# Rugby: Ireland’s head coach, Andy Farrell, doesn’t want any further excuses from his team during the rest of their autumn campaign after going down 26-13 to the All Blacks in Chicago in the US on Saturday. The Irish squandered their 13-7 lead after 60 minutes to go down to New Zealand for the third […]    
				
				
				
			
				
				
				
					
    
		# The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse says stronger ties between civic groups and provincial legislatures are vital for rebuilding public trust in governance. At a recent symposium in Cape Town, OUTA and the Western Cape provincial parliament pledged continued collaboration to ensure public input has a real impact and contributes to greater accountability and transparency. […]    
				
				
				
			
				
				
				
					
    
		# The DA has urged Parliament’s Electricity Committee to reprimand the National Energy Regulator of South Africa following the Gauteng High Court ruling that its 2025/26 municipal electricity tariff process is unconstitutional. The DA’s Kevin Mileham criticised NERSA for repeated failures, including flawed cost-of-supply calculations, and welcomed the court-mandated timelines and public consultation model. He […]    
				
				
				
			
				
				
				
					
    
		# Krieket: Suid-Afrika se kaptein, Laura Wolvaardt, is baie trots op die span se vertoning in die Wêreldbekertoernooi vir vroue. Haar onverskrokke 101 was egter verniet en die Protea-vroue het met 52 lopies teen Indië verloor in die eindstryd in Mumbai. Die gasvroue het met hul derde poging geseëvier nadat hulle in 2005 en 2017 […]    
				
				
				
			
				
				
				
					
    
		# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Kommunisteparty se hoofsekretaris, Solly Mapaila, sê hulle is vasbeslote om onafhanklik aan die 2026 munisipale verkiesing deel te neem. Die party, wat sedert die land se eerste demokratiese verkiesing in 1994 vir die ANC verkiesingsveldtogte gevoer het, het toenemend krities geword oor sy rekord in die regering. Mapaila het gister by die […]    
				
				
				
			
				
				
				
					
    
		# Die nasionale polisiekommissaris, Fannie Masemola, het ʼn spesiale span ondersoekers ontplooi om die noodlottige verbyry-skietery in Reigerpark, Ekurhuleni, te ondersoek. Ses mense is dood in die voorval wat Saterdagaand plaasgevind het, en drie ander is beseer. Masemola, wat gister die plaaslike polisiekantoor besoek het om die jongste inligting oor die situasie te kry en […]    
				
				
				
			
				
				
				
					
    
		# Vyf Duitse klimmers is dood nadat hulle deur ʼn sneeustorting in Italië se Dolomiet-berge getref is. Twee ander is ongedeerd. Volgens owerhede was die bergklimmers wat in aparte groepe was, teen die Cima Vertana in die Ortler-Alpe toe die snelbewegende sneeumassa hulle tref. Die liggame van twee mans en ʼn vrou is Saterdag gevind, […]    
				
				
				
			
				
				
				
					
    
		# Cricket: South African captain Laura Wolvaardt says she is so proud of how the team performed in the Women’s World Cup. Wolvaardt’s valiant 101 was in vain as the Proteas slumped to a 52-run defeat to co-hostesses India in the final in Mumbai. The Indian women triumphed at the third attempt after finishing runners-up […]    
				
				
				
			
				
				
				
					
    
		# The South African Communist Party general secretary, Solly Mapaila, says they are adamant in participating independently in the 2026 local government elections. The party, which has campaigned for the ANC since South Africa’s first democratic elections in 1994, has become increasingly critical of its record in government. Speaking at the SACP’s annual Red October […]