# US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will visit Russia and Ukraine this weekend, as efforts to end the war appear to be gathering pace. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed he will meet the envoys tomorrow, after they visit Moscow today to hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Witkoff and Kushner have led […]
# Transnet sê die herstel van die Kaapse Hooflyn-spoorverbinding is voltooi na stormskade in Mei. Swaar reënval, sterk wind en oorstromings op 11 en 12 Mei het tot omvattende skade gelei met dele van die lyn wat vir meer as twee maande gesluit was. Die vragkorridor verbind Kaapstad met Suid-Afrika se binnelandse spoorwegnetwerk, vir die […]
# Die Hooggeregshof in Johannesburg het uitspraak voorbehou in die moordverhoor van Bafana Mahungela, wat daarvan beskuldig word dat hy die Sandton-onderwyseres Kirsten Kluyts vermoor het. Kluyts is in Oktober 2023 vermoor terwyl sy aan ‘n atletiekbyeenkoms deelgeneem het. Die staat beweer sy is met ‘n stomp voorwerp aangeval en verwurg. Mahungela staan tereg op […]
# Tennis: Die verdedigende enkelspelkampioene Carlos Alcaraz en Aryna Sabalenka is gister gemaklik deur na die laaste 16 van die Amerikaanse Ope, terwyl tennis-ikone Serena en Venus Williams ‘n nederlaag gely het in hul langverwagte terugkeer na Grand Slam-dubbelspel. Alcaraz het Wu Yibing van China in drie stelle geklop om sy plek in die vierde […]
# Die Speaker van die Nasionale Vergadering, Thoko Didiza, het die MK-party se oproep verwerp om die RISE Mzansi-parlementslid, Makashule Gana, as voorsitter van die Parlement se Artikel 89-ampsklagkomitee te verwyder. Die MK se parlementêre leier, John Hlophe, voer aan Gana is nie onpartydig nie, omdat sy party deel is van die Regering van Nasionale […]
# Tennis: Defending singles champions Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka sailed into the last 16 of the US Open yesterday, while tennis icons Serena and Venus Williams suffered defeat in their long-awaited return to Grand Slam doubles. Alcaraz beat China’s Wu Yibing 6-3, 6-4, 6-1 to book his place in the fourth round while Sabalenka […]
# National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza has rejected the MK Party’s call to remove RISE Mzansi Member of Parliament Makashule Gana as chair of Parliament’s Section 89 Impeachment Committee. MK parliamentary leader John Hlophe argued Gana could not be impartial because his party is part of the Government of National Unity. Gana was elected 19 […]
# Northern Cape police say sexual offences increased by 32-point-five percent between April and June, with rape cases rising by 43.4-percent. Provincial Police Commissioner Koliswa Otola says many victims know their alleged perpetrators, some rape cases involve children of the same age, while others involve older offenders. She is urging communities to work closely with […]
# The High Court in Johannesburg has reserved judgment in the murder trial of Bafana Mahungela, accused of killing Sandton teacher Kirsten Kluyts. Kluyts was killed in October 2023 while participating in an athletic event. The State alleges she died from blunt-force trauma and strangulation. Mahungela faces charges including kidnapping, robbery with aggravating circumstances, murder […]
