electoral Commission has partnered with Google, Meta, Microsoft, TikTok and non-profit organisation Moxii Africa to counter disinformation and safeguard the integrity of next month’s local government elections. The collaborative initiative aims to curb deliberate misinformation campaigns and harmful content across social media and digital platforms during the high-stakes political season. IEC chief electoral […]
# Tshwane mayor Nasiphi Moya has admitted negligence over the failure to chlorinate the water, saying the metro had run out of chlorine after a dispute with its supplier. According to the national Department of Water and Sanitation investigation, Tshwane supplied unchlorinated water to communities in Bronkhorstspruit for three weeks without warning residents that their […]
# US president Donald Trump claims that immigrants are leading the wave of protests and rioting in France. The protests began last month with students demanding better school conditions, but they have since broadened to include concerns about rising fuel prices and the cost of living. French president Emmanuel Macron has described the violence as […]
# Golf: The Sunshine Tour has announced a strong start to 2027, with four tournaments co-sanctioned with the HotelPlanner Tour set to tee off on South African fairways. The schedule will begin with the SDC Open followed by the Durban Open in January. In February will be the CIRCA Cape Town Open and the DATA […]
# Business Leadership South Africa says that despite South Africa stabilising its national debt and finances, growth is the missing ingredient. Finance minister Enoch Godongwana will table the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement tomorrow. BLSA CEO Busisiwe Mavuso says that with the economy expected to grow barely above one-percent this year, there is little momentum to […]
