# Rugby: Wallabies coach Les Kiss has announced a 34-man squad for the one-off Test against the Springboks in Perth on the 27th, with the surprising recall of Jordan Petaia. The versatile back last played for Australia in the 2023 World Cup. Flyhalf Harry McLaughlin-Phillips has been called up for a potential debut, replacing injured Carter […]
# The Johannesburg Metro Police Department warns motorists of ongoing protest action along Provincial Road and the K43 affecting traffic in Ennerdale, Finetown and Lenasia South. Protesters have barricaded both roads with burning tyres and rocks. Spokesperson Xolani Fihla says residents are apparently protesting over illegal electricity connections and demanding intervention from City Power. He […]
# Soccer: Newly re-elected South African Football Association president Danny Jordaan says they support FIFA president Gianni Infantino ahead of the elections in March next year. Infantino has faced backlash over his now-scrapped plan to sell off stakes in the World Cup to private investors. European body UEFA is pursuing criminal proceedings against Infantino, accusing […]
# Die GOOD-party verwelkom die appèlkomitee van die Wes-Kaapse wetgewer se besluit om bevindings teen die party se sekretaris-generaal, Brett Herron, tersyde te stel. Dit hou verband met sy verklaring oor die optrede van Ian Cameron van die DA. ʼn Voertuig met drie DA-parlementslede is in Augustus verlede jaar in Philippi, Kaapstad, aangeval tydens ʼn […]
# Tennis: Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina is officially the world number one woman for the first time in her career. The 27-year-old reached the milestone in the semifinals of the US Open, whereafter she defeated two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus in the final and took over the top ranking. Americans Jessica Pegula and Coco Gauff are third […]
# Die eThekwini-munisipaliteit sê nooddienste is op ʼn hoë gereedheidsgrondslag geplaas nadat die Suid-Afrikaanse Weerdiens ʼn geel Vlak 2-waarskuwing vir sterk wind in dele van KwaZulu-Natal uitgereik het. ʼn Sterk hoëdrukstelsel sal na verwagting sterk noorde- tot noordooste-wind veroorsaak. Die munisipaliteit se woordvoerder, Senzelwe Mzila, sê die sterk wind kan skade veroorsaak, veral in die […]
# Tennis: US Open champion Alexander Zverev is now in prime position to make a push to become the 30th world number one. The German now trails Italian Jannik Sinner by just one-thousand-810 points in the latest world rankings. Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz is third, while American Ben Shelton has reached a new career-high ranking of […]
# Die Tshwane-metropolisiedepartement is bekommerd oor die inhegtenisneming van voetgangers wat op hoofpaaie betrap is. Meer as 30 voetgangers is die afgelope week op die N1 en N4 aangekeer te midde van ʼn gevaarlike neiging om die gevaarlike hoofweë oorte steek of duim te ry. Woordvoerder Puleng Motholo sê hierdie optrede skep ʼn ernstige gevaar […]
# Agtien mense is dood in ʼn botsing op die N1 tussen Prins Albertweg en Leeu-Gamka in die Wes-Kaap. Twee minibustaxi’s en ʼn stasiewa was in die ongeluk betrokke. Drie mense is ernstig beseer. Die Departement van Mobiliteit se woordvoerder, Muneera Allie, sê die N1 bly in albei rigtings gesluit. Sy het motoriste aangeraai om […]
