Sunday World News Updates

Come hell or high water, the abandoned Cosatu congress will proceed within 30 days as per the provision by the constitution of the trade union federation. Despite the R12-million from Cosatu coffers that has gone down the drain on food and venue alone from the adjourned congress this week and… Read more »

Lotto results for Wednesday, September 16 2026 Lotto:              24 | 25 | 35 | 38 |44 |49    Bonus Ball: 48 Lotto Plus 1:    02 | 03 | 11 | 29 |31 |39     Bonus Ball: 12 Lotto MAX 5:    16 |… Read more »

Veteran coach and development guru Augusto Palacios has urged South Africans to fully support new Bafana Bafana coach Pitso Mosimane and not compare him with Hugo Broos. Mosimane was recently appointed as Broos’ successor and made his sensational return to the Bafana helm 14 years later. With Broos reviving Bafana… Read more »

Voters in some of South Africa’s biggest metros will face crowded ballot papers in the November 4 local government elections, with the sheer number of political parties contesting forcing the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) to change its ballot. The City of Johannesburg has the highest number of parties… Read more »

The family of 32-year-old Itumeleng Kekana is struggling to come to terms with her death after it was revealed her body was one of those found in Ekurhuleni in recent weeks, after she went missing two months ago. Kekana, who was originally from QwaQwa in the Free State, disappeared in… Read more »

Former SABC sports commentator and businessman Owen Ndlovu has been found dead after he was kidnapped on Tuesday night. Ndlovu, an influential and vocal critic of the South African Music Rights Organisation (Samro), was found dead with gunshot wounds in Tokoza, Ekurhuleni, on Wednesday morning. His wife, Portia Ndlovu, confirmed… Read more »

In a staggering exposure of corruption and systemic rot, the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has laid bare a massive syndicate that aggressively plundered multi-million rand municipal land assets in the City of Ekurhuleni. During an explosive media briefing on Wednesday,  investigators revealed the dark underbelly of a sophisticated land scam… Read more »

South Africa’s hardware, paint and glass retailers remained under pressure in July, even as the broader retail sector posted its strongest annual growth in months. According to the latest figures from Statistics South Africa, overall retail trade sales rose 3.4% year-on-year in real terms during July 2026. However, the hardware… Read more »

Mpumalanga Premier Mandla Ndlovu has delivered a stinging assessment of government’s ability to turn policy into results, saying South Africa may have sound policies, but when it comes to implementation there is “dololo” (nothing). Ndlovu made the unusually candid admission on Wednesday while welcoming delegates to the National Labour Relations… Read more »

Orlando Pirates and Mamelodi Sundowns have finally learnt of the teams that they will face in the second preliminary round of this season’s CAF Champions League – and it will not be an easy ride for the two South African representatives in Africa’s most prestigious club competition. The Buccaneers, who… Read more »