# Soccer: Former Inter Milan boss Simone Inzaghi was revealed as the new coach of Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal, days before they take part in the new-look Club World Cup. The Italian, who led Inter to a heavy defeat in Saturday’s Champions League final, had earlier played down rumours of a two-year deal. Forty-nine year […]
# Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that the bodies of two Israeli-Americans killed in Hamas’s 7 October 2023 attack and held in Gaza, had been returned to Israel. He identified them as Judy Weinstein Haggai and Gad Haggai. A joint statement from the army and the Shin Bet security agency said that the bodies […]
# Gauteng provincial police commissioner, Tommy Mthombeni says the province has made progress in the fight against crime by recording a 7.9-percent decrease from January until March this year. He was briefing the provincial legislature’s Portfolio Committee on Community Safety on the fourth quarter of the 2024/2025 financial year in Johannesburg. Mthombeni says this decrease is a positive […]
# Gauteng provincial police commissioner, Tommy Mthombeni says murder was reduced by 10.8-percent between January and March this year, however, Gauteng has a challenge of multiple murders. He says the leading factors behind murders are arguments, misunderstanding, road rage, provocation, closely followed by robbery. Mthombeni says murders in Gauteng are mainly committed at a public place and then at the […]
# Rugby: Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus named the same 54 players, nine of whom are uncapped, that attended the second national alignment camp in Cape Town last month. This large training squad is for the opening stages of the international season, which kicks off on 28 June against the Barbarians. The squad includes 31 Rugby […]
# Cosatu has welcomed the passing of the Older Persons Amendment Bill in Parliament, and has now been sent to president Cyril Ramaphosa for his signature. Once operationalised, among other things, the new piece of legislation will enable the relevant authorities to move an older person to temporary safe care without a court order. Cosatu’s spokesperson, […]
# South Africa’s Le Grand Domaine has won two top trophies at the 2025 International Wine Challenge this week for its 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon. Competing against global giants like Bordeaux and Napa, the Stellenbosch winery clinched the International and South African Cabernet Sauvignon trophies. Winemaker Debbie Thompson called the award a proud moment for local […]
# The City of Cape Town has confirmed that the implementation date of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences has been moved out to the first of October this year. Reports indicated that AARTO was going to be effective today. The metro’s Traffic Services spokesperson, Maxine Bezuidenhout, says the AARTO is set to introduce a […]
# Cricket: Plans to hold a European T20 franchise tournament in July have been pushed back to 2026. The European T20 Premier League, partly owned by Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan, was set to feature teams from Ireland, Scotland, and the Netherlands, and played in cities including Dublin, Glasgow, Amsterdam, and Rotterdam. According to reports, the […]
