# Former UK prime minister Boris Johnson and top European national security advisers narrowly escaped a Russian drone attack in Ukraine. The drone hit a train near the Ukraine-Poland border shortly after the train carrying Johnson and the other officials had passed along the same line. No casualties were reported. Johnson condemned the attack as […]
# Tennis: Top seed Alexander Zverev overcame home favourite Ben Shelton to win his maiden US Open title. The German proved too strong for the eighth-seeded American, prevailing 6-3, 7-6, 5-7, 6-2 to capture his second Grand Slam title. The 29-year-old has now become just the fourth man in the Open Era to win his first […]
# ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has questioned National Executive Committee member Andile Lungisa’s decision to institute legal action against the party. This comes after his name was removed from the list of proportional representative councillors in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro in the Eastern Cape for the local government elections. Several candidates from six municipalities […]
# US president Donald Trump has called on his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky to stop striking Russian diesel refineries, saying the attacks are causing a global shortage. Kyiv has been targeting Moscow’s oil and gas industry with long-range strikes, prompting fuel rationing and causing Moscow to ban diesel exports in July. Russia has ramped up its […]
# Acting Gauteng Police Commissioner, Fred Kekana, says a multidisciplinary task team has been established to investigate possible links between the bodies of four women found in Kempton Park on the East Rand. The first victim, a 37-year-old woman, was found naked near the R-21 on 15 July. The second victim, a 32-year-old, was discovered […]
# Motorsport: Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli won the Spanish Grand Prix to extend his drivers’ championship lead, with nine races remaining. The Italian benefitted from pit-stop misfortune for McLaren’s Lando Norris to claim his eighth victory of the season. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen finished second, Norris third and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc in fourth. Antonelli is […]
# Iranian officials are set to meet with officials from Iraq and Gulf states today to discuss the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran has been negotiating with Oman, which controls the opposite bank of the Strait, over a deal that would govern transport through it. Around a fifth of global oil supplies transited the Strait before the […]
# The MK Party is reportedly facing a financial crisis that could prevent it from holding its manifesto launch ahead of the November local government elections. Senior party insiders told the Sunday Times that the party’s financial problems had deepened after control of its finances was centralised. In July, MK Party president Jacob Zuma took […]
# Cricket: The Proteas cruised to a nine-wicket victory in the third and final ODI against Namibia in Windhoek, to complete a 3-0 sweep in the first-ever bilateral ODI series between the two teams. The homeside were bowled out for 156, with stand-in captain Bjorn Fortuin the pick of the South African bowlers, taking four wickets. […]
