# Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, has warned that Russia’s brutality cannot be stopped without strong international pressure. This comes after Moscow launched over drones and missiles into Kyiv over the weekend, killing 12 people, including children. Russia’s Defence Ministry says it had inflicted damage on targets including military airfields, ammunition depots and electronic warfare stations. […]
# Tennis: World number one Aryna Sabalenka got her French Open campaign to a winning start. The Belarusian defeated Russia’s Kamilla Rakhimova, 6-1, 6-0, to move to the second round. Italy’s Jasmine Paolini battled past China’s Yuan Yue, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3, while former world number two Czech Petra Kvitova was knocked out. In the men’s […]
# National Police Commissioner, Fannie Masemola, says they are on high alert following WhatsApp messages warning of a shutdown in Gauteng today. The messages seek to mobilise communities to block highways, close schools, shut down the American embassy and Consulate, as well as close down targeted American businesses and food outlets in the province. National […]
# COPE has condemned minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Solly Malatsi’s decision to tamper with the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment legislation. The minister has published a policy direction for public comment, which provides communication licence applicants with a workaround to a rule that requires license holders to be 30-percent owned by historically disadvantaged group. […]
# Die DA sê dis tyd vir die regering om vertroue te herbou, integriteit te herstel en werklike aanspreeklikheid van die Departement van Verdediging te vereis. President Cyril Ramaphosa het die Spesiale Ondersoekeenheid gemagtig om ondersoek in te stel na ernstige bewerings van korrupsie en wanbestuur in die departement. Chris Hattingh van die DA sê […]
# The DA says it’s time for government to rebuild trust, restore integrity, and bring real accountability to the Department of Defence. President Cyril Ramaphosa authorised the Special Investigating Unit to probe into the serious allegations of corruption and mismanagement in the department. The DA’s Chris Hattingh says despite multiple oversight reports from Parliament, there’s […]
# Die Pumas het hul eerste SA Beker-titel verower toe hulle Griekwas in Saterdag se eindstryd by die Mbombela-stadion in Nelspruit verslaan het. Griekwas se voorryspeler, Cebo Dlamini, het ‘n 20-minute rooikaart in die sewende minuut ontvang ná ‘n kop-aan-kop-duikslag, en die tuisspan het skaars ‘n minuut later ‘n doel aangeteken, wat Griekwas vir die […]
# Die nywerheidsvakbond GIWUSA sê terwyl die vasteland Afrikadag herdenk, beskerm die Suid-Afrikaanse regering diktatorskappe in Afrika terwyl hulle voorgee dat hulle demokrasie voorstaan. Giwusa-president, Mametlwe Sebei, sê dit gebeur in Eswatini, Zimbabwe, Uganda en Egipte, terwyl die regering bande met Israel handhaaf maar ook aanspraak maak op solidariteit met Palestina:
# Rusland het die Oekraïnse hoofstad Kyiv vir ‘n tweede nag met missiele en hommeltuie aangeval terwyl die twee lande honderde krygsgevangenes uitgeruil het. CNN berig drie mense is oornag dood in aanvalle op die streek rondom die Oekraïnse hoofstad, ‘n dag nadat minstens 13 mense regoor Oekraïne in Russiese aanvalle dood is. Die aanslag […]