# Tennis: Wild card Alexandra Eala stunned world number two Iga Swiatek of Poland, 6-2, 7-5, to make her first WTA semifinal at the Miami Open. The 19-year-old is the first player from the Philippines to reach a tour-level semifinal. In the men’s draw, Frenchman Arthur Fils rallied from a set down to beat Germany’s […]
# The General Industries Workers Union of South Africa says the possible impending termination of the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act benefits, constitutes part of US president Donald Trump’s economic warfare. Agoa allows African countries to export products to the US tariff-free but there are doubts about its future, especially given South Africa’s strained relations […]
# ActionSA in Johannesburg says the 2023/2024 Auditor General’s report reaffirms its long-standing views about the metro’s financial turmoil. The report highlights amongst other things that debt collection expenses surged from 30-million-rand to 423-million-rand, and electricity losses stand at 1.4-billion-rand. ActionSA’s, Khomo Mashala, says all of this is exacerbated by the widespread mismanagement, wasteful expenditure, […]
# Die parlementêre portefeuljekomitee vir Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging sê hy is bekommerd oor die sluiting van ArcelorMittal Suid-Afrika se langstaal-onderneming. Die komitee het ʼn geslote vergadering met die staalmaker se bestuur gehad. Die maatskappy wil sy langstaalbedrywighede in Newcastle en Vereeniging sluit omdat dit ʼn verlies toon, maar die regering hoop om hierdie week […]
# Tennis: Die sesmalige kampioen Novak Djokovic is die agtste keer deur na die kwarteindronde van die Miami Ope. Die Serwiër het die Italianer Lorenzo Musetti verslaan en kom nou teen die Amerikaner Sebastian Korda te staan, wat die Fransman Gael Monfils uitgeskakel het. Die Italianer Matteo Berrettini en die Amerikaner Taylor Fritz is ook […]
# Die ANC verwelkom oudpresident Kgalema Motlanthe se aanstelling op die paneel wat vredesonderhandelings in die Demokratiese Republiek die Kongo fasiliteer. Die paneel sluit oudpresidente Olusegun Obasanjo van Nigerië, Uhuru Kenyatta van Kenia, Catherine Samba Panza van die Sentraal-Afrikaanse Republiek en Sahle-Work Zewde van Ethiopië in. Die ANC-woordvoerder Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri sê hulle moedig alle partye wat […]
# ‘n Gekoördineerde operasie waarby die polisie in die Vrystaat, die Wes-Kaap, Oos-Kaap en Noord-Kaap betrokke was, het gelei tot die beslaglegging op tik ter waarde van 50-miljoen-rand en die arrestasie van ‘n 35-jarige man. Lede van Aliwal-Noord Speur- en Misdaadintelligensie het inligting ontvang van ‘n vragmotor wat van Smithfield na Aliwal-Noord onderweg was en […]
# Die Vryheidsfront Plus sê president Cyril Ramaphosa beroep hom op die bepalings van die Grondwet in ‘n poging om ‘n nuwe ambassadeur na Amerika aan te stel en draai sy rug op die gees van samewerking in die regering van nasionale eenheid. Die president het gesê dit is nie nodig om met vennote in […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Trade, Industry, and Competition says it is concerned about the closure of ArcelorMittal South Africa’s long steel business. The committee had a closed meeting with the management of the steelmaker. The company is planning to close its loss-making long steel operations in Newcastle and Vereeniging, however government is hoping to […]
