# Soccer: FIFA has set a deadline of 19 September for all 211 member associations to approve its controversial plan to sell off stakes in its major competitions. FIFA is planning to raise an estimated 70.35 billion-rand this year by selling a reported 20-percent minority stake in a new subsidiary called FIFA Forward Enterprise, at […]
# Acting National Police Commissioner, Puleng Dimpane, says the appointment of Sizakhele Dyantyi as the new Western Cape Police Commissioner was more than just filling a vacancy. She says it’s about identifying a leader capable of reading the current temperature of policing in the province. Dyantyi succeeds Thembisile Patekile, who retired at the end of last month […]
# Cabinet has reportedly approved the appointment of deputy minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Seiso Mohai, to take over the reins at the Public Investment Corporation. This follows the resignation of deputy Finance minister David Masondo as the board’s chairperson. According to TimesLive, Mohai’s appointment comes after President Cyril Ramaphosa sought legal […]
# Commonwealth Games: Chad le Clos is now the most decorated athlete in the history of the Games, earning his 21st medal as South Africa secured bronze in the men’s four-by-100-metres medley relay in Glasgow. The women’s four-by-100-metres also won bronze. Pieter Coetzé won gold in the men’s 100-metres backstroke in a new Games record […]
# The US military launched fresh airstrikes against Iran, in response to the attempted Iranian attacks on American forces based in the Middle East. Earlier this week, Iran launched a barrage of missiles at American military installations in Jordan, meanwhile the US partnered with Saudi Arabia to strike Tehran-backed militias in Iraq, killing at least […]
# Three presidential advisory bodies say that, in the midst of growing geopolitical uncertainty, South Africa should accelerate renewable energy deployment, expand transmission infrastructure and advance electricity market reform. The conflict in the Middle East has disrupted the global economy, triggering energy supply shocks due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. The Presidential […]
# Parliament’s Impeachment Committee has resolved that the members of the independent panel who authored the Section 89 report will not be required to appear before it. This follows legal advice that doing so could compromise its constitutional role. The panel led by former chief justice Sandile Ngcobo found that president Cyril Ramaphosa has a […]
# The United Nations International Organisation for Migration is warning that hundreds of thousands of people are trafficked every year on the promise of legitimate work abroad, only to be held captive and forced into online scam operations. Victims from over 80 countries are lured into scam centres through fake job offers on social media. […]
# Olympic Games: Ukraine has launched an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport against the International Olympic Committee’s decision to reinstate Russia to its competitions provisionally. Earlier this month, the IOC lifted its sanctions on Russian athletes, scrapping restrictions that had been in effect since the earlier phases of Moscow’s war against Kyiv in […]
