# Soccer: France’s Kylian Mbappé and Spain’s Lamine Yamal will headline tonight’s World Cup semi-final in Dallas, Texas. It will be Yamal’s first and Mbappé’s third World Cup and the first time France and Spain meet in a semi-final in history. Their only previous tournament encounter was in the round of 16 in 2006. Spain […]
# A senior investigator from the Independent Directorate Against Corruption, Brian Padayachee, has rejected KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s claims he lacks the required qualifications. He testified before the Madlanga commission he obtained his investigator certification in 1998 and is fully qualified for the position. Padayachee also told the commission he has more than 40-years […]
# AmaZulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini has again dismissed Reverend Thulasizwe Buthelezi as Traditional Prime Minister of the Zulu Nation. In a statement issued today, the King said the decision was made in line with the appointment agreement signed in December 2025. Deputy Traditional Prime Minister Inkosi Phathisizwe Chiliza has been appointed as Buthelezi’s replacement with […]
# AmaZulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini has urged respect for South Africa’s immigration laws, saying shared cultural and historical ties across southern Africa should not justify illegal migration. Speaking during an official visit to Zimbabwe, the King told president Emmerson Mnangagwa that African identity transcends colonial borders but sovereign nations have the right to enforce their […]
# Forensic post-mortems have confirmed the wife and daughters of a Zimbabwean-British citizen who were murdered in England, died from blunt force trauma. The bodies of Nothabo, Natalie and Nala Tshuma were found at their home in Bedfordshire last Monday. Nothabo’s husband, Ndodana, was arrested in Johannesburg on Friday after he fled Britain. He remains […]
# Dubazana Attorneys founder, Nthabiseng Dubazana, says the National Prosecuting Authority must prove its case against businessman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala beyond reasonable doubt after his plea agreement collapsed. Matlala rejected a proposed 12-year sentence in the 288-million-rand SAPS-Medicare24 tender fraud case. Dubazana says the trial will begin afresh, with previous admissions under the plea deal […]
# Namibia and China have signed eight agreements covering infrastructure, energy, mining, agriculture and economic cooperation during President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah’s state visit to Beijing. Chinese president Xi Jinping pledged deeper collaboration, including the development of uranium, lithium and rare earth minerals. Namibia is seeking investment to create jobs and diversify its economy. The agreements also […]
# The lawyer of former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe’s son, Bellarmine, has dismissed viral social media claims that he was recently seen shopping in Gauteng. Sinenhlanhla Mnguni told the SABC the pictures are old, insisting Mugabe has not returned to South Africa since his deportation. He pleaded guilty in April to firearm and immigration offences following […]
# The Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court postponed the bail application of Zimbabwean-British citizen Ndodana Tshuma to next Wednesday to consider his legal status. He is wanted in the UK over the murders of his wife and two children last week, and was arrested in Johannesburg this weekend. Tshuma also faces a South African charge of possessing […]
