# South Korean president Lee Jae Myung said yesterday the country’s election management system needed a major overhaul. He called a series of controversies involving the National Election Commission including ballot-paper shortages absurd. Lee has ordered a probe into the shortages that marred the June 3 local elections, saying prosecutors and police would take part. […]
# AfriForum says the South African Police Service’s silence on the state of its reservist programme raises serious concerns about its commitment to fighting crime. The organisation says SAPS has failed to respond to information requests for more than a year regarding recruitment, training and active reservists. AfriForum’s Jacques Broodryk has urged acting minister of […]
# Rugby: Leinster het hul 2026 Verenigde Rugbykampioenskapstitel behou met ‘n oorheersende 36-7 oorwinning oor die Bulle op ‘n volgepakte Croke Park-stadion in Dublin gisteraand. ‘n Vroeë geel kaart vir die Bulle het die tuisspan die geleentheid gegee om die wedstryd te oorheers en hul het in die eerste helfte ‘n 22-0 voorsprong gehad danksy […]
# Die KwaZulu-Natalse polisie het bevestig ‘n 29-jarige buitelandse burger is gister dood in ‘n vermoedelike xenofobiese aanval in die Joe Jika informele nedersetting in Pietermaritzburg. ‘n Polisiewoordvoerder, Robert Netshiunda, sê ‘n groep mense het die slagoffer na bewering by Sable Flats Manor aangeval, maar die persoon het ontsnap en na die informele nedersetting gevlug. […]
# The Institute of Management Development and the Productivity SA announced that South Africa has improved its position in the 2026 World Competitiveness Yearbook, rising to 54th place out of 70 economies surveyed, compared to 64th in 2025. Productivity SA Statician Juliet Mashabela says the improvement signals progress in several key areas of government efficiency, business […]
# Statistics South Africa says retail trade sales increased by 1.3-percent in April, driven mainly by gains in other retailers, furniture and appliance stores, and general dealers. Sales also rose by 0.9-percent month-on-month, continuing a recovery after a decline in February. Stats SA’s Raquel Floris says over the three months to April, retail sales were […]
# AfriForum sê die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens se stilswye oor die stand van sy reservisteprogram wek ernstige kommer oor sy verbintenis tot misdaadbestryding. Die organisasie sê die SAPD versuim reeds langer as ‘n jaar om inligting beskikbaar te stel oor die werwing, opleiding en werksaamhede van reserviste. Jacques Broodryk van AfriForum het die waarnemende minister van […]
# Rugby: Leinster retained their 2026 United Rugby Championship crown with a dominant 36-7 victory over the Bulls at a packed Croke Park stadium in Dublin last night. An early yellow card for the Bulls allowed the home team to assert total control, surging to a 22-0 lead in the first half via tries by […]
# The planned arrests of Crime Intelligence head Dumisani Khumalo and the head of Intelligence Analysis, major-general Nozipho Madondo have been called off due to national security concerns. The pair were due to hand themselves in at the Brooklyn Police Station in Pretoria yesterday on fraud-related charges, but the process was halted because Khumalo is […]
