Sunday World News Updates

By Setumo Stone   Young South Africans have ranked Winnie Madikizela-Mandela overwhelmingly ahead of every other South African woman as Africa’s greatest female liberation fighter, placing her at the centre of a generational reassessment of who carried the cost of the struggle against apartheid. Previously unreleased findings from the 2026… Read more »

There are no negotiations between Iran and the United States, though mediators are seeking ways to resume talks and the two sides are exchanging messages through intermediaries, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says. On Sunday, Araghchi said that while efforts were under way to create conditions for resuming negotiations, Iran… Read more »

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made his first official visit to Serbia on Saturday, meeting President Aleksandar Vučić in Belgrade as relations between the two countries continue to warm after several years of careful diplomacy. The two leaders discussed economic cooperation, European integration, security and humanitarian assistance. Serbia also announced humanitarian… Read more »

By Setumo Stone Former Prasa security chief Alexio Papadopulo says the laptop and cellphone police seized from him as evidence in a tender corruption probe contained not only Prasa -related matters but also sensitive political and security information throughout his career, like President Cyril Ramaphosa’s CR17 ANC presidential campaign. While… Read more »

SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has refused to allow Ukraine forces to use his Starlink satellite internet service for drone strikes deep inside Russia’s territory, Ukrainian officials say. Access to the satellite network would be a significant help to Ukraine, currently experiencing heavy Russian bombardment and a shortage of… Read more »

The body that oversees the International Criminal Court (ICC) has urged Chad and Venezuela to reconsider their decisions to withdraw from the court, warning that their departures could undermine global efforts to fight impunity. In a statement from The Hague, the Assembly of States Parties said it viewed the withdrawal… Read more »

By Bongani Mdakane [email protected] DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis has appealed to South Africans to give his party an outright mandate to govern municipalities in the November local government elections, arguing that councils need stable administrations free from political bargaining, patronage and failing service delivery. Launching the DA’s 2026 municipal election… Read more »

Greenland has issued a “strong warning” to a US oil company allegedly linked to US President Donald Trump after equipment for a planned drilling project was brought ashore without approval from local authorities, The Guardian reported. The Greenland government said all future logistical activities related to mineral resources must be… Read more »

By Setumo Stone Former Crime Intelligence Brigadier Tiyani Hlungwani has asked the Madlanga commission to hear evidence that he says explains why Maj-Gen Feroz Khan discussed activating a counter-intelligence operation involving Daily Maverick journalist Marianne Thamm. Hlungwani says Khan’s counter-intelligence section became involved after he lodged a formal complaint about… Read more »

By Setumo Stone A former senior Crime Intelligence official who managed the police’s secret funds says the Madlanga Commission refused to hear evidence that he believes goes to the centre of allegations of corruption, political interference and abuse of intelligence structures. Brigadier Tiyani Lincoln Hlungwani, a former section head of… Read more »