# The Gaza-bound Madleen of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition docked in the Israeli port of Ashdod on Monday evening after being intercepted by Israel. The boat was carrying humanitarian aid and human rights defenders, including climate activist Greta Thunberg. The Israel Foreign Ministry says the passengers underwent medical examinations and were sent to the Ben Gurion Airport […]
# Golf: Three additional players have earned full exemptions into this week’s US Open Championship, while five alternates from final qualifying have been added to complete the 156-player field. New Zealand’s Ryan Fox won the Canadian Open to secure his place in the major championship. Americans Cameron Young and Bud Cauley also earned full exemptions into […]
# Finance minister Enoch Godongwana says South Africa’s ongoing partnership with the World Bank will assist the country to move forward with greater speed on the reforms vital to transforming the infrastructure landscape. This comes as the World Bank has approved an approximately 26.5-billion-rand loan to support structural reforms aimed at boosting the country’s infrastructure. […]
# Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, is attending the Ministerial Coordination Meeting of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Changsha, Hunan province, from today until Thursday. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the implementation of the outcomes of the 2024 FOCAC Summit. The department’s spokesperson, Chrispin Phiri, says the FOCAC […]
# The MK Party says it rejects DA Federal chairperson Helen Zille’s intention to pursue mayoral candidacy in the City of Johannesburg. Zille has indicated that she has been approached to run for the position in the 2026 local government elections, which she is considering. The MK Party’s spokesperson, Nhlamulo Ndhlela, says it is nonsensical […]
# Die minister van Polisie, Senzo Mchunu, het ‘n advertensie vir die pos vir ‘n nuwe hoof vir die Valke onttrek. Die voormalige hoof, Godfrey Lebeya, het verlede maand afgetree ná sewe jaar in die pos. Mchunu het aan News24 gesê hy het besluit om die advertensie te onttrek nadat hy die korttermyn-onbestendigheid van ʼn […]
# ‘n Amerikaanse afvaardiging onder leiding van die Minister van Handel, Howard Lutnick, vergader vandag met Chinese amptenare in Londen in gesprekke wat gemik is op die oplossing van die handelsoorlog tussen die wêreld se twee grootste ekonomieë. ‘n Negentig-dae handelsooreenkoms vroeër vandeesmaand het daartoe gelei dat die VSA sy algehele tariewe op Chinese goedere […]
# Motorsport: Die sesmalige MotoGP-kampioen, Marc Marquez, het sy voorsprong in die motorfietsryerskampioenskap vergroot ná sy vierde oorwinning van die seisoen by die Aragon Grand Prix in Spanje. Sy jonger broer, Alex, is tweede en Francesco Bagnaia is derde. Die Suid-Afrikaner, Brad Binder, kon nie ʼn plek op die podium haal nie. Marquez, wat ʼn […]
# Die DA beskuldig die minister van Verdediging en Militêre Veterane, Angie Motshekga van sabotasie oor die ontwrigting van ‘n kritieke parlementêre oorsigsessie by die Simonstad-vlootbasis. Chris Hattingh van die party sê die vergadering sou die langdurige konflik tussen die Vloot en Krygkor bylê oor vlootkontrakte, swak haweprestasie en ‘n verslegtende onderhoudsagterstand. Hy sê die […]
