# Tennis: Italian Jannik Sinner has announced a demanding schedule to end the year as world number one. Alexander Zverev of Germany closed the gap on him when winning the US Open, as a knee problem kept Sinner out of the entire North American hard court swing. Sinner plans to play in several tournaments before […]
# Gauteng police have confirmed the discovery of a sixth woman’s body on the East Rand this morning. The circumstances surrounding the death remain unclear. The latest discovery in KwaThema follows the deaths of five women whose bodies have been found in Kempton Park since July, including a woman discovered in Olifantsfontein yesterday. Some victims […]
# Vandag is Internasionale Dag vir Demokrasie met die tema “Fokus op Menseregte”. Volgens die Economist Intelligence Unit Democracy Index is daar ‘n mate van demokratiese klassifikasie in ongeveer 165 lande en gebiede. Die Verenigde Nasies se sekretaris-generaal, António Guterres, sê dis belangrik om mense uit alle gemeenskappe bymekaar te bring om besluitneming te verryk, […]
# Rugby: Former Irish flyhalf Ronan O’Gara will stay on as coach of French outfit La Rochelle until 2031. His current contract expires at the end of this season. The 49-year-old had previously been linked to a move to international rugby, but says he and his family are very happy to continue their adventure in […]
# The National Prosecuting Authority maintains it still has a strong case against seven accused in a multimillion-rand electricity fraud scheme involving the Emfuleni Local Municipality in Gauteng. Despite the state opposing bail, they were granted 20-thousand-rand bail each by the Vanderbijlpark Magistrate’s Court. The NPA says the accused face charges including fraud, theft of […]
# Motorsport: Die organiseerders van die Formule Een Spaanse Grand Prix is gereed om die nuwe Madring-renbaan vir volgende jaar te verander ná die afgelope naweek se openingswedren. Renjaers het gekla oor die gebrek aan verbysteek-geleenthede, terwyl toeskouers op sosiale media ook krities was oor toegang tot die terrein en geriewe. Die Madring se besturende […]
# The National Shelter Movement says there is an urgent need to strengthen the already overstretched network of shelters for women and safe spaces for gender-based violence and femicide survivors. The Department of Social Development is hosting the sixth National Shelter indaba in Benoni, Gauteng, this week to strengthen responses to the crisis. NSMSA’s Greer […]
# Today is the International Day of Democracy, observed under the theme “Bring Human Rights Into Focus”. According to the Economist Intelligence Unit Democracy Index, about 165 countries and territories have some level of democratic classification. United Nations secretary-general António Guterres has emphasised the importance of bringing together people from across societies to enrich decision-making, […]
# Die parlementêre portefeuljekomitee oor Polisie verwelkom die polisie en spesialis-wetstoepassings-eenhede se suksesse teen dwelmhandelaars die afgelope week. Die Wes-Kaapse polisie het beslag gelê op 57-duisend Mandrax-tablette en vyf kilogram kokaïen van ongeveer 5,85-miljoen-rand. ‘n Vermeende dwelmlaboratorium met ‘n waarde van sowat 100-miljoen-rand is in Erasmia, Tshwane, ontdek. Voorsitter Ian Cameron sê hierdie welslae is […]
