# French president Emmanuel Macron has called for calm and order, describing the violence as the work of “seditious elements from far-left factions, joined by numerous delinquents.” The country is reeling from one of the most violent weekends of unrest after peaceful anti-government protests descended into rioting and looting. The demonstrations have been against rising fuel […]
# Swimming: Twenty-two-year-old Pieter Coetzé has become the fifth South African to win the Swimming World Cup title. He clinched the overall title with 172.9 points across the three World Cup legs in Baku, Tashkent and Astana, where he took home ten medals, including a 50-metre backstroke world record. Coetzé has pocketed a career-high of around […]
# MK Party First deputy president Duduzane Zuma has expressed confidence that the party will perform well in next month’s local government elections. The party, which will be contesting the municipal elections for the first time since its formation in 2023, held a mini-rally at Mnini Sports Ground in uMgababa, south of Durban on Sunday. […]
# Canadian prime minister Mark Carney has described the death of four service members over the weekend as “one of the worst tragedies for the military on the country’s soil in peacetime”. A fire swept through Canadian Armed Forces Base in Wainwright, Alberta, one of the country’s largest and busiest military bases, leaving four dead and dozens […]
# EFF leader Julius Malema has reiterated that his party would join the Government of National Unity if the DA and the Freedom Front Plus are not part of it. He was campaigning in Soweto yesterday. The ANC Youth League has called for the removal of the DA from the GNU, while suggesting that the […]
# ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula says their Constitutional Court challenge was never to win a privilege for the party, but to widen the door so that no party or independent candidate is kept off the ballot paper by a requirement that no law prescribes. He is back at work after collapsing following the ruling in the […]
# Rugby: The Cheetahs suffered a narrow 29-27 defeat to French side Bayonne at the Stade Jean-Dauger in their opening round of the European Professional Club Rugby Challenge Cup. The hosts led 22-13 at the break, but a strong fightback left the Bloemfontein-side just two points behind going into the game’s final stages. However, the Cheetahs […]
# ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa says parties within the Government of National Unity with different policies and ideologies have managed to work together for the betterment of South Africa. Last week, ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula called for a review of the DA’s role within the GNU, after the parties clashed over the ANC’s Constitutional Court […]
# Violent protests that have engulfed France and Spain in recent weeks have spread to Italy, Portugal and Belgium. At least one-thousand-800 people have been arrested in France as demonstrators have been protesting against rising fuel prices, the cost of living and deteriorating public services. Dozens of designer stores, including Ralph Lauren, Gucci and Versace, […]
