# Soccer: Sport, Arts and Culture minister Gayton McKenzie has stressed the importance of the video assistant referee system after Nigeria’s controversial handball goal against South Africa in yesterday’s World Cup qualifier in Bloemfontein. The 42nd-minute strike saw the Super Eagles hold Bafana Bafana to a 1-all draw. Despite the setback, South Africa remains top […]
# The Congress of South African Trade Unions has welcomed the 20-year prison sentences handed to seven Chinese nationals convicted of human trafficking and child labour by the High Court in Johannesburg. Arrested in 2019, the seven Chinese nationals forced 91 Malawian nationals, including children, to work long hours under armed guard. COSATU’s Zanele Sabela […]
# Die president, Cyril Ramaphosa, sê die regering gaan binnekort ‘n nuwe ambassadeur na Amerika aanstel. In reaksie op vrae in die parlement, het Ramaphosa gesê die gekose kandidaat sal ervare wees, goed afgerond, en kennis hê van globale politiek en die Amerikaanse mark. Hy het aangedui dat verskeie aansoekers belangstelling getoon het, en die […]
# The Israeli military says it targeted senior Hamas leaders, after AFP journalists in Doha reported explosions and smoke rising above the Qatari capital, where the Palestinian group’s political bureau is based. The military says it conducted a precise strike targeting the senior leadership of Hamas, without specifying where the strike took place. The armed […]
# Die vlieërplankryer Graham Howes van Bloubergstrand in Kaapstad se liggaam is gevind ná ‘n uitgebreide see-, lug- en kuslynsoektog. Die 38-jarige is gisteraand as vermis aangemeld nadat hy nie huis toe gekom het nadat hy die middag vlieërplank gery het by Eden-on-the-Bay nie. Hy is laas gesien op ‘n blou en swart vlieërplank met […]
# The body of kite-boarder Graham Howes from Blouberg Strand, Cape Town, has been found following an extensive sea, air, and shoreline search today. The 38-year-old was reported missing yesterday evening after failing to return home from an afternoon kite-boarding session off Eden on the Bay. He was last seen on a blue and black […]
# Die Chinese president, Xi Jinping, sê BRICS-lande moet verenig om multi-lateralisme te verdedig, oop handel te bevorder en samewerking vir gedeelde ontwikkeling te versterk. Hy het met die hulp van ‘n tolk gepraat tydens die virtuele BRICS-leiersberaad en gewaarsku handelsoorloë en versperrings ontwrig die wêreldekonomie. Xi het lidlande aangespoor om saam te werk met […]
# The Madlanga Commission says it’s all systems go for public hearings starting next Wednesday at the Brigitte Mabandla Justice College in Pretoria. KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, who made allegations of criminality, political interference, and corruption in policing, will be the first witness. Giving an update on the state of readiness, the commission’s spokesperson, […]
# Die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria het uitspraak voorbehou in die geskil tussen die ontslape Zambiese oudpresident, Edgar Lungu, se familie en die Zambiese regering. Die familie het ‘n uitspraak betwis wat Zambië toelaat om sy liggaam te repatrieer vir ‘n staatsbegrafnis. Die regsverteenwoordiger, Tembeka Ngcukaitobi, voer aan die weduwee se regte en Suid-Afrikaanse wetgewing moet […]
