Politics

JOHANNESBURG – The country’s third-biggest mobile operator Telkom has reported an annual loss of R10-billion. The company took a heavy hit dealing with power cuts, hefty impairments and restructuring costs, which saw it swing from the previous year’s profit of R2.6-billion. However, Telkom has seen an almost 8% increase in its mobile subscriber base to […]

Sudan (Africa News ). Shelling and gunfire resumed Sunday  (June 11) in the Sudanese capital, at the end of a 24-hour ceasefire that was globally respected according to witnesses.   The latest in a series of ceasefire agreements enabled civilians to stock up on essential supplies or flee. Nearly two months into the war between […]

South Africa (Times Live ) Police have made another arrest in the Thabo Bester prison escape saga. Police spokesperson Brig Athlenda Mathe said a 31-year-old Zimbabwean man was arrested in Johannesburg on Sunday. “At this stage, he faces a charge of assisting an inmate to escape from lawful custody. The suspect is likely to face […]

(Aljazeera) Argentinian great Lionel Messi says he will sign for Major League Soccer side Inter Miami after leaving French champions Paris St Germain, snubbing a lucrative offer in Saudi Arabia. “I made the decision that I’m going to go to Miami. I still haven’t closed it 100 percent,” Messi said on Wednesday. “I’m still missing […]

AFP | William WEST Australia coach Graham Arnold said Tuesday he wants “revenge” over Lionel Messi’s Argentina when his side meet the world champions in a Beijing friendly next week. Messi terrorised the Socceroos and scored a sublime goal in a 2-1 win in the last 16 at the World Cup in Qatar, before going […]

Passenger and freight trains were running again on Monday at the site of India’s deadliest train disaster in decades, which officials said was caused by failures linked to signal systems. Trains rumbled past the debris of smashed carriages from Friday night’s crash near Balasore in the eastern state of Odisha, where nearly 300 people were […]

Amman ( France 24 ) Jordan’s Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah married Saudi architect Rajwa Al Seif on Thursday in a ceremony attended by royals from across the globe. The ceremony was held in the mid-century Zahran Palace in the capital Amman — the site of other key royal weddings including that of King Abdullah […]

South Africa ( Times Live ) The price of nicotine and nicotine-substitute solutions in vaping products is expected to skyrocket as a new sin tax targeting smokers using them takes effect from Thursday. These products will now be included in the tax net with a flat excise duty rate of R2.90/ml from June 1, according […]

South Africa (  Times Live ) Makhadzi has poured cold water on claims she owes money to producer and DJ Rabs Vhafuwi. Rabs shared screenshots of his private conversation with the musician on his social platforms where they discussed Makhadzi settling a payment of R16,500. This was allegedly for postponing an event after she performed […]