# The lawyer for accused number two, Victor Majola, charged with orchestrating the murder of Warrick “DJ Warras” Stock, has withdrawn from the case over unpaid fees. Advocate Piet du Plessis told the High Court in Johannesburg his firm lacked financial backing to continue representing Majola during the pre-trial conference. Majola and co-accused Hlengiwe Buthelezi […]
# A study by market research company, Ipsos, has revealed that transport costs are shutting millions of people out of opportunities. Ipsos Country Manager, Natalie Otte, says approximately 6.9-million-people have missed work or education because they could not afford transport. Speaking to the SABC, she warns that fuel prices could worsen the problem, alongside pressure […]
# Springbok rugby captain Siya Kolisi has called on South African men to take responsibility and urgent action to help end gender-based violence and femicide. His plea follows the discovery of nine women’s bodies in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng. Speaking from Australia ahead of next weekend’s Test against the Wallabies, Kolisi urged citizens to unite against GBVF, […]
# Meer as 111 miljoen Russe stem die volgende drie dae in die land se eerste parlementêre verkiesing sedert sy volskaalse inval in Oekraïne in 2022. President Vladimir Putin hou dit voor as ‘n toets vir steun vir die oorlog, en daar word verwag dat die Verenigde Rusland-party sy oorheersende posisie sal behou. Die Poolse […]
# A British woman kidnapped in Malawi has been rescued and reunited with her family after a police operation near Blantyre. Forty-seven-year-old Nusrat Osman was abducted by four men while driving in the southern city last week. Police say four suspected kidnappers were killed in a shootout during the rescue operation, while a senior police […]
# Die United Democratic Movement gaan die Verkiesingshof nader oor die weglating van sy wyksraadkandidate in die Buffalo City-metro in die Oos-Kaap. Die party se adjunkpresident, Nqabayomzi Kwankwa, sê hofstukke sal volgende week ingedien word om die Verkiesingskommissie se besluit te betwis nadat van sy kandidate nie op die finale lyste verskyn nie. Hy sê […]
# Afrika Mayibuye Movement president Floyd Shivambu says technical compliance should not disenfranchise voters or undermine free and fair elections. In an open letter to the Electoral Commission, Shivambu says two-thousand-274 prospective candidates from 45 political parties were captured on the Online Candidate Nomination System but not finally submitted. He says affected candidates and communities […]
# US Health secretary Robert F Kennedy Junior has told vaccine-sceptic activists they have a strong and steadfast friend in president Donald Trump’s White House. He made the comments at a conference of Children’s Health Defense, a group he previously led that campaigns for changes to childhood vaccination policies. Kenney praised the Trump administration’s efforts […]
# More than 111-million Russians are voting from today for the next three days in a parliamentary election, the first since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. President Vladimir Putin has framed the vote as a test of support for the war, with the United Russia party expected to retain its dominance. The election […]
