# The US State Department has announced new sanctions on four International Criminal Court officials, including two judges and two prosecutors. The department claims the officials have been instrumental in efforts to prosecute Americans and Israelis. Any assets that the officials hold in US jurisdictions are now frozen. The new penalties target judges Kimberly Prost […]
# Solidarity says deputy president Paul Mashatile’s latest defence of black economic empowerment is completely removed from the reality of what BEE is and does. In response to a parliamentary question, Mashatile defended the country’s transformation policies, declaring that the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act is not discriminatory legislation. Solidarity’s Theuns du Buisson says Mashatile […]
# Parliament’s Select Committee on Economic Development and Trade has welcomed Tourism minister Patricia de Lille’s decision to dissolve the SA Tourism board with immediate effect. According to the minister, the board exceeded its powers by appointing a board member to carry out some of the functions of the previous chairperson, professor Gregory Davids, who […]
# The Gauteng Education Department has confirmed that 19 learners from West Ridge High School and three from Hoërskool Roodepoort have been suspended. This comes after learners from the two schools were involved in violent altercations last Friday and again on Monday, leaving three pupils injured and the Hoërskool Roodepoort principal stabbed. The department’s spokesperson, […]
# Athletics: Jamaica’s Oblique Seville claimed gold in the men’s 100-metres at the Diamond League meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland, in an impressive 9.87-seconds. Olympic champion American Noah Lyles came in second, with Jamaican Ackeem Blake and South African Akani Simbine finishing third and fourth, respectively. England’s Keely Hodgkinson clinched the women’s 800-metres in a meeting […]
# The EFF says Statistics South Africa’s July 2025 Consumer Price Index demonstrates that the cost of living continues to rise in ways that are unsustainable for the working class and poor. Inflation has risen to a ten-month high of 3.5-percent in July, up from three-percent in June. The EFF says global economic changes, including […]
# The Gauteng Legislature’s portfolio committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs has expressed concern at Merafong Municipality’s deteriorating financial and governance position. The municipality owes Rand Water alone 1.4-billion-rand. Earlier this month, it was revealed that the municipality wasted four-million-rand on a draft organisational structure that does not comply with the Municipal Staff Regulations. […]
# The United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres, has reiterated his call for Africa to have a greater say in decisions that affect its future. He addressed the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Yokohama, Japan, on Wednesday. The conference is being held under the theme, Co-creating Innovative Solutions With Africa. Guterres says […]
# Golf: Fifteen-time major champion Tiger Woods has been named as chairperson of the newly established Future Competition Committee. The nine-member committee, six players and three business advisors, will be tasked with defining the optimal competitive model that enhances the PGA Tour’s value to fans, players, and partners. PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp says three governing […]
