
South Africans Abroad: Yusuf Maart NOT for sale!
Yusuf Maart is flying the South African flag high in Austria so much so that he has attracted interest from Romanian club FC Dinamo 1948.
WEDNESDAY, 22 APRIL 2026, 13:57

Yusuf Maart is flying the South African flag high in Austria so much so that he has attracted interest from Romanian club FC Dinamo 1948.
ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula said that if Social Development Minister Sisisi Tolashe has broken the code of ethics governing Cabinet members, she will be dropped as a minister.

The Russian Embassy has moved to counter media speculation around Errol Musk’s visit to Russia, stressing that no farmer relocation programme exists and that the discussions relate to agricultural investment opportunities
The US military said it killed three people in a strike on an alleged drug-trafficking vessel in the Caribbean, bringing the controversial campaign’s death toll to at least 180.
Kémi Séba, a French-born influencer who’s wanted by Benin in connection with an attempted coup in December, appeared briefly in a court in Pretoria, South Africa’s capital, to face charges of trying to exit the country illegally.
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Romania’s Social Democrats are widely expected to withdraw their support for Liberal Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan on Monday, likely ushering in months of political instability that will pressure debt, credit ratings and the receipt of EU funds.
Philippine and U.S. forces will carry out maritime strike drills on a remote Philippine island near Taiwan during annual exercises that started on Monday, which Manila’s military chief said would test their readiness under “real‑world conditions”.
Russia’s Federal Security Service said on Monday that it had detained a 57-year-old German woman with a bomb in her rucksack as part of what it cast as a false-flag operation directed by Ukrainian intelligence.
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck off the northeastern coast of Japan on Monday, prompting authorities to urge residents to stay away from coastal areas where tsunami waves of up to 3 metres (10 ft) were expected.

In Burkina Faso, more than 70 languages are spoken, armed conflict continues to escalate and half the country’s psychiatrists have left. With few mental health services available, families and traditional healers absorb what the system cannot
Political campaigns in South Africa operate as economic systems, driven by voters’ decisions that influence political behaviour, funding and accountability.

Mop-up operations are under way across parts of Cape Town after heavy weekend downpours triggered localised flooding, but authorities have warned the situation remains precarious with more rain expected in the coming days.
Reactive counter-terrorism posture risks entrenching armed groups in a new corridor linking northwest to southwest Nigeria, writes Taiwo Adebayo in ISS Today.
Israel’s foreign minister and its military condemned the desecration of a crucifix smashed by an Israeli soldier in a southern Lebanese village home to Christians.

Using compressed air to propel pellets of solid carbon dioxide, dry ice blasting removes contaminants from surfaces without damaging the underlying material.
A 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck northern Japan, Japan’s Meteorological Agency said, issuing a tsunami warning for waves up to 3m.