# US president Donald Trump says progress was made in his meeting with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, but no deal has been reached. The leaders met in Alaska on Friday in a meeting that lasted more than two and a half hours. Trump said he intended to speak with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky and other […]
# The South African Human Rights Commission has launched an investigation into Sports, Arts and Culture minister Gayton McKenzie’s past social media posts. This follows several complaints from political parties and individuals regarding the racist posts and alleged xenophobic utterances by the minister. The posts are dated between 2011 and 2017. The commission’s Wisani Baloyi […]
# Golf: South Africa’s Herman Loubser leads the Vodacom Origins of Golf by one stroke on five-under-par after the first round at the Parys Golf and Country Estate in the Free State. Zimbabwe’s Robson Chinhoi is hot on his heels, trailing by one shot on four-under-par 68. There are a group of ten players currently […]
# The Gauteng Education Department says it is finalising the process of appointing an independent investigative law firm to probe the death of a Grade 3 learner from Alberview Primary School in Ekurhuleni. It is alleged that the learner passed away in hospital on the first of this month, after sustaining an injury at the […]
# Rugby: The Sharks suffered their fourth straight defeat in this season’s Currie Cup, as the Griquas beat the Durban-based side 26–17 in Kimberley. The homeside scored four tries to the visitors’ two as they secured a bonus point and recorded their third win in the competition. Discipline proved the Sharks’ undoing, with Nick Hatton, […]
# The family of the late former Zambian president, Edgar Lungu, has turned to the Constitutional Court in an urgent bid to appeal the judgment by the High Court in Pretoria. The court found that the Zambian government is entitled to repatriate Lungu’s remains for a state funeral and burial. In an affidavit, Lungu’s widow, […]
# The ANC has denied tensions exist between president Cyril Ramaphosa and former president Thabo Mbeki. This follows the decision by Mbeki and his foundation to withdraw from the two-day national convention. Groups such as the Thabo Mbeki Foundation and the Desmond and Leah Tutu Foundation cited a long list of issues, including a tight […]
# Die Polisie- en Gevangenisse-vakbond het die Departement van Korrektiewe Dienste se pogings verwelkom om korrektiewe inrigtings selfonderhoudend te maak en afhanklikheid van die staat te verminder. Minister Pieter Groenewald het vroeër die week ‘n nuwe bakkery in die Durbanse bestuursgebied in KwaZulu-Natal ingewy. Richard Mamabolo van Popcru sê hierdie onderneming sal oortreders toerus met […]
# Solidariteit vra president Cyril Ramaphosa om die hoof van die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Weermag, generaal Rudzani Maphwanya, af te dank oor sy omstrede reis na Iran. Maphwanya en die bevelvoerder van die Iranse Leër, generaal-majoor Amir Hatami, het in Teheran hul lande se gedeelde doelwit geprys om wêreldwye arrogansie en aggressiewe koloniale benaderings te bekamp. […]
