# Canadian prime minister Mark Carney says a deeper partnership with Europe is intended to create resilience rather than self-sufficiency. European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has proposed that Canada become the bloc’s first associate member, a status that does not currently exist. The EU and Canada already have a free-trade agreement, and cooperate […]
# Cricket: Miané Smit’s maiden T20 century guided South Africa Women to a comprehensive 80-run victory against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo, extending their series lead to 4-0. Player of the match Smit’s 59-ball 102 helped the Proteas post 205 for four, their third-highest T20 total and their second successive 200-plus score. In reply, Zimbabwe were restricted to […]
# Die eThekwini-munisipaliteit verwelkom Ethiopian Airlines se geskiedkundige besluit om vanaf 11 Desember vanjaar ‘n daaglikse regstreekse diens tussen Durban en Addis Abeba te begin. Passasiers en vragoperateurs tussen Durban en Oos-Afrika, asook ander internasionale bestemmings, moes tot dusver aansluitingsvlugte gebruik. Die munisipaliteit se woordvoerder, Senzelwe Mzila, sê die nuwe roete versterk KwaZulu-Natal se posisie […]
# Krieket: Suid-Afrika en Zimbabwe se vrouespanne speel vandag die voorlaaste van vyf T20-wedstryde in Bulawayo. Die besoekers het reeds die reeks beklink deur die eerste drie kragmetings te wen. Hulle het hul bure met ses paaltjies geklop in die eerste wedstryd en met 64 lopies in die tweede, waarna kaptein Laura Wolvaardt in die […]
# Motorsport: 2016 Formula One world champion Nico Rosberg warns the psychological terror of a first championship will eventually catch up with Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli. The 20-year-old Italian is 81 points clear of British teammate George Russell at the top of the drivers’ standings with nine races remaining. German-Finnish Rosberg told Sky Sport Antonelli shouldn’t […]
# The EFF says the US has once again demonstrated it is prepared to weaponise its diplomatic and economic power to interfere in South Africa’s sovereign affairs. Washington has imposed visa restrictions on South Africa, targeting people it accuses of being involved in race-based discrimination and incitement of violence against the Afrikaner minority. The EFF says […]
# A ninth woman’s body has been found in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng. It is understood the body was found half-naked, wrapped in a sheet, in Dawn Park this morning. This follows the discovery of the bodies of eight other women in Kempton Park, Olifantsfontein and Kwathema over the past two months. Acting provincial police commissioner Fred […]
# South Africa’s ambassador to the US, Roelf Meyer, says government wants to continue pursuing a dialogue with Washington, even on difficult diplomatic terrain. The US has imposed new restrictions on those it deems responsible or complicit in policies promoting race-based discrimination, inciting imminent violence against racial or ethnic minorities, or enabling expropriation without compensation […]
# Die GOOD-party sê Kaapstad se burgemeester, Geordin Hill-Lewis, het nie duidelike planne verskaf vir bekostigbare behuising nie. Die Konstitusionele Hof het die verkoop van die Tafelberg-skool in Seepunt aan ʼn privaat ontwikkelaar onwettig verklaar. Die metro en die Wes-Kaapse regering moet teen die einde van dié maand verslag doen oor bekostigbare behuising en die […]
