# President Cyril Ramaphosa beklemtoon die belangrikheid om die hersiene ooreenkoms oor die resolusie van die konflik in Suid-Soedan ten volle na te kom om die vredesproses te bevorder. Hy het met Suid-Soedan se president Salva Kiir Mayardit beraadslaag wat op ʼn werksbesoek in Suid-Afrika is. Ramaphosa se woordvoerder, Vincent Magwenya, sê die ontmoeting het […]
# Golf: Two-time major champion Jon Rahm is leaving LIV Golf, deeming the terms offered for the proposed relaunch of the breakaway series “unacceptable”. LIV is currently going through bankruptcy proceedings in the US after Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund withdrew its funding. The league has secured possible financing from BC Partners Credit. Rahm’s lawyer […]
# The High Court in Pretoria has set aside minister of Trade, Industry and Competition Parks Tau’s decision to gazette the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Legal Sector Code. The code sets targets for black ownership and leadership of law firms, seeks to expand opportunities for black women, and aims to direct more work to black-owned […]
# The MK Party says leader Jacob Zuma is healthy and in good spirits. This follows reports that he was admitted to hospital on Tuesday, after apparently falling ill. Pietermaritzburg-based publication The Witness reported that an eyewitness had spotted the former president being brought in by ambulance and admitted to hospital. The MK Party says […]
# The death toll from the taxi crash on the MR-385 road in Cato Ridge just outside Hillcrest, KwaZulu-Natal, has risen to ten, while five others have sustained serious injuries. A preliminary report suggests the fully loaded minibus taxi was travelling from Hammarsdale to Cato Ridge yesterday when the driver lost control around a bend […]
# US president Donald Trump has reiterated his claims that starting the Iran war was necessary to prevent Tehran from destroying cities like Los Angeles or San Diego in a nuclear attack. This is despite the US intelligence agencies stating last year that Iran abandoned its pursuit of nuclear weapons more than two decades ago. […]
# Cricket: The Joburg Super Kings have secured the services of 18-year-old South African all-rounder Jason Rowles for 2.9-million-rand, the most expensive signing of the auction for SA20’s fifth season. The Super Kings also welcome back former Proteas captain Faf du Plessis, who was bought for 2.7-million-rand, with West Indies veteran all-rounder Kieron Pollard joining […]
# Rugby: World Rugby has designated the ‘hip drop’ and ‘knee drop’ techniques as dangerous and illegal tackles. The hip drop tackle, where tacklers use their body weight to pull a player to ground and drop onto the legs of ball carriers from behind, will be added to the foul play law and sanctioned with […]
# A Tennessee judge has granted a motion for the state to preserve all relevant evidence related to the failed execution of death row inmate Christa Pike. The 50-year-old, who was sentenced to death following her conviction for a murder in 1995, is in the hospital after surviving two lethal doses of the drug pentobarbital last […]
