# Tennis: Die wêreld-nommer-een en verdedigende kampioen, Jannik Sinner, is uitgeskakel op die Halle Ope in Duitsland. Die Italianer is onkant betrap deur nommer-45 op die wêreldranglys Alexander Bublik van Kasakstan, wat hom verslaan het in sy grootste nederlaag sedert Augustus 2023. Die wêreld-nommer-drie van Duitsland, Alexander Zverev, het die Italianer Lorenzo Sonego geklop om […]
# The GOOD Party says the latest Socio-Economic Rights Institute “Food for Thought” report exposes a nation in crisis. The report reveals that one in five households in South Africa experiences inadequate or severely inadequate access to food. Thirty-percent of boys under five are stunted due to chronic undernutrition. GOOD’s secretary general, Brett Herron, says […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Police says delays in consequence management in the Independent Police Investigative Directorate weaken public trust and compromise internal discipline. This comes as the IPID has a case backlog of 14-thousand-469 involving police officers with allegations including deaths in custody, torture, and corruption. Committee chairperson Ian Cameron says the 126.3-million-rand additional funding […]
# Russia’s Economy minister, Maxim Reshetnikov, says that based on current business sentiments, the country’s economy is on the verge of sliding into recession. Moscow this month cut interest rates for the first time since 2022, easing borrowing costs to 20-percent. The country’s economic growth slowed to 1.4-percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2025, the lowest […]
# Golf: World number one Scottie Scheffler hit an opening-round 62 to tie the lead with fellow American Austin Eckroat at the Travelers Championship in Connecticut. Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy also made a strong start to sit two shots back on six-under, together with Americans Keegan Bradley and Wyndham Clark. England’s Tommy Fleetwood and Norwegian […]
# The Freedom Front Plus has welcomed the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department shutting down six spaza shops for failing to comply with, among other things, health regulations. The spaza shops are located in Alberton, Edenvale and Katlehong. FF Plus, Jennifer Glover, says there are many more spaza shops in the metro operating without adhering to […]
# Eastern Cape police are investigating murder cases after five bodies were discovered on the R345 near Crossroads outside Peddie. The charred remains were found in a damaged car. Police spokesperson, Nobuntu Gantana, says the victims were burnt beyond recognition, and the vehicle itself was severely damaged, rendering it unidentifiable at this stage:
# Minister of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment, Dion George, says South Africa has played a major role in negotiating the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement, known as the High Seas Treaty. This is the first legally binding instrument to protect biodiversity in areas beyond national borders. George says the country has a proud tradition of […]
# Die parlementêre gekose komitee oor Ekonomiese Ontwikkeling en Handel het kommer uitgespreek oor sakeredding-praktisyns se werk in die Suid-Afrikaanse Poskantoor se omkeerstrategie. In 2024 is vier-duisend-875 werknemers afgelê nadat die Poskantoor in sakeredding geplaas is met skuld van 8,7-miljard-rand. Dit is ondersteun met ʼn reddingsboei van 2,4-miljard-rand. Die komiteevoorsitter, Sonja Boshoff, sê ʼn omkeerplan […]
