# Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has ordered strikes on the Dahiyeh suburb of Beirut. This is a stronghold of Iranian-backed militants Hezbollah in the Lebanese capital. Netanyahu says this is in light of repeated violations of the ceasefire in Lebanon by the terrorist organisation, and attacks on Israeli cities and citizens. Israel has largely […]
# Soccer: The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture has announced an additional 18 South African football supporters will through the “Mzansi to the World Cup Luck Fans” competition get the chance to support Bafana Bafana at their third FIFA World Cup 2026 group-stage fixture on 24th of this month in Monterrey. This has been made possible […]
# The US military says it conducted “self-defence strikes” on Iranian radar and drone sites in the city of Goruk and the island of Qeshm over the weekend. The US Central Command says the attack was in response to aggressive Iranian actions. In retaliation, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targeted an American air base allegedly […]
# Business Leadership Suid-Afrika sê die land bevind hom tans in ‘n relatief sterk posisie te midde van geopolitieke spanning, danksy agt jaar van fiskale dissipline en strukturele hervormings. Twee groot graderingsagentskappe, Standard and Poor’s en Moody’s, het die land se vooruitsig na positief aangepas. Die Reserwebank het intussen rentekoerse met 25 basispunte verhoog weens […]
# Business Leadership South Africa says the country is operating from a position of relative strength amid the geopolitical tensions, which is a direct reward for eight years of fiscal discipline and structural reform. Two major rating agencies, Standard and Poor’s and Moody’s, now have the country on a positive outlook. The Reserve Bank has […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Inkomstediens het die wetlike en operasionele raamwerke gefinaliseer wat nodig is om China se tydelike nul-tariefskema vir kwalifiserende Suid-Afrikaanse uitvoere te administreer. Die Asiatiese land het in Februarie vanjaar aangekondig dat hy die nul-tariefbeleid met Afrikalande met wie hy diplomatieke bande het, gaan instel. Die SAID-kommissaris, Johnstone Makhubu, sê hulle sal van […]
# Frankryk, Brittanje en Duitsland veroordeel Israel se uitgebreide inval in Libanon na die verowering van die strategiese Beaufort-kasteel. Dit was die sleutel tot beheer van die omliggende streek sedert die Kruisvaarders dit 900-jaar gelede gebou het. Die Franse president, Emmanuel Macron, sê niks regverdig die groot toename in geweld in Suid-Libanon nie. Die Britse […]
# France, the UK and Germany have condemned Israel’s expanded invasion of Lebanon following the capture of the strategic site of Beaufort Castle. The Castle has been key to controlling the region around it since the Crusaders built it some 900 years ago. France’s president Emmanuel Macron says nothing justifies the major escalation underway in south Lebanon. […]
# The South African Revenue Service has finalised the legal and operational frameworks required to administer China’s temporary zero-tariff scheme for qualifying South African exports. The Asian country announced in February this year that it would implement the zero-tariff policy with African countries with which it has diplomatic ties. SARS Commissioner Johnstone Makhubu says they will […]
