# Australians will vote today to pick their next government, deciding a hard-fought election shaped by living costs, climate anxiety and Trump tariffs. They will choose between left-leaning incumbent Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and conservative challenger Peter Dutton. A slew of opinion polls leading up to election day indicate Albanese’s governing Labor Party will win […]
# Joslin Smith’s paternal grandmother, Rita Yon, has welcomed the guilty verdict by the Western Cape High Court in Saldanha Bay. Judge Nathan Erasmus found the seven-year-old’s mother, Kelly Smith, Jacquen Appollis, and Steveno van Rhyn guilty of kidnapping and human trafficking. The court ruled the trio trafficked Joslin for exploitation. However, Yon says she […]
# Krieket: Ben Stokes het die groen lig gekry om Engeland later vandeesmaand in hul eenmalige toets teen Zimbabwe aan te voer nadat hy in ’n groep van 13 spelers ingesluit is. Die 33-jarige veelsydige speler het van ‘n operasie herstel nadat hy in Desember in Nieu-Seeland ‘n dyspier beseer het. Dit was die tweede […]
# Netcare has reaffirmed its commitment to critical emergency care following reports regarding the treatment of a Johannesburg Metro Police Department officer. According to Netcare managing director, Erich Bock, the officer received immediate lifesaving care at Netcare Milpark Hospital on Wednesday and was later transferred for further treatment. Bock confirmed full support for the officer […]
# Cricket: Ben Stokes was given the all-clear to captain England in their one-off Test against Zimbabwe later this month as he was named in a 13-man squad. The 33-year-old all-rounder has been recovering from hamstring surgery after breaking down in New Zealand in December, his second hamstring tear in five months. Stokes is set […]
# Rugby: Haashim Pead het twee drieë gedruk en die Junior Springbokke het die Argentyne met 36-25 verslaan in die eerste ronde van die Onder 20-Rugbykampioenskap by die Nelson Mandelabaai-stadion in Gqeberha. Suid-Afrika was teen rustyd agter met 20-15, maar het teruggeveg en die sege behaal. Intussen het Sid Harvey in die doodsnikke ʼn drie […]
# Amerika se Nasionale Veiligheidsraadgewer, Mike Waltz, gaan volgens berigte in die komende dae sy pos verlaat. Hy het in Maart per abuis die Atlantic se hoofredakteur, Jeffrey Goldberg, by die Signal-groepsgesprek ingesluit. Die groep bestaan uit hooggeplaaste amptenare wat beplande militêre aanvalle bespreek, insluitend dié in Jemen. Waltz se adjunk, Alex Wong, gaan na verwagting […]
# Vier-en-veertig buitelandse burgers wat vermoedelik slagoffers van mensehandel is, is Donderdag by ʼn huis in Parkmore, Johannesburg, gered. ʼn Groep privaat sekerheidsbeamptes het die groep gevind toe hulle die gebied gepatrolleer het ná klagtes oor verdagte geluide by die woning. Die polisiewoordvoerder, Mavela Masondo, sê daar is vermoedelik 44 Ethiopiese burgers waarvan 17 minderjarig […]
# Die DA-leier John Steenhuisen sê daar is vandag hoop vir werkskepping en ekonomiese groei in Suid-Afrika omdat die land se rigting en pad in verlede jaar se verkiesing verander het. Werkloosheid onder die land se jeug staan op 44,6-persent teenoor 43,2-persent in die vorige kwartaal. Steenhuisen sê die regering moet die struikelblokke verwyder wat […]
