Sunday World News Updates

Fleet management company Afrirent Holdings has launched a recruitment drive after securing a 60-month national fleet management contract that will expand its operations across all nine provinces and create hundreds of permanent jobs. The new contract, which strengthens the company’s presence across public sector entities and commercial clients, has already… Read more »

US President Donald Trump warned Iran that the United States will likely ​engage in additional strikes on Wednesday night after ‌attacks the previous day. “I’ll give a little warning: We’re going to hit them hard tonight,” Trump told reporters at the NATO summit in ​Türkiye before his meeting with Ukrainian… Read more »

The National Treasury has appointed external forensic investigators to probe allegations that a former employee improperly influenced the awarding of transversal contracts, following testimony presented at the Madlanga commission of inquiry. In a statement on Wednesday, the department said the investigation was prompted by allegations made before the commission that… Read more »

Disbarred attorney Peet Viljoen’s bid for bail has been postponed to July 23 after his legal team successfully requested more time to respond to a 458-page bundle of evidence presented by the state in the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court. Viljoen, who faces about 400 charges including fraud, corruption, theft,… Read more »

Last night, in a highly charged Last-16 encounter, Lionel Messi added more goals to his tally and entrenched himself at the top of the overall World Cup scoring charts in the match against the Pharaohs of Egypt. Messi grabbed one more goal to add to his tally of 21 goals… Read more »

Business Women’s Association of South Africa founder and president Dawn Marole has resigned as an independent non-executive director of gaming, hospitality and entertainment group Sun International, with immediate effect. The company announced on Wednesday that Marole had stepped down from the board after serving for four years, citing personal reasons… Read more »

South African audiences now have another way to keep up with e.tv’s newest primetime drama, The Four of Us, following a landmark content licensing agreement between eMedia and global streaming giant Netflix. The partnership, announced on Tuesday, will see selected e.tv original productions made available to Netflix subscribers across Africa,… Read more »

Following a heartbreaking defeat to defending champions Argentina on Tuesday night in Atlanta, the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) has expressed its displeasure with how the match officiating was biased and cost them the game. Egypt threw away a two-goal lead only to suffer a 3-2 defeat in Atlanta. Argentina scored… Read more »

The bail application of disbarred attorney Peet Viljoen took a dramatic turn in the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on Wednesday, with Viljoen insisting he is not a flight risk, while the state portrayed him as a man who sold off his assets, fled the country and has no verifiable… Read more »

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has directed the country’s competition regulator to investigate major technology companies over alleged anti-competitive practices and unauthorised use of news content, the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) said late on Monday. The FCCPC said the inquiry would examine complaints by Nigerian media groups against… Read more »