Trump’s grand sporting season begins with UFC fights on White House lawn
President Donald Trump’s run of high-profile sporting events begins this week in Washington, with the U.S. leader eager to project an image of strength at home and abroad.
TUESDAY, 16 JUNE 2026, 08:08
President Donald Trump’s run of high-profile sporting events begins this week in Washington, with the U.S. leader eager to project an image of strength at home and abroad.
Bafana Bafana suffered a 2-0 defeat to Mexico in their opening World Cup match, their first appearance at the tournament in 16 years. What went wrong?
The rand strengthened by about 2% overnight after US President Donald Trump cancelled planned strikes on Iran, saying that a peace deal could be signed this weekend.
Despite the World Cup’s arrival, many hotels are cutting rates as international travel lags, leaving the tourism industry grappling with unmet expectations and growing disappointment.

Fadlu Davids has been sacked by Moroccan giants Raja Club Athletic with seven games to go despite still being in the title race.
Sung Kang is one of the most popular actors in the Fast and Furious movie franchise, and there is hardly a petrolhead who doesn’t know him. Cape Town showed up in numbers to welcome the star with the coolest cars this side of SA, and he loved it, writes Janine van der Post.
Chicken liver is cheap, chic, wholesome and probably prophetic.
Despite the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, South Africans are likely to get worthwhile relief when they buy fuel in July.

Desirée, the 45kg, 4.3-metre-long, southern African python, had to be airlifted to the Johannesburg Wildlife Veterinary Hospital last month.
Some things should never change. Nelson’s Eye, whose title of best steakhouse at the Cape is uncontested by all except those who don’t know any better, is the best example of this. And over in Pinelands, Magica Roma, much younger after opening in the late 1980s, shines as brightly as ever.

US President Donald Trump said he wanted to take over Kharg Island, Iran’s oil infrastructure hub.
Jozi My Jozi’s chapter in Soweto has organised a range of unforgettable events to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the uprising that changed South Africa.

The symptom of Bafana Bafana’s 2-0 loss to Mexico on Thursday is the individual mistakes that the team made, however, the cause lies in how the team prepared for this World Cup, writes Njabulo Ngidi.
BANGKOK, June 12 (Reuters) – Thailand’s Princess Bajrakitiyabha Narendira Debyavati, the eldest child of Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn, has died at 47, the royal palace said on Friday, after multiple health problems and nearly four years in a coma.