Sunday World News Updates

Springbok utility back Canan Moodie says South Africa have already turned their attention to the highly anticipated Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry (RGR) series against New Zealand following their hard-fought 17-10 victory over Argentina in Buenos Aires last weekend. The Springboks returned to South Africa earlier this week in two groups after… Read more »

Renowned and popular football analyst Junior Khanye has paid an emotional tribute to his former Kaizer Chiefs teammate and homeboy Michael Nkambule who died last week at the Far East Rand Hospital in Springs. Nkambule was 37-year-old and will be buried on Sunday morning in Etwatwa, in Daveyton. He leaves… Read more »

At least 44 people died after a passenger ferry capsized in a lake in Zimbabwe on Tuesday, police said, roughly trebling an earlier estimate of the death count after more bodies were found. Investigations suggested the boat was overloaded when it went over during heavy winds on Lake Kariba, officers… Read more »

Kaizer Chiefs defender Inacio Miguel says he is thinking about the Mamelodi Sundowns attacking threat of Brayan Leon and Tashreeq Matthews, and nothing else. This is after Miguel was asked about his prospects of returning to the Angola national team, following the recent appointment of Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon)… Read more »

Troubled minister of higher education Buti Manamela has blamed “advice from the department” for his contravention of provisions of the NSFAS Act relating to the remuneration of advisors to NSFAS administrator Professor Hlengani Mathebula. The ball is now in director-general Dr Nkosinathi Sishi’s court, to take the fall or rebuff… Read more »

The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) has turned up the heat on Police Portfolio Committee chairperson Ian Cameron, calling for him to appear before the Madlanga commission of inquiry to account under oath over alleged interactions with officials of the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (Idac). The MK Party has also written… Read more »

Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla’s incitement trial is set to collide almost directly with the MK Party’s local government election campaign, placing one of the party’s most recognisable campaigners in court just days before voters go to the polls. The Durban High Court has set her trial down from October 26 to November… Read more »

The Public Servants Association (PSA) has rejected calls to halve educators’ salaries to enable government to employ more teachers, saying such a move would worsen the pressures already facing the country’s education system. The union was responding to remarks attributed to the Efficient Group chief economist Dawie Roodt, who reportedly… Read more »

Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille has called on South Africans to explore their own country as the government seeks to grow tourism through digital innovation, while KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) has warned that the province must do more to capture the growing international tourism market. De Lille officially launched Tourism Month 2026… Read more »

Standard Bank has posted record headline earnings of R26.1 billion for the first six months of 2026, as strong client activity, higher non-interest revenue, and lower credit losses helped the banking giant lift its return on equity (ROE) to 19.8%. In the results for the six months which ended in… Read more »