Sunday World News Updates

If the World Cup is supposed to promote harmony in football, the latest controversy around FIFA is certainly provoking a loud and unified vocal chorus from around the world. In an extraordinary turn of events, world football’s governing body overturned a suspension for the US star striker Folarin Balogun –… Read more »

The third season of Married At First Sight Mzansi began with an emotional episode as four strangers walked down the aisle to marry complete strangers, with some couples connecting instantly while others had awkward first encounters. The season premiere introduced viewers to the eight brave singles who have entrusted a… Read more »

South Africans may soon have to pay more for one of the country’s most-loved winter comfort foods after a bureaucratic dispute disrupted imports of oxtail from Argentina. Administrative error The Association of Meat Importers and Exporters South Africa (AMIESA) has warned that delays linked to an administrative error in import… Read more »

The basic education department says it has replaced every unsafe pit toilet identified in its 2018 national audit. Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube announced during a visit to Dimbaza Primary School in the Eastern Cape on Monday. She announced that the Sanitation Appropriate for Education (SAFE) initiative has now provided… Read more »

The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry evidence leader, Advocate Adila Hassim, has questioned why deputy crime intelligence head Major-General Feroz Khan appeared to have an interest in a luxury trip to London taken by former Ekurhuleni city manager Imogen Mashazi. She proved it as she continued presenting evidence before the commission… Read more »

President Cyril Ramaphosa has broken his silence following allegations that former Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Tony Leon and the party’s former chief executive, Paul Boughey, used public affairs firm Resolve Communications to lobby government ministers over matters affecting private clients. The allegations against the pair were made by Steenhuisen in… Read more »

Two men who have been accused of illegally fitting blue lights to a private vehicle have been released on R10,000 bail each after appearing in the Pretoria Magistrates’ Court on Monday. Afzal Abramjee (40), from Centurion, and Manuel Sarafim Pinto (49), a Mozambican national living in Robertsham, Johannesburg, are charged… Read more »

The Gauteng Department of Infrastructure Development (DID) has warned that disputes between contractors and subcontractors must not be allowed to derail the completion of Semphato Secondary School in Soshanguve, as it prepares to investigate allegations linked to the delayed project. The department announced that it will launch an official investigation… Read more »

The South African government has expressed its condolences to the family of a Malawian national who died while being repatriated to Malawi as part of an ongoing migration operation. In a statement issued on Monday, the inter-ministerial committee (IMC) on migration said the passenger was travelling on a Malawi-bound bus… Read more »

UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday warned that artificial intelligence is developing faster than anyone can keep up with, calling for globally harmonised rules to reduce potential risks, especially to children. “A technology that can reshape economies, transform the world of work, sway elections and tilt the balance of security… Read more »