Sunday World News Updates

Former Sizok’thola presenter and ActionSA’s Ekurhuleni mayoral candidate Xolani Khumalo has thrown his weight behind growing calls for South Africans to reclaim control of township spaza shops, promising a sweeping audit of foreign-owned businesses if he wins November’s local government elections. The political stance comes amid rising anti-illegal immigration sentiment… Read more »

Bafana Bafana players are counting the hours and will be anxious to know if they will be getting a seat on the South African plane that will depart for the 2026 Fifa World Cup to be held in USA, Mexico and Canada. Bafana coach Hugo Broos will, together with SA… Read more »

African Transformation Movement (ATM) leader Vuyo Zungula wants President Cyril Ramaphosa’s court challenge against the Section 89 impeachment process to be fast-tracked, arguing that the matter is too important to be dragged out through lengthy legal delays. In a letter sent by Ashersons Attorneys to Ramaphosa’s legal team and the… Read more »

In anticipation of the eagerly awaited final Bafana Bafana 2026 FIFA World Cup squad announcement, national team sponsor Standard Bank hosted a send-off breakfast for the team at their headquarters in Rosebank on Wednesday. Led by coach Hugo Broos, all 32 Bafana players who are in the preliminary squad attended… Read more »

South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs has revealed that only 10 out of approximately 300 Ghanaian nationals who applied for voluntary repatriation were found to be legally residing in the country. The group was scheduled to depart on a repatriation flight to Accra from OR Tambo International Airport on Tuesday… Read more »

President Cyril Ramaphosa has been ordered to pay the legal costs of activists who took his government to court before the 2024 general elections over concerns that changes to South Africa’s political funding laws had created uncertainty around donation limits and transparency. A full bench of three judges in the… Read more »

“Companheiros! Companheiras!” shouts a man called Enric, standing on a covered septic tank in the parking lot of the Pensão Vincente in Chiúre. It is the morning muster, and a group of drivers, doctors, nurses, and counsellors, all wearing white Médicos Sem Fronteiras (MSF) flak jackets, assembles in and amongst… Read more »

Taxi tycoons Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni and Bafana Sindane’s multimillion-rand extortion case will be back in court on Thursday. This was confirmed by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) on Wednesday after the Kwaggafontein Magistrate’s Court case struck the case off the roll last week on Monday. Sibanyoni and his co-accused, who… Read more »

One month into the conflict that erupted between Iran, the US and Israel, South Africa finds itself tightly strung between competing geopolitical forces, compelled by history, economics and regional solidarity to strike a cautious balance. Tehran is a fellow member of the expanding Brics+ bloc alongside Pretoria, while Washington remains… Read more »

Ethiopia says it is strengthening preparedness and surveillance measures to prevent a possible Ebola outbreak, as health authorities across Africa step up monitoring following rising cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. In a statement issued on Monday, Ethiopia’s Ministry of Health said no suspected or confirmed… Read more »