MONDAY, 01 JUNE 2026, 09:11
A department of public works anti-corruption investigation has raised concerns that officials may have engineered an artificial crisis to push through a R70m lease deal, prompting calls for an external investigation.
Zambia’s last-minute cancellation of RightsCon 2026 has sparked allegations of Chinese pressure and also raised broader questions about the political forces shaping the southern African country ahead of elections in August.
Halting the event has implications for the host country, media and civil society.
At the centenary of Monroe’s birth, the image that endures in the public imagination has been largely stripped of voice and agency. What remains are images.
‘We’ve been carrying so much weight, wanting this thing for the longest time.’
Mayor Dada Morero and his deputy support wage deal, saying staff must be ’adequately compensated’
Durban’s Addington Children’s Hospital was shut down by the apartheid government for providing care to child patients of all races. It is now well on its way from a ghostly ruin into a lifeline for a new generation thanks to visionaries like Professor Hoosen Coovadia.
Four-time French Open champion Iga Swiatek is knocked out in the fourth round as Marta Kostyuk continues her superb run of form.
If there was ever any doubt, it is now clear. Public employment makes a measurable difference to our national job statistics.
As championed by leaders like former Johannesburg mayor Amos Masondo, infrastructure must be viewed more broadly to include social components such as theatres, libraries, parks and canals.
The win put Magesi first on the table with three points, tied with Milford, but Freese’s charges have a superior goal difference
Bafana were set to depart for Mexico on Sunday morning with a chartered flight but this has been delayed as some of the players and members of the technical team are yet to receive their visas.
The Israeli military says everyone south of the Zahrani river should leave, after it captured the strategic Beaufort Castle.
DSBD says compliance challenges, particularly the lack of valid municipal trading licences, continue to hamper the rollout of the R500m Spaza Shop Support Fund
Bafana Bafana are still in the country after some of the players and officials encountered issues with their visa applications.
Bafana Bafana legend Mark Williams has urged fans to take it easy on Lyle Foster
Aryna Sabalenka’s fourth-round match against Naomi Osaka on Monday will be the first women’s match to take place in the French Open’s night-time slot since 2023.
Following a 1-1 draw on the back 120 minutes of chess-like soccer between Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain in Budapest in the final on 30 May, it was the Parisians that edged a highly contested encounter with a 4-3 penalty shootout victory, denying Arsenal a maiden Champions League title.
Since becoming the province’s children’s commissioner, Sarah Roberts has drawn on her legal experience to advance child protection.