# Parliament’s ad hoc committee that will investigate allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, will meet today to further engage on its terms of reference. The ANC wants the committee to establish the veracity of the claims, rather than investigate them. The DA has proposed obtaining documents and evidence from all relevant witnesses […]
# Die vakbond Numsa sê die ANC is ʼn kapitalistiese staat wat die eiendom en wins van die oorheersende minderheid beskerm. Die vakbond sê die Marikana-slagting sou nooit plaasgevind het as die ANC-regering verbind was om die land se ekonomie tot voordeel van die werkersklas te hervorm nie. Numsa-woordvoerder, Phakamile Hlubi-Majola, sê slegs ʼn sosialistiese […]
# Golf: World number one Scottie Scheffler erased a four-shot deficit in five holes to win the BMW Championship in Baltimore, Maryland, his 18th PGA Tour title. The American closed with a three-under 67 for a two-shot victory over Scotsman Robert MacIntyre, becoming the first player since Tiger Woods to win at least five times on […]
# Suspended Independent Development Trust CEO, Tebogo Malaka, has denied bribery allegations made by Daily Maverick journalist Pieter-Louis Myburgh. She and IDT spokesperson Phasha Makgolane were caught on camera offering the journalist a 60-thousand-rand bribe to stop investigating Malaka. Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Dean Macpherson has opened a criminal case against the two. […]
# Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has criticised Sunday’s protests, saying they would harden Hamas’s stance and would only slow down the release of the hostages. Thousands of Israelis participated in a nationwide protest, with the largest crowd seen in Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square. They called for an end to the Gaza war and a […]
# Motorsport: Six-time MotoGP champion, Marc Márquez, won the Austrian Grand Prix, his first ever victory at the Red Bull Ring. The Ducati rider overtook polesitter Marco Bezzecchi on lap 20 and pulled away for his sixth successive victory of the season. Rookie Fermin Aldeguer finished second with Bezzecchi in third. South Africa’s Brad Binder finished […]
# Public Works and Infrastructure minister, Dean Macpherson, has determined that the Matjhabeng Municipality in the Free State did not misappropriate Expanded Public Works Programme funds for 2023/2024 and 2024/2025. This follows an investigation into allegations that the EPWP in the municipality was used to fund inflated salaries for former councillors and sitting political office bearers. The […]
# Mayibuye Afrika movement national convenor, Floyd Shivambu, says the outcomes of the 2024 general elections show that political parties failed to capture the hearts of the majority of citizens. The movement’s consultation process to discuss the potential formation of a new political party wrapped up in KwaZulu-Natal on Sunday. Former MK Party secretary-general and […]
# European leaders will join Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky in a meeting with US president Donald Trump at the White House today. The leaders include French president, Emmanuel Macron, British prime minister, Keir Starmer, and European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen. The talks will address, among other things, security guarantees, territorial issues, and continued […]
