# Twelve passengers were killed when a truck and a bus collided head-on on the R34 Road near Vryheid in KwaZulu-Natal last night. Both drivers of the bus and the truck survived the crash and are in the hospital. Provincial Transport and Human Settlements spokesperson, Ndabezinhle Sibiya, says they are establishing facts around reports that […]
# US president Donald Trump is returning to Washington a day early from the Group of 7 summit in Canada to monitor developments in the Middle East. This comes as at least 224 people have been killed by Israeli strikes since Friday, while 24 have been killed in retaliatory strikes in Israel. The schedule change will […]
# Soccer: Banyana Banyana forward Jermaine Seoposenwe will retire from international football after next month’s Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco. The 31-year-old is one of ten players who have earned over 100 caps for Banyana in a career spanning 15 years, having made her senior debut in 2010. She has played at two […]
# Deputy president Paul Mashatile says Finance minister Enoch Godongwana will have the final say on the budget for the upcoming National Dialogue. The first National Convention to enable an all-inclusive process will be convened on 15 August to set the agenda for the dialogue. The dialogue’s preparatory committee has projected the cost to exceed 700-million-rand. […]
#Gewigoptel: Die Suid-Afrikaanse gewigopteller Rayno Nel is die wenner van die Sterkman Kampioenskap Wêreldtoer in Nederland waar hy 14 kragmanne van oor die wêreld uitgestof het. Dis sy derde agtereenvolgende titel. Die Hollander Kevin Hazeleger was tweede, met Adam Roszkowski van Pole in die derde plek. Nel het in Mei geskiedenis gemaak toe hy die […]
# Tennis: Taylor Fritz defeated Alexander Zverev in straight sets in Stuttgart on Sunday to win his first ATP title of the season. The American eased to a 6-3, 7-6 victory despite being held up by rain early in the second set. Fritz has now won his last five meetings with Zverev and is set […]
# Doctors in India say 270 bodies have been recovered from the site of Thursday’s Air India crash in Ahmedabad. The London-bound flight crashed into a residential area shortly after take-off, killing all but one of the 242 passengers and crew. Vigils have been held across India and the United Kingdom. India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation […]
# Political Analyst Bheki Mngomezulu says the Government of National Unity has an identity crisis. This week marks one year since the GNU was formed after the ANC dropped to 40-percent in the 2024 elections. Mngomezulu says the coalition is slow in service delivery, with weak cohesion among ministers. Speaking to SABC News, Mngomezulu warns […]
# Weightlifting: South African weightlifter Rayno Nel has clinched victory at the Strongman Champions League World Tour in the Netherlands, defeating 14 global powerhouses. It marks his third consecutive title. Kevin Hazeleger of the Netherlands was placed second, with Poland’s Adam Roszkowski third. Nel made history in May by becoming the first African to win […]
