# Tennis: World number one Aryna Sabalenka is still on course for a third successive US Open title, after advancing to the semifinals. The Belarusian battled past Wimbledon champion Czech Linda Noskova, 7-6, 3-6, 7-6, her 19th consecutive win at the tournament. Sabalenka will next face Jessica Pegula, after the American defeated compatriot Emma Navarro, […]
# US president Donald Trump has retaliated against Canada’s latest tariffs by banning a slew of Canadian goods, including alcohol and dairy products. This comes after Ottawa’s 15-to-50-percent counter-tariffs on nearly 320-billion-rand of US imports came into effect yesterday. Last month, the White House imposed 50-percent tariffs on Canadian goods including wine, furniture and sporting […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse regering en Nedbank het kragte saamgesnoer om sukkelende huiseienaars te help terwyl strategiese behuising-ingryping uitgebrei word. Die program het reeds 278 huishoudings geïdentifiseer wat finansieel sukkel, en 48 aansoeke ter waarde van meer as 6,4-miljoen-rand is goedgekeur. Die LUR vir Infrastruktuur, Tertius Simmers, sê die uitgebreide program sal na verwagting 158 huisverbande raak […]
# Die landbou-organisasie TLU SA verwelkom die protokol wat Suid-Afrika se kersieboere die eerste keer toegang gee tot die Chinese mark. China is die wêreld se grootste kersie-invoerder wat in 2025 kersies ter waarde van 52,8-miljard-rand ingevoer het. Volgens die raamwerkooreenkoms oor ekonomiese vennootskap vir gedeelde ontwikkeling, word geen tariewe op Suid-Afrikaanse uitvoergoedere na China […]
# Die minister van Hoër Onderwys en Opleiding, Buti Manamela, het inligting van die Spesiale Ondersoekeenheid se hoof, Leonard Lekgetho, ontvang oor ondersoeke na beweerde wanadministrasie, bedrog en korrupsie in die naskoolse onderwys- en opleiding-sektor. Meer as twee-miljard-rand van die Nasionale Finansiële Hulpskema vir Studente is teruggevind by universiteite en kolleges. Woordvoerder Matshepo Seedat sê […]
# Die Vryheidsfront Plus sê Ekurhuleni se kleinkind-ontwikkelingsprogram is ʼn goeie voorbeeld hoe miljoene rand aan infrastruktuur bestee word sonder dat al die gemeenskappe bereik word wat veronderstel is om daarby te baat. Die oorspronklike boukoste van die drie sentrums in Vosloorus, Edenpark en Tsakane beloop sowat 57,4-miljoen-rand. Marlize Herbst van die VF Plus sê […]
# Deputy Finance Minister David Masondo says South Africa’s removal from the Financial Action Task Force’s greylist does not mean every weakness in the system has been resolved. He says this is why government is currently conducting national assessments of the risks associated with money-laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation financing. South Africa was removed from […]
# Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was allegedly warned by the United Arab Emirates president Mohammed bin Zayed that Hamas was planning a major offensive in Israel, just days before the militant group launched its attack on 7 October 2023. The deadliest attack in Israel’s history saw over one-thousand-200 people murdered and more than 250 […]
# Soccer: Jose Mourinho made a winning return to the Champions League with Real Madrid as they beat Inter Milan 2-1 at the Santiago Bernabeu. France captain Mbappe has moved into joint fifth place on the all-time Champions League and European Cup goalscorers list with 71 goals. Erling Haaland scored twice as Manchester City began their […]
