# The EFF in Gauteng says it has resolved to embark on a march to the white-Afrikaner only settlement of Kleinfontein near Pretoria today. Last year, the Gauteng High Court declared Kleinfontein to be an illegal settlement that was not compliant with the Tshwane Municipality’s land use regulations. The EFF’s, Dumisani Baleni, says this march […]
# The SACP says its decision to contest the 2026 local government elections is not for narrow party-political reasons, but a direct response to the crisis of working-class representation. The SACP will be contesting the elections for the first time outside of its alliance with the ANC. It says that for years, decisions about the […]
# Tennis: World number one Aryna Sabalenka will face Coco Gauff in the Madrid Open final on Saturday. Belarusian Sabalenka beat Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina, 6-3, 7-5 in the semifinal, while Gauff dispatched reigning champion Iga Swiatek of Poland, 6-1, 6-1. In the men’s draw, Norwegian Casper Ruud defeated Russia’s Daniil Medvedev, 6-3, 7-5, to reach the […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has defended the Employment Equity Amendment Act, saying the legislation seeks to correct what apartheid did to the country. The DA is challenging the employment equity quotas in the Act in court, which it says are merely racial exclusion under a new name. The Act sets hiring quotas for 18 economic […]
# The South African National Defence Force says it has started the phased withdrawal of its personnel and equipment from the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. This follows a directive issued by the Southern African Development Community. Last month, SADC decided to end its deployment in the DRC after 17 soldiers died in the conflict […]
# Finance minister Enoch Godongwana says only president Cyril Ramaphosa has the authority to remove him from office. This comes amid public and political backlash over the proposed VAT hike. The minister was responding to calls for his resignation, after initially announcing a 0.5-percentage point VAT increase, which has since been reversed. Godongwana told the […]
# The ANC says it will continue building consensus within the government of national unity to secure a progressive and transformative fiscal path. ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula says the reversal of the proposed VAT hike is not a legal victory for the DA and EFF, but a democratic resolution reached through consultation and political maturity. […]
# Cricket: Bangladesh won the second and final Test against Zimbabwe by an innings and 106 runs for a decisive victory in less than three days, to level the series. Zimbabwe scored 227 in their first innings after winning the toss, with Bangladesh scoring a formidable 444 in response. The visitors then collapsed for 111 […]
# The World Bank has warned that global commodity prices are projected to fall to their lowest level since 2020, by 2026. The drop driven by ample oil supply and weaker growth may ease inflation but threatens two-thirds of developing economies. The bank reports that energy prices, including Brent crude oil and coal, are expected […]
