# Golf: Four-time major champion Scottie Scheffler surged to an eight-shot victory at the FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis, becoming the third-youngest player to reach 21 PGA Tour wins. The American posted a final-round score of 66 to finish on 17 under. South Korean Kim Si-woo carded a two-under 68 to finish second at […]
# Cricket: Australian captain Pat Cummins has backed his team’s ability to bounce back from their shock nine-wicket defeat to Bangladesh in the first Test in Darwin. This was Bangladesh’s first win on Australian soil and just their second Test victory over the world’s top-ranked side. Cummins’ decision to bat first has come under scrutiny as […]
# The foreign ministers of the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Jordan, Indonesia, Pakistan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt have condemned Israel’s rejection of a 15-point document put forward by US president Donald Trump’s Board of Peace. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the proposed plan, stating that the military will not withdraw from Gaza until […]
# Minister of Electricity and Energy, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, has clarified that the proposed independent Transmission System Operator will remain state-owned. He was part of an ANC briefing yesterday, as the party continues its 2021 Local Government Elections Manifesto Review, focusing on housing, water and energy. The TSO will be separate from Eskom and will assume […]
# A second suspect has been arrested in connection with the killing of two Anti-Gang Unit officers and two women in Reiger Park, Ekurhuleni, last week. The 24-year-old male suspect was apprehended on Sunday afternoon in Reiger Park following an intensive tracing operation by the multidisciplinary team. He will appear in court this week. Last […]
# The National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure says three people who attempted to gain unauthorised access to the 46th Southern African Development Community summit venue in Durban were arrested. Two Congolese nationals were apprehended on Saturday after attempting to gain entry to the venue using accreditation that had not been issued to them. Last […]
# At least six people were killed in Russia after Ukraine launched one of its largest aerial attacks since the start of the war over the weekend. In a counterstrike to recent Moscow ballistic missile onslaughts, Kyiv fired one-thousand-478 drones and at least nine cruise missiles. A warehouse belonging to the Russian distribution company Wildberries, […]
# Rugby: The Cheetahs defeated the Blue Bulls 62-52 at Loftus Versfeld to move closer to booking a spot in the Currie Cup semifinals. The Bulls were 17-47 down at halftime but fought hard until the final minute. However, the Cheetahs were able to withstand the hosts’ late charge, scoring nine tries to the Bulls’ eight, […]
# AfriForum submitted an application for contempt of court against the EFF and the party’s leader, Julius Malema, to the Pretoria High Court. The organisation’s CEO, Kallie Kriel, says the application comes after the EFF and Malema’s renewed calls for illegal land occupation, despite a court order obtained by AfriForum in 2017 that prohibits them […]
