# Soccer: Mamelodi Sundowns coach Miguel Cardoso says they will not be intimidated by Al Ahli’s star-studded squad. Sundowns face the Saudi Arabian club at Loftus Versfeld this afternoon in their first leg of the FIFA Africa-Asia-Pacific Cup. Cardoso says the result will depend on performance, effort and concentration. Sundowns are unbeaten this season and […]
# US President Donald Trump says he is banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, accusing the three outlets of repeatedly reporting what he calls fake news. Trump announced the move on social media and warned other media organisations could face the same treatment. Reuters reports it is unclear how the ban […]
# Scientists have identified a new species of wild cat in Bolivia, the first living feline species to be formally described in more than a century. Called the Tilcayo, the small spotted cat lives in the Yungas cloud forest, where the Andes meet the Amazon. It is smaller than an average domestic cat and weighs […]
# Rugby: Die kaptein van die Springbok-vrouespan, Babalwa Latsha, sê hul wedstrydplan sal die sleutel wees om Wallis vanaand te klop in hul eerste W-15-wêreldreekswedstryd op Cardiff Arms Park. Die twee lande het al agt keer teen mekaar gespeel en Wallis het ses keer gewen, insluitend in 2014 se Wêreldbekertoernooi. Latsha sê hulle het ‘n […]
# Vyftien mense is in die suidelike Nigeriese staat Ondo aangekeer na die dood van 49 mense wat ʼn plaaslik-vervaardigde alkohol-brousel gedrink het wat vermoedelik metanol bevat. Altesaam 182 mense is moontlik geraak. Die staat se Gesondheidskommissaris, Banji Ajaka, sê owerhede het waarneming en kontak-opsporing verskerp om die bron van die giftige brousel op te […]
# Fifteen people have been arrested in connection with the deaths of 49 people who consumed a locally brewed alcoholic concoction suspected to contain methanol in southern Nigeria’s Ondo State. A total of 182 people are believed to have been affected. Ondo State’s Commissioner for Health, Banji Ajaka, says authorities have intensified surveillance and contact […]
# Die speaker van die Nasionale Vergadering, Thoko Didiza, het die ad hoc-komitee gewaarsku om nie van sy mandaat af te wyk nie, sy werk af te handel en sy verslag voor te lê. Die komitee ondersoek beweerde korrupsie en politieke inmenging in die strafregstelsel en het verlede week sy sesde uitstel verkry. Didiza sê […]
# Die minister van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking, Ronald Lamola, is op ‘n werkbesoek aan Amerika waar hy ‘n reeks afsprake in Washington het voor die 81ste Algemene Vergadering van die Verenigde Nasies in New York. Sy besoek volg net dae nadat die Amerikaanse minister van Buitelandse Sake, Marco Rubio, nuwe visumbeperkings aangekondig het vir […]
# Rugby: Springbok Women captain Babalwa Latsha says the execution of their game plan will be key in beating Wales, as they get their W-15 Global Series campaign underway in Cardiff Arms Park this evening. The two nations have played against each other eight times, with Wales coming out on top six times, including the 2014 […]
