# Former president Thabo Mbeki has cautioned that a direct electoral challenge by the South African Communist Party against the ANC in the 2026 municipal elections could spark confrontation between the two longstanding allies. This comes after SACP spokesperson Mbulelo Mandlana affirmed that the party still regards the ANC as a partner, despite plans to […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared a Special Official Funeral Category 2 for late Ambassador Mninwa Johannes Mahlangu, to be held next Saturday in Middelburg, Mpumalanga. The 72-year-old former National Council of Provinces chairperson and diplomat died on 24 August after a short illness. Presidency spokesperson Vincent Magwenya says Mahlangu, instrumental in drafting South Africa’s […]
# Higher Education and Training Deputy minister Buti Manamela has called for the building of energy programmes for a climate-resilient economy with assistance from the National Treasury. Speaking at the launch of the JET Skills Desk, National Advisory Forum and Multi-Donor Initiative in Johannesburg, Manamela said the initiatives mark a milestone in building a low-carbon […]
Tennis: Carlos Alcaraz surged into the fourth round of the US Open on Friday as American hopes of ending the country’s 22-year wait for a men’s champion suffered a blow with the injury exit of sixth seed Ben Shelton. Spanish second seed Alcaraz breezed past Italian 32nd seed Luciano Darderi with a 6-2, 6-4, 6-0 […]
# Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has been blocked from attending the UN General Assembly session in New York next month after he and 80 other Palestinian officials had their visas revoked. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio blamed them for undermining peace efforts and for seeking the recognition of a Palestinian state. The decision is […]
# Frankryk, Duitsland en Brittanje het met die proses begin om die Verenigde Nasies se sanksies teen Iran weer in te stel om sy kernprogram in toom te hou. Dis in 2015 opgehef. Die nuwe sanksies sluit in die bevriesing van bates, opskorting van wapenooreenkomste en die beperking van enige ontwikkeling van Iran se ballistiese […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê die land moet deursigtige, betroubare en etiese privaat en openbare instellings bou waar korrupsie nie kan wortel skiet nie. Hy het die sluitingsverslag van die Nasionale Teenkorrupsie-adviesraad ontvang. Die raad is in September 2022 gestig om die instel van Nasionale Teenkorrupsie-strategie te lei en onder meer raad te gee oor […]
# Die nasionale direkteur van Openbare Vervolging, Shamila Batohi, sê staatskapingsake sal tyd neem. Skuldigbevindings het wel verbeter, maar die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag se werk word in die skadu gestel deur ‘n gebrek aan skuldigbevindings in staatskapingsake, byna drie jaar nadat die Zondo-kommissie se verslag afgehandel is. Batohi het tydens ‘n paneelbespreking van Daily Maverick gesê […]
# France, Germany and the United Kingdom have begun the process to reimpose United Nations sanctions on Iran, which were lifted in 2015, in a bid to restrain its nuclear programme. The sanctions include freezing Iranian assets, halting arms deals with Tehran, and penalising any development of its ballistic missile programme. The three European nations, […]
