# Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz says he had ordered the army to respond to Iran’s violation of the ceasefire after incoming Iranian missiles were reported by the military. He says he instructed the Israeli army to respond forcefully by launching powerful strikes against regime targets in the heart of Tehran. US president Donald Trump […]
# Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky and his US counterpart, Donald Trump, are planning to meet on the sidelines of the NATO summit in The Hague in the Netherlands tomorrow. A senior source in the Ukrainian Presidency told AFP the discussion would focus on their purchase of a defence package, consisting largely of air defence systems, […]
# The ATM has welcomed the swift action of the police’s national intervention unit in identifying Zola Bishop Yolelo and five other individuals alleged to be involved in extortion and intimidation activities in Mthatha, in the Eastern Cape. Six armed suspected extortionists were killed in a shootout with police on the R61 road between Mthatha and […]
# The ANC Study Group on Appropriations has welcomed the proposal of the Public Sector Pension and Related Payments Bill, which comes before the national assembly plenary today. The ANC’s Nonceba Gcaleka-Mazibuko says they are satisfied by the provisions of the Bill that will improve the administration of public sector related pension, post-retirement medical and other benefits to deserving […]
# City Power and Eskom have settled their debt dispute after mediation by the South African National Energy Development Institute. Electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa and Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero confirmed Eskom will receive 3.2-billion-rand over four-years, with 830-million-rand written off. A court had ordered the City to pay over one-billion-rand with interest, but City Power […]
# Motorsport: McLaren het aangekondig dat die 19-jarige Alex Dunne vir Lando Norris vervang in die eerste oefening vir hierdie naweek se Oostenrykse Grand Prix. Dit is die eerste keer in 22 jaar dat ‘n Ierse renjaer aan ‘n F1-naweek deelneem. Dunne is sedert Mei verlede jaar ‘n lid van McLaren se ontwikkelingsprogram en is […]
# Rugby: Suid-Afrika vier vandag ‘n spesiale oomblik in die geskiedenis – 30-jaar sedert die Springbokke 1995 se Wêreldbeker-eindstryd teen Nieu-Seeland op Ellispark in Johannesburg gewen het. Die oorwinning van 15–12 verteenwoordig ‘n verenigende oomblik in die destydse nuwe demokratiese nasie. Die Bokke het die gesogte Webb Ellis-trofee intussen nog drie keer ingepalm – in […]
# The DA says it is proud to recognise a victory by Agriculture minister John Steenhuisen, which will stop the price of bread from going up. The party says the minister has identified and terminated an inherited arrangement where a supplier had been authorised to conduct quality inspections of breads and grains at retailers across […]
# Die Departement van Hoër Onderwys en Opleiding sê minister Nobuhle Nkabane het formeel met advokaat Terry Motau in gesprek getree. Dit volg nadat Motau haar bewerings verwerp het dat hy die voorsitter was van ‘n onafhanklike paneel met die taak om voorsitters vir Suid-Afrika se Sektorale Onderwys- en Opleidingsowerhede aan te beveel. Die departement […]
