Reuters: The South African rand retreated on Friday, bringing last week’s rally to a halt as prolonged power blackouts and expectations that the central bank will leave its main interest rate on hold next week weighed on the investor mood. SOUTH AFRICAN RAND RETREATED The risk-sensitive rand has been a big beneficiary of data this […]

Russia on Monday said a Ukrainian attack on the Moscow-built bridge linking annexed Crimea to the Russian mainland killed a civilian couple and wounded their child. Moscow said two drones had hit the bridge in the early hours of Monday and blamed “the Kyiv regime.” ALSO READ: NATO to address the upcoming summit about Ukraine Traffic […]

The Ukrainian navy and SBU security service carried out an overnight attack on the Russian-built bridge linking annexed Crimea to Russia, a Ukrainian source told AFP Monday. ALSO READ: Ukraine retakes territory around Bakhmut from Russian forces “Today’s attack on the Crimean bridge is a special operation of the SBU and the navy,” the security service source said. […]

Ukraine said on Monday its forces had retaken several square kilometres of territory around the eastern city of Bakhmut, which Russian forces seized in May. ALSO READ: Pope’s Ukraine peace envoy on visit to Moscow Kyiv last month began its highly anticipated fightback against entrenched Russian troops after stockpiling Western weapons and building up its offensive forces. “Over […]

The Hollywood actors’ union began to strike at midnight Thursday, after negotiations to reach a new contract with production studios ended without an agreement. Actors will join writers in the first industry-wide walkout for 63 years, effectively bringing the giant movie and television business to a halt. At 0701 GMT, the Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA), representing around […]

A Russian anti-war activist living in Serbia was banned from entering the Balkan country after being stopped at Belgrade’s main airport Thursday, according to his lawyer. ALSO READ: Russia downs five Ukrainian drones in ‘terrorist act’ Peter Nikitin, who has permanent residency in Serbia, was prevented from entering at the request of the country’s Security Information […]

Heated arguments accompanied by fists flying have proven to be not just exclusive to Parliament in South Africa after the internet witnessed a brawl during a parliamentary sitting in the Republic of Kosovo, a country in Southeast Europe. WHAT TRIGGERED THE BRAWL IN PARLIAMENT? Mail Online reports that the furious brawl erupted after an opposition legislator threw […]

Huw Edwards has been the reassuring face and voice of the BBC for decades, and was entrusted last year with breaking the news to the world that Queen Elizabeth had died. The softly-spoken, proud Welshman began delivering the nightly news to millions in 1994, and has either anchored or commentated on the UK’s most tumultuous events since then. ALSO READ | REMINDER: When […]

Russia attacked Kyiv in an overnight drone strike, causing minor damage, authorities said Tuesday as NATO leaders prepare for a summit focused on supporting Ukraine against Moscow’s invasion. ALSO READ: Russia takes control of Wagner’s heavy military equipment “The enemy attacked Kyiv from the air for the second time this month,” Kyiv’s military administration said on its Telegram […]

Reuters: The dollar clawed back its losses on Monday, recovering from a knee-jerk reaction to data showing U.S. job gains were the smallest in two-and-a-half years, while disappointing inflation figures in China weighed on the yuan and proxies. U.S. DOLLAR CLAWED BACK ITS LOSSES Nonfarm payrolls increased 209,000 in June, figures released on Friday showed, […]

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said Sunday 9 July 2023 that next month’s BRICS summit, which Vladimir Putin has been invited to attend, will be held in person despite an arrest warrant on the Russian leader. South Africa is the current chair of the BRICS, a grouping of heavyweights that also includes Brazil, Russia, India […]

The company that operated the sub which imploded during a dive into the Titanic wreck, killing all five people aboard, said Thursday 6 July 2023 it had halted all activities indefinitely. The Titan sub was reported missing on June 18 and the US Coast Guard said on June 22 that the vessel had suffered a […]

Twitter threatened to sue Meta just hours after the Instagram parent company launched Threads, an app it hopes will beat out the struggling site owned by Elon Musk. In a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, published by online news outlet Semafor on Thursday, Musk’s lawyer Alex Spiro accused the company of “unlawful misappropriation of […]

South Africa remains deeply concerned about the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Palestine caused by Israel’s continued occupation, says International Relations and Cooperation Deputy Minister, Alvin Botes. “The demolition of Palestinians’ properties, continued illegal settlement and expansion by Israel of Palestine territories, forced evictions of Palestinians by the Israeli army from their territories, as well as collective […]

Reuters: The South African rand firmed against the dollar on Tuesday in thin trading amid signs China’s decision to impose export measures on some metals used by the semiconductor industry could help the ailing currency. SOUTH AFRICAN RAND FIRMED Trading was relatively subdued due to a U.S. holiday and lack of local economic data points. […]

Last week famous British entrepreneur Richard Branson flew into neighbouring Zimbabwe, not by private jet or in first class. Branson arrived in Zimbabwe’s capital Harare with budget airline Fastjet on 30 June. The airline was honoured to have the celebrity entrepreneur on board one of its flights and thanked the founder of the Virgin Group […]

Orlando Pirates stars are currently training with a handful of English Premier League sides as well as a La Liga outfit. MUST READ: SORRY ARTHUR ZWANE! KAIZER CHIEFS MAKE FOUR HUGE COACHING CHANGES! – REPORT Pirates are currently part of a massive 30-team training group, according to SoccerLaduma. The group consists of English Premier League sides Aston […]

Wimbledon will celebrate Roger Federer’s achievements at the All England Club with a special ceremony on Centre Court on the second day of the championships on Tuesday. ALSO READ: Wimbledon champion: ‘Roger Federer is my favourite, but I don’t feel like calling him the GOAT’ The Swiss eight-time champion, who announced his retirement last September, will visit […]

FIFA revealed eight different armbands highlighting social causes that sides will be able to wear at the women’s World Cup as world football’s governing body seeks to avoid a row that erupted at last year’s men’s World Cup. ALSO READ: When do Banyana Banyana play at the FIFA Women’s World Cup Captains from a number of European […]

Paris Saint-Germain coach Christophe Galtier was held for questioning along with his son as part of a probe into alleged discrimination, the Nice prosecutor told AFP on Friday. ALSO READ: BREAKING: Lionel Messi to leave PSG The move follows an investigation launched in April, following claims he made racist and Islamophobic remarks about players when he coached Nice […]

Inter Miami have appointed former Barcelona and Argentina coach Gerardo Martino to take charge of the Major League Soccer team, setting up a reunion with compatriot Lionel Messi. Martino, widely known as “Tata,” coached Messi with both the Spanish club and his country’s national team. He was most recently in charge of Mexico and previously […]

Newly appointed Inter Miami coach Gerardo Martino says there is no question of Lionel Messi and Sergio Busquets moving to South Florida to chill on South Beach. Instead, says the Argentine who was appointed on Wednesday 28 June 2023, the pair are coming to Miami to fight for titles. Martino, former coach of Messi with […]

The Wimbledon main draw takes place on Friday 30 June 2023 from the brand new media theatre at the All England Club in London from 11:00 (SAST). You can watch the event live on wimbledon.com. Championships Referee Gerry Armstrong and Championships Referee Designate Denise Parnell will oversee the draws to be held in the brand […]

Manchester United have agreed to sign England midfielder Mason Mount from Chelsea for an initial £55 million ($69 million), according to reports on Thursday. United will pay an additional £5 million dependent on Mount’s appearances and success at Old Trafford, the reports said. ALSO READ: Man Utd signs Chelsea’s Mount for 55 million euros: reports The […]

Reuters: The South African rand weakened around 1% against a stronger dollar on Thursday after the release of the central bank’s quarterly bulletin and producer price index data. SOUTH AFRICAN RAND WEAKENED At 1447 GMT, the rand traded at 18.8350 against the dollar, 0.92% weaker than its previous close. The dollar last traded at 103.17, […]