# Kaapstad se burgemeester, Geordin Hill-Lewis, doen ʼn beroep op die waarnemende minister van Polisie, Firoz Cachalia, om weens toenemende bendegeweld dringend nood-hulpbronne aan die Teenbende-eenheid toe te wys. Die eenheid het volgens berigte ʼn geweldige tekort aan voertuie, vuurwapens en koeëlvaste onderbaadjies. Hill-Lewis sê ʼn groot deel van die oplossing is om die metro […]
# Cricket: Australia avoided a series whitewash by beating South Africa by a record 276 runs in the third and final ODI in Mackay, Queensland. Travis Head, Cameron Green and Mitchell Marsh all scored centuries as the hosts posted 431 for two in their allotted 50-overs. In reply, Cooper Connolly claimed his maiden five-wicket haul […]
# Well-known academic and journalist, professor Wilhelm Jordaan, passed away over the weekend at the age of 82. He wrote weekly columns for the Beeld for over 30-years and later for its sister publications, Die Burger and Volksblad. Jordaan was the author and co-author of about 15 academic books and 30 psychology articles. One of […]
# The South African National Defence Force has rejected allegations that Chief General Rudzani Maphwanya is defiant towards the minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Angie Motshekga. According to the City Press, Maphwanya vowed to continue defying the minister’s order to reinstate Colonel Eugene Motati. He was unlawfully dismissed in September 2019, on untested sexual […]
# France’s Foreign Ministry has summoned US ambassador Charles Kushner after he wrote a letter to president Emmanuel Macron alleging France had failed to do enough to stem antisemitic violence. Kushner’s son is married to president Donald Trump’s daughter, Ivanka. In an open letter in the Wall Street Journal, Kushner called on Macron to urgently enforce […]
# EFF leader Julius Malema says fellow Africans aren’t to blame for South Africa’s high unemployment, the real enemy is an untransformed economy in the hands of the white minority and multinationals. He delivered the keynote address at the opening of the Nigerian Bar Association Annual General Conference in Enugu, Nigeria, on Sunday. The association is […]
# Swimming: South Africa’s Kris Mihaylov won gold in the 200-metre butterfly at the World Aquatics Junior Championship in Romania, his first international junior medal. The 18-year-old shattered his previous personal best, taking two seconds off the time he set in the preliminaries to touch in one-minute-56.16-seconds. The silver medal went to David Antal of Hungary, […]
# Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky says his country will never again in history be forced into the shame that the Russians call a compromise, emphasising that what they need is just peace. He marked the country’s 34th Independence Day on Sunday with a speech in Kyiv’s central square. On the eve of Independence Day, Russia […]
# Eskom says its operational progress stems from the generation recovery plan implemented in March 2023, driven by the unwavering dedication of teams working to stabilise and strengthen the national grid. On Sunday, the power utility marked 100 consecutive days without load shedding. Eskom spokesperson Daphne Mokwena says in the current financial year 2025/2026, they […]
