# Soccer: Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick as Argentina defeated Algeria 3-0 in their World Cup opener in Kansas City. The 38-year-old is now level with Germany’s Miroslav Klose in scoring the most goals at World Cup finals. In New Jersey, two-time champions France opened their campaign with a convincing 3-1 victory over Senegal. Captain […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse realiteitstelevisiester Peet Viljoen is Dinsdagaand op die OR Tambo Internasionale Lughawe gearresteer nadat hy uit Newark, New Jersey, in die land aangekom het. Sy inhegtenisneming hou glo verband met bewerings van bedrog, diefstal en korrupsie so ver terug as 2010. Viljoen is uit die VSA gedeporteer na ongeveer 100 dae in aanhouding. […]
# The Departments of Home Affairs, Justice and Constitutional Development have established a Virtual Priority Court in Durban to expedite the processing of immigration matters and deportation orders. Initial operations of this virtual platform are heavily focused on resolving cases involving over one-thousand Malawian nationals who have been sheltering at Sherwood Park in Durban. Home […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê Suid-Afrika gaan sy finansiële hulp vir pogings om die Ebola-uitbreking te bekamp, van die huidige 81-miljoen-rand tot sowat 218,7-miljoen-rand verhoog. In die Demokratiese Republiek die Kongo is 837 bevestigde Ebola-gevalle aangemeld met 196 sterftes, en in Uganda 19 gevalle met twee sterftes. Ramaphosa, in sy hoedanigheid as die Afrika-unie se Hoof […]
# Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, says the intimidation of migrants, looting of businesses and destruction of property are reprehensible acts of vigilantism. This comes as anti-immigrant protests in the country have triggered diplomatic tensions, with several countries repatriating their citizens from South Africa. He addressed the 19th Conference of the Speakers […]
# A Russian warship fired warning shots at a UK-registered yacht in the English Channel yesterday. Retired British couple, Jane and Alan Kelvey, were sailing the yacht named Bright Future at the time of the incident. Russia’s Defence Ministry says the yacht had been on a dangerous approach towards the warship. This comes after Royal […]
The headlines of the leading newspapers on 17 June 2026: NATIONAL: # Business Day: Reports the African Union’s mid-year coordination summit and the first El Alamein Africa Forum, originally planned for 25 to 27 June, have been postponed due to the spread of the Ebola virus in several African countries. # And the Netwerk24 website: […]
Die hooftrekke uit die belangrikste nuusblaaie soos op 17 Junie 2026: NASIONAAL: # Business Day: Berig die Afrika-Unie se halfjaarlikse koördineringsberaad en die eerste El Alamein Afrika-forum, wat oorspronklik vir 25 tot 27 Junie beplan was, is uitgestel weens die wydverspreide voorkoms van die Ebola-virus in verskeie Afrikalande. # En die Netwerk24-webblad: Berig eerstens die […]
# Tennis: Die sesmalige Wimbledon-dubbelspelkampioene, Serena en Venus Williams, is promotorskeuses vir die vroue se dubbel-afdeling vir vanjaar se derde Grand Slam. Die 23-malige kampioen, Serena, het verlede week by Queen’s na vier jaar tot die toer teruggekeer terwyl Venus verlede Julie na 16 maande teruggekeer het. Die Williams-susters het saam 14 Grand Slam-dubbelstitels gewen, […]
