# Athletics: South Africa’s Akani Simbine remains unbeaten in the 100-metres this year, as he powered to his third Diamond League win of the year in Rabat, Morocco. He stormed to victory with a time of 9.95-seconds ahead of Kenya’s Ferdinand Omanyala and American Fred Kerley. Simbine’s compatriot Zakithi Nene delivered a strong performance in […]
# Former president Thabo Mbeki has defended the controversial “Kill the Boer” song, saying it is a symbolic expression rooted in the anti-apartheid struggle. The song was in the spotlight last week, after US president Donald Trump during his meeting with president Cyril Ramaphosa at the Oval Office, played a video of EFF leader Julius […]
# Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie, has terminated the Silapha Wellness Intervention Programme. The programme was a three-year project offered to artists and sportspeople, intended to assist them in accessing resources. The service provider was awarded a tender of over 18-million-rand for three years, with the department paying around 507-thousand to the […]
# The United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine has condemned the deadly wave of Russian missile and drone strikes over the weekend. At least 12 people, including three children, were killed in widespread strikes in the Kyiv region. Ukrainian officials confirmed that Russia launched 298 drones and 69 missiles. The UN says the […]
# Motorsport: McLaren’s Lando Norris held off Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc to win the Monaco Grand Prix for the first time. The Briton navigated the new two-mandatory tyre changes for the race to win for the first time since the season-opener in Australia. His teammate Oscar Piastri finished third, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in fourth, with Ferrari’s Lewis […]
# Build One South Africa has expressed concern at the sudden gazetting of relaxed B-BBEE licensing requirements for satellite service companies. The proposed policy direction provides alternatives to pave the way for Elon Musk’s Starlink to operate in the country. It provides applicants with a workaround to rules on who can acquire a licence to […]
# EFF leader Julius Malema says US president Donald Trump will never intimidate him. During his meeting with president Cyril Ramaphosa at the Oval Office last week, Trump called for Malema to be arrested for singing “Kill the Boer”, and also continued to push the false narrative of a genocide against whites in the country. […]
# EFF leader Julius Malema has criticised president Cyril Ramaphosa for failing to defend the Constitutional Court’s ruling, which ruled that the “Kill the Boer” song is not hate speech. He addressed supporters in Koppies, Free State, on Sunday. US president Donald Trump played a video of Malema chanting the song during his Oval Office […]
# An investigation has been opened after the discovery of the bodies of five skiers in the mountains near Switzerland’s luxury Zermatt resort. According to police, a rescue helicopter was sent to survey an area around the Rimpfischhorn after climbers alerted authorities to abandoned skis near the summit. A search led to the discovery of […]
