# Tennis: Japan’s Naomi Osaka ended her long wait to reach the Wimbledon fourth round for the first time with a 6-1, 6-3 win against Australian Daria Kasatkina on Friday. The 28-year-old needed just 65 minutes to dispatch Kasatkina, setting up a fourth-round clash against world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka or former Roland Garros champion […]
# The Public Servants Association is calling on president Cyril Ramaphosa and government to take decisive and immediate action against employers who failed to pay employees’ pension contributions. Retirement fund arrears have climbed to an alarming 8.3-billion-rand, affecting nearly 590-thousand workers across South Africa. PSA spokesperson, Claude Naicker says any employer who deducts these contributions […]
# The DA is concerned by comments made by Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshaveni, who publicly reprimanded South African High Commissioner to India, Anil Sooklal, for receiving former president Jacob Zuma, and Ajay Gupta upon a recent visit to India. The party’s Ryan Smith says the only problem is that it was confirmed to Parliament’s portfolio […]
# Krieket: Die gasvrou, Engeland, pak die sesmalige kampioen, Australië, Sondag op Lord’s in die eindstryd van die T20- Wêreldbekertoernooi vir vroue. Engeland het Suid-Afrika met 40 lopies verslaan in hulle halfeindstryd op die Oval. Kaptein Nat Sciver-Brunt het 75 van 47 balle aangeteken en saam met Heather Knight 133 lopies om die vierde paaltjie bygedra […]
# Die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, sê Afrika-lande moet gekoördineerde en vooruitskouende ekonomiese en beleidsreaksies aanvaar om hul ekonomieë teen globale skokke te beskerm. Hy sê dit sal vereis dat noodsaaklike minerale gebruik word vir nywerheidsontwikkeling, die bevordering van voedselsekerheid, handelsintegrasie in die streek en die versterking van veerkragtige infrastruktuur en verskaffingskettings. Godongwana waarsku […]
# Oekraïne se president Volodymyr Zelensky het beloof om wraak te neem ná Rusland se aanvalle op Kiëf waarin minstens 27 mense dood en 91, insluitend twee kinders, gewond is. Moskou het byna 500 hommeltuie en meer as 70 missiele op Oekraïne afgevuur en woongeboue en militêre basisse beskadig. Rusland se weermag sê sy aanval […]
# Die minister van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking, Ronald Lamola, sê oudpresident Jacob Zuma se onlangse besoek aan Indië wek kommer. Die MK-partyleier verskyn op ʼn foto saam met die voortvlugtige Ajay Gupta en Suid-Afrika se hoë kommissaris in Indië, Anil Sooklal, by die Sidipeeth Shri Dakshin Kali tempel in Haridwar. Die minister het ʼn […]
# Cricket: Hosts England will face six-time champions Australia in the T20 Women’s World Cup final at Lord’s on Sunday, after a 40-run victory over South Africa at the Oval. Captain Nat Sciver-Brunt top-scored with 75 off 47 balls and put on a 133-run fourth-wicket stand with Heather Knight, as England posted 169 for five in […]
# Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana says African countries should adopt coordinated and forward-looking economic and policy responses to protect their economies against global shocks. He says this will require leveraging critical minerals to drive industrialisation, promoting food security, deepening intra-regional trade integration, and strengthening resilient infrastructure and supply chains. Godongwana has also warned that the […]
