# US president Donald Trump has suggested that there is still hope for a deal with Iran, but warned that Tehran’s efforts to outlast him won’t work. According to a report, the memorandum of understanding being negotiated calls for American military forces to withdraw from Tehran’s vicinity and the lifting of the blockade of Iranian […]
# The World Health Organisation warns that the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo now faces a catastrophic collision of disease and conflict, with the Ebola outbreak in Ituri province outpacing the response. There have been 223 suspected deaths in the DRC and Uganda. Ituri has been under military rule since 2021, while the outbreak has […]
# The Electoral Commission says unfounded attacks on the integrity of electoral processes do not merely damage individual or institutional reputations; they inflict lasting injury on the country’s constitutional fabric. The total number of registered voters currently stands at 27.9 million South Africans, ahead of the November local government elections. IEC chairperson, Mosotho Moepya, says […]
# City of Johannesburg deputy mayor and mayoral committee member for Finance, Loyiso Masuku, says while the metro’s finances are under immense strain, it has not collapsed. She tabled a 971-billion-rand budget for the 2026/2027 financial year. The budget includes steep tariff hikes with water prices rising by 12.5-percent, electricity by 8.63-percent and sanitation by […]
# UK prime minister Keir Starmer says the attorney general has asked the Court of Appeal to review the case of three teenagers who avoided jail over the rape of two girls. The girls were raped in separate attacks in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, in November 2024 and January 2025. The teenage boys were convicted last week, but […]
# Ghanese owerhede repatrieer vandag die eerste groep van sy burgers wat versoek het om Suid-Afrika te verlaat. Meer as 800 Ghanese het vir vrywillige ontruiming geregistreer en 300 het vandag vanaf OR Tambo Internasionale Lughawe in Gauteng vertrek. Dit volg op ‘n vlaag betogings teen onwettige immigrasie. Die hoof van Binnelandse Sake, Immigrasie en […]
# Soccer: Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos is set to name his final squad for the FIFA World Cup in Pretoria this evening, with president Cyril Ramaphosa also present. The Belgian will trim his 32-man preliminary squad down to the final 26 players who will participate at the global showpiece in the US, Canada and Mexico. […]
# Die ANC in Kaapstad verwerp die voorgestelde verkope van die metro se aandele in die Kaapstadse Internasionale Konvensiesentrum. Die metro se huidige aandeelhouding is 72,7-persent, die Wes-Kaapse regering besit 22,2-persent en Sunwest International 5,1-persent. ANC-woordvoerder Judy-Ann Stevens sê hulle is bekommerd oor die gebrek aan deursigtigheid oor hoe die inkomste uit die verkope gebruik […]
# Die Tshwane-metropolisie en die Nasionale Verkeerspolisie het ʼn gesamentlike operasie op die R80-hoofweg en Bremerstraat uitgevoer en 31 voertuie geskut. Hulle het ook 18 minibusse en vier e-taxi’s geskut wat die Nasionale Wet op Landvervoer oortree het. Die metropolisie se woordvoerder, Puleng Motholo, sê hulle is verbind tot hul mandaat om inwoners se lewens […]
