# Die Gautengse Gesondheidsdepartement veroordeel wat hy noem ʼn roekelose en misleidende mediaverklaring wat die DA uitgereik het. Die party beweer pasiënte by die Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Akademiese Hospitaal ontvang weens tekorte nie noodsaaklike medisyne nie. Die departement se woordvoerder, Steve Mabona, sê hospitaalbestuur het met Madeleine Hicklin van die DA vergader en vasgestel haar […]
# Die toesighoudende regter in die kantoor van die Onafhanklike Direktoraat Teen Korrupsie sê hy het formele klagtes ontvang teen die hoof van die direktoraat teen korrupsie, Andrea Johnson. Sy staar ernstige beskuldigings in die gesig, onder meer dat sy die inhoud van ‘n stragregtelike aanklag uitgelek het aan ‘n beskuldigde, die senior Misdaadintelligensie-beampte, Feroz […]
# Tennis: Two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka and Wimbledon champion Jannik Sinner lead the US Open women’s and men’s singles main-draw entry list, respectively. Joining Sabalenka are Australian Open champion Elena Rybakina, 2023 US Open winner Coco Gauff and Roland Garros victor Mirra Andreeva. Meanwhile, defending men’s singles champion Carlos Alcaraz, who has missed the last […]
# Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has fired the country’s commander-in-chief, General Oleksandr Syrskyi. This comes days after he removed popular Defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov, which sparked six days of nationwide protests. Zelensky thanked Syrskyi and credited him with leading the defence of Kyiv and launching a counter-invasion of Russia’s Kursk province in 2024. Syrskyi’s replacement […]
# Gauteng MEC for Education, Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation, Lebogang Maile, has reiterated that the provincial government maintains a zero-tolerance approach to sexual abuse, gender-based violence and all forms of violence against children. This follows the alleged sexual abuse of a learner by an educator at Karabo Primary School in Soweto. The accused remains […]
# Former Statistician-General doctor Pali Lehohla says South Africa has massively underperformed economically. He delivered the keynote address at the Electoral Commission of South Africa’s thought leadership seminar in Centurion yesterday. Lehohla emphasised that unequal access to resources and opportunities continues to influence how citizens engage with the political system. He added that the country’s […]
# Parliament’s Impeachment Committee will convene virtually today to elect an evidence leader. The five senior advocates nominated are Zinzile Matebese, Kate Hofmeyr, Vuyani Ngalwana, Ismail Jamie, and Pule Seleka. Hofmeyr and Seleka served as evidence leaders at the Zondo Commission of Inquiry. The committee will also consider the draft terms of reference. The Western […]
# Golf: The PGA Tour, DP World Tour and the Asian Tour have announced a new multi-year partnership that will run through at least 2029. Taking immediate effect, the PGA and DP World Tours, through their existing strategic alliance, will partner with the Asian Tour to provide commercial and playing opportunities. There will also be pathways […]
# US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth says the US-Israel war on Iran has cost an estimated 615-billion-rand so far, with some of the money accounting for expenses, such as meals for troops, through the end of the fiscal year. This is up from a previous estimate of nearly 476.98-billion-rand in mid-May. At least 17 troops […]
