# Free State Agriculture says the latest order of the High Court in Pretoria marks a decisive turning point in the ongoing fight to protect South Africa’s livestock industry against foot-and-mouth disease. The court confirmed that farmers may procure and administer foot-and-mouth disease vaccines without state permission. Free State Agriculture president, Francois Wilken, says the order […]
# Tennis: Frenchman Gael Monfils and Swiss Stan Wawrinka suffered defeats in the opening round of the French Open, their final appearance in Paris. They are retiring at the end of the year. Monfils lost to compatriot Hugo Gaston, 6-2, 6-3, 3-6, 2-6, 6-0, while 2015 champion Wawrinka lost to Dutchman Jesper de Jong, 6-3, […]
# The US military conducted what it says were “self-defence strikes” on southern Iran on Monday, targeting Iranian missile launch sites and boats around the Strait of Hormuz. This is amid a ceasefire and ongoing negotiations to end the war. The strikes come as the Iranian Foreign Ministry stated that some progress has been made […]
# Rugby: Junior Springbok coach Kevin Foote has made several rotational and injury-enforced changes to his match-23 for the second round of the Under-20 International Series against Fiji in Cape Town today. Loose forwards Risima Khosa and Vuyo Gwiji have been ruled out, and they are replaced by Quintin Potgieter and Luke Cannon. Jordan Steenkamp […]
# The Justice, Crime Prevention and Security Cluster ministers have established a task team of deputy ministers to work with law enforcement agencies to address the issue of undocumented foreign nationals in the country. The JCPS Cluster met political party representatives, groups and associations in Pretoria yesterday, who have been involved in protests against undocumented […]
# The Iranian Foreign Ministry says that although a large portion of issues with the US have been resolved, a deal is not imminent. Reportedly, disputes over language concerning Iran’s nuclear programme and the lifting of sanctions have held up finalisation of a deal to end the war. A potential deal reportedly includes a 60-day ceasefire […]
# Parliament has announced the names of the 31 members who will serve on the impeachment committee to determine president Cyril Ramaphosa’s fate. Political parties submitted their representatives ahead of last Friday’s deadline, while the ANC finalised its list over the weekend. The ANC has nine members in the multi-party committee, including Doris Mpapane, Cameron […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says Africa cannot continue to face deadly epidemics without equitable access to diagnostics, vaccines, and treatments. The World Health Organisation has stated that it could take up to nine months for a vaccine to be ready for the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, which has caused an outbreak in the Democratic Republic […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa will contribute an initial 81.5-million-rand to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, to bolster a continental response to the Ebola outbreak. The outbreak, which is primarily affecting the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, has claimed the lives of 220 people, and there are over 900 […]
