# Cricket: Fast bowler Darcie Brown has been left out of Australia’s 15-player squad for the Women’s T20 World Cup in England. Selectors have opted for inexperienced left-armer Lucy Hamilton in her place. All-rounder Sophie Molineux has been passed fit and will captain the side. The experienced Ellyse Perry and Beth Mooney are also in the […]
# US president Donald Trump says he does not need Chinese president Xi Jinping’s help to end the war with Iran. The leaders of the world’s two largest economies will hold their first face-to-face talks in more than six months tomorrow. Trump is due to arrive in Beijing this evening, the first visit to China […]
# Minister of Health Aaron Motsoaledi says South Africa is not at risk of a hantavirus outbreak. Ninety-seven contacts in the country are linked to the hantavirus outbreak on the Dutch MV Hondius cruise ship, which resulted in the deaths of three people. Health officials in Johannesburg first detected the virus when treating a British […]
# AfriForum calls for a full investigation into repeated security breaches at South African National Defence Force facilities in Gauteng, including burglaries and weapons theft. The organisation says the incidents raise serious national security concerns and may indicate possible syndicate involvement or internal collusion. It has also offered to assist the SANDF with training on […]
# AfriForum vra ‘n volledige ondersoek na herhaalde sekerheidsbreuke by basisse van die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Weermag in Gauteng, insluitend inbrake en wapendiefstal. Die organisasie sê dit dui op ernstige nasionale veiligheidskwessies en moontlike sindikaatbetrokkenheid of interne samespanning. AfriForum het ook aangebied om die Weermag te help met opleiding oor die uitvoering van sekerheids-beoordelings. Woordvoerder Jacques […]
# Die Vryheidsfront Plus sê president Cyril Ramaphosa se besluit om die Artikel 89-paneel se verslag na vier jaar op hersiening te neem, is ʼn desperate poging om homself te red. Die paneel het prima facie bewyse gevind dat Ramaphosa moontlik ernstige grondwetlike oortredings begaan het wat die Phala Phala-skandaal betref. Die Konstitusionele Hof het […]
# Israelse parlementslede het ‘n nuwe wet aanvaar waarvolgens ‘n spesiale tribunaal geskep word wat die doodstraf sal oplê aan Palestyne wat skuldig bevind is aan die Hamas-geleide aanvalle op Israel op 7 Oktober 2023. Minstens duisend-139 mense is dood tydens die aanvalle in die suide van Israel, en 251 ontvoer en na Gaza geneem. […]
# Sokker: Die Suid-Afrikaanse Sokkervereniging sê die proses begin binnekort om ʼn nuwe hoofafrigter vir Bafana Bafana te vind na Hugo Broos se vertrek. Broos is in sy vyfde en laaste jaar by die span en het aangedui dat hy gaan uittree ná die Wêreldbekertoernooi, wat volgende maand in Noord-Amerika afskop. Die voorsitter van SAFA […]
# The Freedom Front Plus says president Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to take on review the Section 89 independent panel report, nearly four years later, is clearly a desperate attempt to save himself. The panel found prima facie evidence that Ramaphosa may have committed serious constitutional violations linked to the Phala Phala scandal. Last week, the […]