# The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry’s Recommendations Investigative Task Team has brought additional charges of defeating and obstructing the course of justice against corruption-accused police Sergeant Fannie Nkosi. Police spokesperson, Athlenda Mathe, says it is alleged that in November 2022, a suspect was arrested for possession of dagga, unlicensed firearms and explosives. She says investigations […]
# The ANC Study Group on Communications and Digital Technologies has welcomed the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa’s response to the policy direction on Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment. ICASA has formally signalled that it cannot give full effect to Communications minister Solly Malatsi’s December 2025 policy direction on B-BBEE without an amendment to the […]
# US president Donald Trump says Chinese leader Xi Jinping has committed to withholding military equipment from Iran. The commitment was made during talks between the two leaders yesterday. Beijing was a major supplier of conventional weapons to Iran in the 1980s, but largely stopped transfers in 2015 after UN Security Council Resolution 2231 increased international […]
# Tennis: World number one Jannik Sinner made history at the Italian Open, breaking Novak Djokovic’s record for successive match wins at ATP Masters one-thousand tournaments. He defeated Russia’s Andrey Rublev, 6-2, 6-4 in the quarterfinals, his 32nd consecutive victory. Sinner will face Russia’s Daniil Medvedev in the semifinal, who beat Spanish lucky loser Martin […]
# Die hoofekonoom van Aluma Capital, Frederick Mitchell, sê hernude politieke onsekerheid rondom president Cyril Ramaphosa en die regering van nasionale eenheid kan lei tot swakker beleggersvertroue en vertraagde hervormings. Die Konstitusionele Hof het die pad gebaan vir die stigting van ‘n parlementêre ampsklagkomitee om Ramaphosa se gedrag in die Phala Phala-saga te ondersoek. Mitchell […]
# Tennis: Die driemalige kampioen, Iga Swiatek, is deur na die Italiaanse Ope se halfeindronde. Die Pool het die vyfde gekeurde Amerikaner, Jessica Pegula, afgeransel in haar eerste oorwinning oor ʼn toptien-teenstander hierdie seisoen. Swiatek kom nou teen Elina Svitolina van Oekraïne te staan wat met Elena Rybakina van Kasakstan afgereken het. In die mansafdeling […]
# Die vakverbond Cosatu sê die Parlement se ampsklagkomitee wat aangestel word om die Artikel 89-verslag oor president Cyril Ramaphosa te beoordeel, is ongrondwetlik. Die komitee sal 31 lede hê, waarvan die ANC nege kry en die DA vyf. Cosatu-woordvoerder Matthew Parks sê die Parlement se besluit oor die verteenwoordiging van partye is ongrondwetlik. Hy […]
# Die Israeliese eerste minister Benjamin Netanyahu sê hy het die Verenigde Arabiese Emirate midde in die oorlog met Iran in die geheim besoek waar hy die president Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan ontmoet het. Hy voer aan dit het gelei tot ‘n geskiedkundige deurbraak in die verhouding tussen die twee lande. Iran het in […]
# Aluma Capital chief economist, Frederick Mitchell, says renewed political uncertainty around president Cyril Ramaphosa and the government of national unity could see weaker investor confidence and delayed reforms. The Constitutional Court has cleared the path for a parliamentary impeachment committee to be established into Ramaphosa’s conduct in the Phala Phala saga. Mitchell says to […]
