Sunday World News Updates

The ANC’s top seven leaders have hit a deadlock over the selection of party mayoral candidates, with Johannesburg and Tshwane emerging as the biggest obstacles in the attempt to finalise the faces of its local government election campaign. Sunday World understands that the highly anticipated announcement of the ANC’s mayoral… Read more »

BEIJING: Half a century ago, a barefoot doctor in rural China might have carried little more than a bag of basic medicines, a few syringes and a dozen or so needles. Today, the humble practitioners have given way to a vast and diverse healthcare workforce operating in the world’s largest… Read more »

A push to freeze former Investigating Directorate Against Corruption head Andrea Johnson’s pension faces a legal hurdle, with government insiders warning that allegations alone cannot justify withholding retirement benefits. Government insiders informed Sunday World that a written request from the camp of SAPS crime intelligence head Lt-Gen Dumisani Khumalo was… Read more »

BEIJING: China and Ecuador should strengthen the synergy of their development strategies and implement the cooperation plan for jointly building the Belt and Road Initiative, Chinese President Xi Jinping says. The two countries should deliver on cooperation projects in energy, minerals, infrastructure, finance and other sectors, and explore cooperation in… Read more »

The Israel Defence Forces has fired towards a militant who was in the final stages of preparing an attack in southern Syria, citing threats to its soldiers, days after Israeli strikes on a Syrian airbase near the Turkish border, the IDF says. The strike place as tension between Israel and… Read more »

Ethiopian Airlines, the largest airline in Africa and one of the fastest-growing airline brands globally, has announced its new flight service to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). “Ethiopian Airlines is increasing its service to the DRC with daily midday flights to and from Kinshasa starting December 1, 2026,”… Read more »

The ambitious R30-billion smart city that billionaire businessman Robert Gumede envisions for state-owned land south of Mbombela has encountered an early obstacle: contractual obligations, current residents, and the future of lucrative citrus land all still up for negotiation. The enormous development could eventually spawn at least 8 000 homes and apartments,… Read more »

Canada is “at war” over trade with the United States and starting on September 8, 2026, the country will impose tariffs on imports of US steel, electronics and other products in retaliation for US President Donald Trump’s new 50% tariffs, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says. “Canada will match Washington’s… Read more »

Diversified miner Exxaro has opened the door to a possible disposal of its 24.4% stake in Black Mountain Mining. On Thursday, Exxaro announced that group headline earnings per share, a key profit measure, fell 20% to R13.77 due to weaker contributions from Black Mountain and Sishen Iron Ore Company (SIOC)… Read more »

“Since I joined Hisense, my life has changed. We’ve grown; I’ve grown with Hisense.” For Hugh Stephens, the words capture more than a career spanning more than a decade at Hisense South Africa (Hisense SA) Industrial Park. They tell the story of how a new job opportunity in Atlantis grew… Read more »