# Tennis: World number one and defending champion, Jannik Sinner, has been knocked out of the Halle Open in Germany. The Italian was stunned by 45th-ranked Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, his worst defeat by ranking since August 2023. German world number three Alexander Zverev defeated Italian Lorenzo Sonego, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6, to […]
# Die Wêreldgesondheidsorganisasie sê die eskalasie van vyandelikhede tussen Israel en Iran plaas gesondheidsfasiliteite en toegang tot gesondheidsorg in gevaar. ‘n Nuwe vlaag Iranse missiele het Israel gister getref, met die Soroka Mediese Sentrum in Beersheba wat deurgeloop het en meer as 70 mense is beseer. Die direkteur-generaal van die WGO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, doen […]
# Adjunkpresident Paul Mashatile sê dit het baie duidelik geword dat die wêreld nou meer as ooit, te midde van die onstuimige wêreldkrisisse, solidariteit nodig het. Hy het ‘n lesing by die Staatsuniversiteit van St. Petersburg in Rusland gelewer. Hy is die week op ‘n werksbesoek aan Moskou, met die doel om ekonomiese en handelsbande […]
# Parliament’s select committee on Economic Development and Trade has expressed concern regarding the work of the business rescue practitioners on the South African Post Office’s turnaround strategy. A total of four-thousand-875 employees were retrenched in 2024, after the Post Office entered business rescue, with an 8.7-billion-rand debt. It has been backed by a 2.4-billion-rand […]
# The Special Investigating Unit has secured a freezing order from the Special Tribunal against a property allegedly purchased using funds misappropriated from the National Lotteries Commission. The property in Centurion, Gauteng, is registered under Black Tshisimba, a company owned by Collin Tshisimba, who has been implicated in other instances of NLC grant misappropriation. The […]
# Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has praised president Donald Trump, saying the US is helping a lot in his country’s conflict with Iran. According to reports, Trump has reviewed attack plans for Iran but is waiting to see whether Tehran steps back from its nuclear programme. Netanyahu visited the Soroka Medical Centre in Beersheba yesterday, […]
# The World Health Organisation says the escalation of hostilities between Israel and Iran is putting health facilities and access to health care at risk. A new wave of Iranian missiles hit Israel yesterday, with the Soroka Medical Centre in Beersheba being hit, resulting in over 70 people being injured. WHO director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, […]
# Deputy president Paul Mashatile says it has become very clear that the world needs solidarity now more than ever, amidst the tumultuous global crises. He delivered a public lecture at St. Petersburg State University in Russia. He has been on a working visit to Moscow this week, aimed at strengthening economic and trade ties […]
# The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse says local government problems are caused by weak and unethical leadership, not poor laws. In its submission on the draft White Paper on Local Government, the organisation stated that corruption, political interference, and lack of accountability are widespread. OUTA’s Julius Kleynhans says over half of municipalities are bankrupt or […]
