# An Al-Qaeda affiliated militant group has claimed responsibility for the deadly attack at Niger’s largest airport. Thirty-five people were killed when gunmen opened fire at the Diori Hamani International Airport and military base in the capital of Niamey. The airport and military airbase are in the same complex. The fatalities comprised 22 assailants, 11 […]
# The British Labour Party’s Andy Burnham has won the Makerfield by-election, paving the way for him to challenge prime minister Keir Starmer for the governing party’s leadership . The former mayor of Greater Manchester defeated Reform UK’s Robert Kenyon, securing 55-percent of the vote. Starmer congratulated Burnham, saying voters chose Labour’s campaign of hope […]
# The DA in Gauteng says, despite an overall decline in several major crime categories during the fourth quarter of the 2025/2026 financial year, several communities continue to experience alarming increases in serious crime. This includes kidnapping, truck hijackings, vehicle-related crime, and sexual offences. The DA’s Crezane Bosch says premier Panyaza Lesufi must engage the […]
# Die Grensbestuursowerheid sê die voortgesette deportasie-prosesse wat onwettige buitelanders betref wys die staat se vermoë om immigrasiewette streng, regverdig en menslik toe te pas. Een-duisend-596 Malawiese en Zimbabwiese burgers se inligting is gister verwerk tydens ʼn intensiewe operasie van 13-uur op die Beitbrug-grenspos in Limpopo. Die owerheid se woordvoerder, Mmemme Mogotsi, sê hulle balanseer […]
# Die vakverbond Saftu sê die onttrekking van die likwidasie-aansoek teen Tongaat Hulett Sugar het ʼn verwoestende ramp vir kleinskaalse kwekers, landelike gemeenskappe en die groter suiker-waardeketting afgeweer. Sakeredding-praktisyns, die Nywerheid-Ontwikkelingskorporasie en die Vision Group het ʼn bindende driesydige ooreenkoms bereik wat sowat 250-duisend werksgeleenthede beskerm. Saftu se hoofsekretaris, Zwelinzima Vavi, sê Suid-Afrika kan nie […]
# Vandag se beplande samesprekings tussen Amerika en Iran in Switserland is gekanselleer. Die Withuis skryf dit toe aan onopgeloste logistiek in die volgende onderhandelingsfase nadat die twee lande hulle daartoe verbind het om binne 60 dae ‘n finale ooreenkoms te bereik. Die Amerikaanse visepresident, JD Vance, sou die onderhandelings lei. Iran het ook sy […]
# Sokker: Bafana Bafana se hoofafrigter, Hugo Broos, sê hulle kan Suid-Korea nie onderskat in Donderdag se allerbelangrike Groep A-Wêreldbekerwedstryd nie. Die mede-gasheer, Mexiko, is reeds deur na die laaste 32 en Suid-Korea is tans tweede in die groep, gevolg deur die Tsjeggiese Republiek en Suid-Afrika. Broos het Suid-Korea se gestruktureerde spel as die belangrikste […]
# The Border Management Authority says the ongoing deportation operation of illegal foreign nationals continues to demonstrate the state’s capacity to enforce immigration laws firmly, fairly and humanely. An intensive 13-hour operation at Beitbridge border post in Limpopo yesterday saw the processing of one-thousand-596 Malawian and Zimbabwean nationals. BMA spokesperson, Mmemme Mogotsi, says they are […]
# Union federation Saftu says the withdrawal of the liquidation application against Tongaat Hulett has averted a devastating blow to small-scale growers, rural communities and the broader sugar value chain. Business rescue practitioners, the Industrial Development Corporation, and the Vision Group concluded a binding tripartite agreement, protecting 250-thousand jobs. Saftu’s general secretary, Zwelinzima Vavi, says […]
