# Soccer: Paris St-Germain are through to the Champions League final after defeating Arsenal 2-1 in the semifinal second-leg, winning the tie 3-1 on aggregate. Goals from Fabian Ruiz and Achraf Hakimi ensured the victory for PSG, who have set up a final against Inter Milan. PSG will be looking to become the first French […]
# The Public Servants Association says it notes the recent amendments to the Code of Practice on Dismissal, which aims to address South Africa’s persistently high unemployment rate. The Department of Employment and Labour says the amendments aim to simplify procedural fairness, redefine unfair labour practice, and retrenchment procedures. PSA’s Claude Naiker says they are […]
# The GOOD Party says Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero’s State of the City address was a masterclass in political spin, grand visions, ambitious timelines, and lofty ideals. The mayor delivered the address in Braamfontein on Wednesday. GOOD’s Matthew Cook says while the mayor speaks of a metro that works for all, the reality is decaying infrastructure, […]
# Cosatu says it anticipates more court challenges to the National Health Insurance scheme by those who value profits over lives. The High Court in Pretoria has ruled that president Cyril Ramaphosa’s signing of the NHI Act into law is open to review, and that he must provide the reasoning for his decision to do […]
# Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has condemned a bomb threat message sent via cellphone to Al-Azhar Mosque in District Six. The mosque has been vocal in its support of the Palestinian cause. Hill-Lewis says he condemns the sinister motives behind this threatening message. He adds that Cape Town is a city of peace-loving people, […]
# The MK Party says it unequivocally rejects the Constitutional Court judgment upholding dual citizenship. The ruling confirms the Supreme Court of Appeal’s orders declaring a provision of the Citizenship Act unlawful. The ConCourt declared legislation that strips South Africans of their citizenship after acquiring citizenship of another country as unconstitutional. MK Party’s spokesperson, Nhlamulo Ndhlela, […]
# Die EFF het die Britse Hoë Kommissaris se versuim om sy leier Julius Malema se visumaansoek vir die Verenigde Koninkryk te verwerk, veroordeel. Malema sou hierdie naweek studente by die 11de Jaarlikse Cambridge Africa Together-konferensie by die Universiteit van Cambridge toespreek. Hy het onthul dat hy die weieringsbrief net vier uur voor sy geskeduleerde […]
# Krieket: Indië se kaptein, Rohit Sharma, het sy onmiddellike uittrede uit toetskrieket aangekondig en hy is nie beskikbaar vir die reeks teen Engeland in Junie nie. Die 38-jarige tree uit met vier-duisend-301 lopies in 67 toetswedstryde insluitend 12 honderdtalle en 18 vyftigtalle agter sy naam. Sy hoogste telling was 212 teen Suid-Afrika in Ranchi […]
# Black smoke emerged from the chimney over the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday evening, signalling that a first ballot had been held at the conclave and had concluded without the election of a pope. Sixteen days after Pope Francis’s death, 133 cardinals from around the world swore an oath of secrecy as the conclave got underway. […]
