# RISE Mzansi says US president Donald Trump’s attempt to force South Africa to abandon transformation laws and constitutional order must be rejected entirely. This comes as the Trump administration has imposed new visa restrictions targeting those it accuses of being involved in race‑based discrimination and uncompensated land seizures in South Africa. RISE Mzansi leader […]
# Police have confirmed the identity of the eighth woman whose body was discovered in KwaThema, in Springs, in the East Rand. She has been identified as 38-year-old Dineo Evelyn Motapane. According to police, Motapane was last seen alive on Sunday, and at the time her body was discovered, her family had not reported her […]
# Swimming: South Africa’s most decorated Olympian Tatjana Smith has come out of retirement as she has confirmed her participation in the South African Short Course Championships in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, next week. The 29-year-old retired from all competition after winning gold and silver at the Paris Olympics in 2024. Smith will make her comeback by […]
# The US Federal Reserve has raised interest rates for the first time since 2023 to address inflation, which remains above its two-percent target. In a unanimous decision, the Fed board voted to raise its benchmark interest rate by a quarter-percentage point to a range of 3.75-percent to four-percent. This comes despite calls from president […]
# Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, says the unilateral visa restrictions announced by the US align with the mischaracterisation of South Africa’s domestic policies by fringe groups portraying to represent “minorities” and Afrikaners. The restrictions are targeting people America considers responsible for promoting race-based discrimination, inciting violence against Afrikaners and other minority groups, […]
# Former SABC Sports presenter and music rights activist, Owen Ndlovu, was found dead in Thokoza, Ekurhuleni yesterday after being hijacked and kidnapped in Katlehong. According to police, Ndlovu was hijacked and kidnapped by three unknown armed men while fetching his wife from church on Tuesday night. His wife survived the attack, and the hijacked […]
# Qatar’s Foreign Ministry has condemned the Houthi drone attack targeting Mecca, Islam’s holiest city, describing it as a shameful act of aggression. Saudi Arabia shot down the Houthi drone on Tuesday, marking the first time in almost a decade that the Iran-backed Yemeni rebel group had targeted Mecca. The ministry says the sanctity and […]
# The Congress of South African Trade Unions says it adjourned its 15th National Congress two days early, in the interests of protecting the unity, integrity and strength of the union federation. The congress descended into chaos after affiliate unions refused to submit credentials in retaliation against the suspension of COSATU’s first president, Mike Shengange, […]
# At least 21 people have been killed, including eleven children, after a residential building damaged by Israeli strikes collapsed in Gaza City. Dozens more are feared trapped under layers of rubble. The bombed-out multi-storey building housed about 100 displaced Palestinian families. Around 1.9-million Palestinians in Gaza have been displaced during the war. The United Nations […]
