# Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Parks Tau, says the withdrawal of the liquidation proceedings against Tongaat Hulett represents a significant milestone in securing the future of the sugar value chain. This follows an agreement between the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa and Vision Consortium, safeguarding 250-thousand jobs. Tau says the prospect of […]
# Die Grensbestuursowerheid sê een-duisend-596 ongedokumenteerde Malawiese en Zimbabwese burgers is suksesvol in ‘n 13-uur-operasie by die Beitbrug-grenspos geprosesseer. Personeel van die oweheid, amptenare van Binnelandse Sake en lede van die SAPD se afdeling vir openbare orde was betrokke. Die woordvoerder van die owerheid, Mmemme Mogotsi, sê die repatriasie van een-duisend-129 Malawiese burgers was ingesluit. […]
# Soccer: Co-hosts Mexico are the first nation to qualify for the World Cup knockout stage with a game to spare, following their 1-0 victory against South Korea at the Guadalajara Stadium. Luis Romo’s second-half goal proved to be the difference as Javier Aguirre’s side topped Group A with six points. Co-hosts Canada thrashed Qatar […]
# Former US presidents, retired politicians, and celebrities attended the grand opening of the Barack Obama Presidential Centre in Chicago. The Centre is designed to be a vibrant, living celebration of community and a stark reminder of the importance of democracy. Former president George W Bush, Bill Clinton, and Joe Biden were in attendance, as well […]
# KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, has described growing tensions within the country’s law enforcement structures as a war. This comes after he, Crime Intelligence head Dumisani Khumalo, and Major-General Nozipho Madondo had been instructed to report to the Brooklyn Police Station in Pretoria yesterday, sparking speculation that arrests were imminent. However, the Investigating Directorate […]
# Finance minister Enoch Godongwana says people who are fighting against broad-based black economic empowerment, which is designed to redress the economic inequalities of the apartheid era, show remnants of racism. Trade union Solidarity has challenged the B-BBEE procurement framework at the Constitutional Court. Godongwana rejects the suggestion that transformation and economic growth are mutually exclusive, […]
# Golf: 2023 champion Wyndham Clark leads the US Open at six-under par, with two holes of his first round still to play, after round one was curtailed by darkness with 50 players unable to finish at Shinnecock Hills in New York. The American holds a four-shot lead over the field with eight players tied […]
# US vice president JD Vance says a 60-day period to reach a final agreement with Iran, as set out in the newly signed memorandum of understanding, has begun. The US-Iran deal centres around 14 core points, including the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and a requirement that Iran should never have a nuclear […]
# Ekurhuleni mayoral committee member for Finance, Jongizizwe Dlabathi, says they will continue to engage with political parties to find a way for the proposed 2026/2027 budget to be passed. The budget failed to pass for a fourth consecutive time yesterday, with 95 councillors voting in favour and 105 against. The ANC-led coalition now has […]
