# Motorsport: George Russell van Mercedes het die voorste wegspringplek vir vandag se Barcelona-Katalonië Grand Prix behaal na ‘n opwindende kwalifiseringsessie gister. Die Brit het sy derde voorste wegspringplek van die seisoen behaal deur slegs 0,064-sekondes voor Lewis Hamilton in sy opgegradeerde Ferrari te eindig, wat die kampioenskapsleier Kimi Antonelli in die ander Mercedes na […]
# President Donald Trump en die bemiddelaar Pakistan het gister gesê ‘n aanvanklike ooreenkoms om die oorlog in die Midde-Ooste te beëindig, sal vandag onderteken word, hoewel Iran ontken dat dit so gou sal plaasvind. Die Pakistanse premier, Shehbaz Sharif, het gesê die twee partye het ooreengekom oor ‘n raamwerk vir ‘n vredesooreenkoms en Islamabad […]
# Krieket: Phoebe Litchfield se 50-tal en die Australiese draaiboulers het Suid-Afrika gister ‘n groot pak slae van 65 lopies gegee in hul eerste Groep 1 T20 Wêreldbeker-wedstryd op Old Trafford in Manchester. Litchfield het ‘n vinnige 50 van 24 balle met nege viere en ‘n ses gemoker met Australië wat 172-8 aangeteken het nadat […]
# Tennis: Emma Raducanu battled through an injury scare to reach her first career WTA 500 final at the Queen’s Club Championships yesterday. After slipping and requiring a medical timeout during her hard-fought 6-3, 7-5 quarter-final victory over the Kamilla Rakhimov of Russia, the British star showed immense physical resilience. Returning to the grass court […]
Tennis: Leading tennis players have welcomed the 20-percent increase in Wimbledon prize money as a genuine and significant step forward. The total prize fund at this year’s championships will be 64.2-million British pounds, or equal to about 1.4-billion in South African rand. The singles’ champions will each take home 3.6-million pounds with first-round losers paid […]
# Police are investigating the deaths of Caroline von Rantzau, the heiress to a million-dollar German shipping firm, DAL, and her finance manager at her family’s private hunting reserve in Limpopo. The 26-year-old was found dead inside her room at the Leeuwfontein Estate, one day after the estate’s financial manager, Arno Koën, was also found […]
# DA leader and Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has launched his campaign for a second term ahead of the November municipal elections. Speaking in Hanover Park, Hill-Lewis unveiled a five-point plan focused on stronger policing, job creation, reliable services, more housing and cleaner public spaces. He says Cape Town has become a model for […]
# Statistics South Africa says mining production increased by 8.2-percent in April compared with the same period last year. The growth was driven mainly by strong performance in platinum group metals, manganese ore, and chromium ore. However, coal production declined and weighed on overall output. Stats SA’s Juan-Pierre Terblanche also reports mineral sales surged by […]
# Gauteng Human Settlements MEC Tasneem Motara says the department will prioritise housing delivery, title deed transfers and informal settlement upgrades during the 2026/27 financial year. Targets include the construction of eight-thousand-448 housing units, delivery of 300 serviced sites and registration of five-thousand-681 title deeds. Motara says the department also plans to renovate hostels, release […]
