# Soccer: Bafana Bafana head coach Pitso Mosimane has named his final 30-man squad for this month’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Guinea in Johannesburg and Eritrea in Egypt. The squad features a strong contingent from Mamelodi Sundowns and Orlando Pirates, alongside several players plying their trade across Europe and the US. Themba Zwane, […]
# Survivors Unite is encouraging South Africans to wear black today in memory of the nine women killed across Ekurhuleni and all women affected by violence. The organisation says these murders are a painful reminder that women in the country are still living with the daily reality of violence. It says there needs to be […]
# A United Nations-commissioned panel of human rights experts have found reasonable grounds that the US committed war crimes with two strikes in Iran that killed at least 178 civilians. A new report by the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran stated that February’s missile strikes on a primary school in Minab and a sports […]
# The National Taxi Alliance has urged government to introduce a targeted fuel rebate for qualifying minibus taxi operators for a minimum period of 12 months, while broader economic and public-transport reforms are finalised. This comes as operators are squeezed between soaring fuel, maintenance, and insurance prices and commuters who cannot afford steep fare hikes. […]
# King Charles has warned artificial intelligence leaders of the existential dangers posed by the technology falling into the wrong hands. This comes as two Anthropic researchers have warned that AI’s rapid advances could lead to human extinction in the not-too-distant future. King Charles says artificial intelligence has the potential to improve and save lives, […]
# The Institute of Race Relations says race laws are not only directly harmful, but also have painful second-order effects, holding back growth and investment, while denying people opportunities because of their race or gender. The US has imposed new visa restrictions on South Africans linked to race-based laws and expropriation without compensation. IRR CEO […]
# Deputy president Paul Mashatile says he is looking forward to returning to his duties in full, serving the nation with renewed energy and commitment. Former president Thabo Mbeki, accompanied by the Thabo Mbeki Foundation CEO Max Boqwana, paid a courtesy visit to the deputy president yesterday, as he continues to recover from a recent […]
# ANC first deputy secretary-general Nomvula Mokonyane says they continue to call for collective action to confront gender-based violence and femicide, and build communities where women and children can live free from fear and violence. She visited the families of Elizabeth Moselakgomo, Dineo Motapane and Itumeleng Kekana, who are among the nine women killed in […]
# The family of 28-year-old Gracious Nkomo has positively identified her as one of the women whose bodies were discovered along the R21 in Kempton Park last week. She was the third woman discovered in the area. This comes as police continue to investigate the deaths of nine women across the East Rand. Four women […]
