# Cricket: The Punjab Kings defeated the Mumbai Indians by seven-wickets to guarantee a top-two finish in the Indian Premier League before the playoffs. The Mumbai Indians posted 184 for seven in their 20 overs. In reply, Josh Inglis and Priyansh Arya smashed 109 runs off 59 balls for the second wicket as the Punjab […]
# French president Emmanuel Macron has dismissed a video showing his wife Brigitte pushing him in the face as they prepared to get off a plane in Vietnam. The short video, shot by an Associated Press camera operator, shows the aircraft door opening with Macron appearing in the doorway. Seconds later, his wife’s hand appears to […]
# Tennis: Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz got his French Open title defence to a winning start, beating Italian qualifier Giulio Zeppieri, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2, to move to the second round. World number one Jannik Sinner of Italy defeated France’s Arthur Rinderknech, 6-4, 6-3, 7-5, while 2021 finalists Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas saw off Argentina’s Tomas Martin Etcheverry, […]
# Two people, one of them a child, have sustained serious injuries while 27 were taken to the hospital after a car ploughed into crowds at the Liverpool Football Club Premier League trophy parade in England. A 53-year-old British man has been arrested and is believed to be the driver of the vehicle. Merseyside police […]
# The US special envoy Steve Witkoff says a ceasefire-hostage deal for Gaza is currently on the table with a pathway to end the war. This comes as Israel has intensified its military action in Gaza, killing at least 54 Palestinians, most of them in a school building sheltering displaced families, over the weekend. Witkoff […]
# Cricket: Proteas Women head coach, Mandla Mashimbyi, says he is very excited to have Marizanne Kapp, Tumi Sekhukhune, and Ayanda Hlubi back into the mix. The trio is part of the squad for the white-ball tour to the West Indies next month, consisting of three one-day internationals and three T20s. Kapp missed the ODI […]
# The Gauteng Education Department says funding to schools of specialisation has been reduced due to broader budgetary constraints. Since 2022, the department has slashed funding to schools of specialisation from 69.29-million-rand in 2022 to just over 13-million in 2024, representing a decrease of 81.36-percent. The department’s spokesperson, Steve Mabona, says that as more schools […]
# The DA Federal Council has passed a motion to affirm the party’s longstanding position against the expropriation of property without compensation. The party says it supports Section 25 of the Constitution, and that just and equitable compensation adjudicated by a court of law must be paid for any expropriation. The DA’s national spokesperson, Karabo […]
# Deputy minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Sihle Zikalala, says infrastructure development and industrialisation are the two keys that will address the challenges of the country’s economy. The Sustainable Infrastructure Development Symposium kicked off in Cape Town on Monday, with president Cyril Ramaphosa set to deliver the keynote address today. Zikalala says the department […]
