# Israel says it has deported all foreign activists, who were detained after their Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla was intercepted in international waters on Monday. A total of 422 activists, including six South African nationals, were flown from southern Israel on three Turkish Airlines-chartered planes yesterday. Over 50 boats taking part in the Global Sumud […]
# South Africa’s Ambassador to the United States, Roelf Meyer, says he received a warm reception at the White House and is looking forward to representing the country. He presented his credentials to US president Donald Trump yesterday, formally replacing Ebrahim Rasool after more than a year of tension between Pretoria and Washington. Speaking to […]
# Rugby: Die Junior Springbokke het hul Internasionale Onder-20-reeks geopen met ‘n oortuigende oorwinning van 97-0 oor Chili by Rondebosch Boys’ High in Kaapstad. Suid-Afrika het 15 drieë gedruk, insluitend driekunste deur Lindsey Jansen en Risima Khosa, terwyl Vusi Moyo 22 punte met skoppe bygedra het. Afrigter Kevin Foote sê ondanks die ongebalanseerde telling het […]
# Die Ghanese ministerie van Buitelandse Sake sê hy het die beplande ontruiming van Ghanese wat aangedui het dat hulle onveilig voel in Suid-Afrika, uitgestel. Meer as 800 Ghanese het by hul Hoë Kommissaris in Pretoria geregistreer om ontruim te word weens die jongste vlaag xenofobiese aanvalle. Die ministerie sê, gegewe die betrokke getalle en […]
# Oudpresident Thabo Mbeki het die toenemende teen-migrante-sentiment in Suid-Afrika veroordeel. Dit is te midde van wydverspreide optogte teen ongedokumenteerde migrante. Suid-Afrika is die tuiste van na raming drie-miljoen migrante. Die regering hersien tans sy immigrasiebeleid om migrasiedruk beter te bestuur en grensbeheer te versterk. Mbeki het gister tydens ‘n openbare bespreking oor migrasie en […]
# Parliament’s Subcommittee on the Review of Assembly Rules legal team says there are a few processes that must happen before the 31-member impeachment committee can start its work. The Subcommittee will establish the operational road map for the impeachment committee. The Constitutional Court ruled that Parliament acted unconstitutionally when it voted against an impeachment […]
# Solidarity says that with the US extending the African Growth and Opportunity Act trade programme, South Africa should seize this proverbial olive branch from Washington. In a proclamation issued by US president Donald Trump, the duty-free treatment under AGOA for beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries would remain in effect until 31 December this year. Solidarity says […]
# A Paris Appeals Court has found Air France and Airbus guilty of corporate manslaughter for the 2009 crash of Flight AF447, which killed all 228 people on board. The passenger jet, flying from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, stalled during a storm and plunged into the Atlantic Ocean, killing 216 passengers and 12 crew […]
# Tennis: Top seed Jannik Sinner will face French wild card Clement Tabur in the first round of the French Open. Potential opponents on the Italian’s path include American Ben Shelton and Russia’s Daniil Medvedev. On the other side of the draw, three-time champion Serbia’s Novak Djokovic begins his latest bid for a 25th major […]
