# Cricket: India has taken a 1-0 lead in their three-match ODI series against England, following a six-wicket victory in the first match at Edgbaston. Axar Patel took four wickets as England were bowled out for 258, with Joe Root scoring an unbeaten 76. In reply, captain Shubman Gill’s 80 off 75 balls and a […]
# Prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu has warned that Israel will strike powerfully against Iran if it attacks his country. His remarks come after a military confrontation last month, when Israel struck petrochemical facilities in southwestern Tehran in retaliation for a large Iranian missile barrage. Meanwhile, in recent days, there has been a major escalation in […]
# The Department of Home Affairs says over 70-thousand people have been repatriated at the Musina Repatriation Centre in Limpopo. The centre is enabling the faster processing and verification of undocumented foreign nationals, as well as facilitating efficient clearance through the Beitbridge port of entry. Most of the people being repatriated are Malawians, Zimbabweans, and […]
# Parliament’s Impeachment Committee chairperson, Makashule Gana, says he’s confident the Western Cape High Court will allow the Section 89 impeachment process to continue despite president Cyril Ramaphosa’s legal challenge. The president wants the process suspended pending the review of the Section 89 independent panel report, which found that he has a prima facie case […]
# The Western Cape High Court will today and tomorrow hear president Cyril Ramaphosa’s urgent bid to halt the work of Parliament’s Impeachment Committee until his review application of the Section 89 panel’s findings is finalised. In November 2022, the panel found prima facie evidence that Ramaphosa may have violated the Constitution and committed serious […]
# US president Donald Trump has reversed his threat of charging a 20-percent fee on ships moving through the Strait of Hormuz. He had argued that if Iran sought to profit from the key oil shipping route, America should also be compensated for securing international trade in the Gulf. In a post on Truth Social, […]
# Die Anglikaanse Bisdom van Kaapstad het uitgevaar teen haatspraak, gewelddadige aanvalle en plundering gemik op buitelandse migrante. Hy sê migrante word as sondebokke beskou weens geregverdigde woede oor Suid-Afrika se misdaadkrisis, werkloosheid en dienslewerings-mislukkings. Aartsbiskop Thabo Makgoba vra dialoog met leiers van March and March, Operasie Dudula-Wes-Kaap en ander om die oorsake van spanning […]
# Die Vereniging van Staatsamptenare vra die Departement van Basiese Onderwys om dringend te keer dat onderwysers openbare skole verlaat. Onlangse verslae toon ‘n toenemende uittog vanaf openbare skole weens toenemende misdaad, onvoldoende hulpbronne en verslegtende werksomstandighede. Claude Naicker van die vakbond sê wanneer ervare onderwysers die beroep verlaat of migreer na beter toegeruste omgewings, […]
# Rugby: Engeland se junior voorspeler, Seb Kelly is hewig gekritiseer vir ‘n oomblik van waansin wat waarskynlik hul kanse beëindig het om die Junior Springbokke te klop in die halfeindstryd van die Junior Wêreldkampioenskap in Tsibilisi, Georgië. Hy is in die 32ste minuut afgestuur met ‘n permanente rooikaart nadat hy die Suid-Afrikaanse heelagter Luan […]
