# Cricket: The Gujarat Titans defeated the Mumbai Indians by three wickets via the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method, to move to the top of the Indian Premier League standings. Mumbai posted 155 for eight. In reply, Gujarat started their initial run chase with a second-wicket stand of 72 between captain Shubman Gill and Jos Buttler. Multiple rain […]
# President Donald Trump says the US will stop the bombings against the Iran-backed Houthi rebel group in Yemen. This is after the group agreed to stop targeting shipping in the Red Sea. The US stepped up air strikes on the Houthis in March, with the military stating it has struck one-thousand targets in Yemen […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa stel vandag die tweede fase van Operasie Vulindlela in Pretoria bekend om vinnige en inklusiewe ekonomiese groei te steun. Operasie Vulindlela is in Oktober 2020 gestig om die instelling van strukturele hervormings te versnel. In die eerste fase het die operasie gefokus op hervormings in vyf sleutelgebiede met ‘n hoë moontlike […]
# Die EFF het die geleidelike agteruitgang van plaaslike regerings en die wydverspreide regeringsmislukkings van munisipaliteite uitgelig. Die minister van Samewerkende Regering en Tradisionele Sake, Velenkosini Hlabisa, het in April ‘n gespreksdokument uitgegee oor die hersiening van die Witskrif oor Plaaslike Regering van 1988. Die hersiening is gemik op eerlike besinning en besliste optrede om […]
# Rugby: Australia staged a remarkable comeback to defeat South Africa 29-24 in the second round of the Under20 Rugby Championship in Gqeberha. The Junior Springboks were up 17-0 in the second half when Australia scored three converted tries. A penalty for the Aussies with five minutes to play put them 29-17 up, but South […]
# Canadian prime minister Mark Carney says his country is not for sale. This follows US president Donald Trump’s comment that he is interested in making Canada the 51st state of America. The two leaders met at the White House on Tuesday. Trump’s ongoing trade war and threats to Canada’s sovereignty played major roles in […]
# Home Affairs minister Leon Schreiber has welcomed the Constitutional Court judgment regarding the South African Citizenship Act 88 of 1995 with regards to the loss of citizenship. The court has declared a section of the Act, which stipulates that South Africans lose their citizenship after voluntarily acquiring the nationality of another country, as unconstitutional. […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa will launch the second phase of Operation Vulindlela in Pretoria today, to unleash more rapid and inclusive economic growth. Operation Vulindlela was established in October 2020 to accelerate the implementation of structural reforms. In its first phase, the operation focused on reforms in five key areas with a high potential impact […]
# The EFF has criticised the systemic dysfunction plaguing local government, highlighting the widespread governance failures across municipalities. In April, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs minister, Velenkosini Hlabisa, published a discussion document on the review of the 1998 White Paper on Local Government. The review aims to incite honest reflection and decisive action toward building a […]
