# The United Nations has expressed concern over fresh threats by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi rebels against Saudi Arabia, and freedom of navigation in the crucial shipping lanes of the Red Sea along Yemen’s coast. A full closure of Bab el-Mandeb could cut global oil supply by seven-percent. The Houthis’ armed forces have imposed a maritime embargo against Saudi Arabia, in […]
# Minister of Health Aaron Motsoaledi has welcomed the Johannesburg High Court granting the National Prosecuting Authority’s Asset Forfeiture Unit a final order, permanently seizing 326-million-rand in assets linked to corruption-accused businessman Hangwani Morgan Maumela. The seizure is tied to the Tembisa Hospital tender fraud and the 2021 assassination of whistleblower Babita Deokaran. The department’s spokesperson, […]
# Soccer: Spain have reclaimed the top spot on the FIFA men’s world rankings after beating Argentina 1-0 to win the World Cup. Argentina slipped to second place while France, beaten 6-4 by England in the third-place play-off, are third. England and Brazil round up the top five. Morocco are the highest-ranked African nation in […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê die regering reageer op die behoefte om toegang tot veilige en betroubare water aan gemeenskappe uit te brei deur die nasionale program om toegang tot water te versnel. Die program is veronderstel om die tyd tussen die identifisering van ʼn gemeenskap se behoefte en die lewering van water te verkort. […]
# Die Amerikaanse minister van Buitelandse Sake, Marco Rubio, sê sy land is steeds bereid om ʼn diplomatieke oplossing met Iran te bereik. Amerika se Weermag het gisteraand die negende agtereenvolgende nag aanvalle op Teheran uitgevoer. Die afgelope drie weke is minstens 50 mense dood en meer as 500 beseer. Sewentien Amerikaanse soldate is in […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says government is responding to the need to expand access to safe and reliable water to underserved communities through the National Water Access Acceleration Programme. The programme is intended to shorten the time between identifying a community’s need and delivering a working water supply. In his weekly newsletter, the president has […]
# Sokker: Frankryk se kaptein, Kylian Mbappé, het die eerste speler geword om ‘n Wêreldbekertoernooi se Goue Stewel twee keer te wen. Sy tien doele maak hom die Wêreldbeker se beste doelskieter ooit met altesaam 22. Rodri, wat ‘n sleutelspeler was in Spanje se opmars na ‘n tweede titel, het die Goue Bal vir beste […]
# Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the US is still open to a diplomatic solution with Iran. The US military launched a ninth consecutive night of strikes in Tehran on Sunday evening. In Iran, at least 50 people have been killed, and more than 500 injured in US strikes over the past three weeks. […]
# Soccer: French captain Kylian Mbappé has won the Golden Boot for the World Cup, becoming the first player to win the award twice. He scored ten goals and is also the tournament’s all-time top scorer with 22. A key figure in Spain’s run to a second men’s World Cup triumph, Rodri, won the Golden […]
