Sundowns beat Gallants to advance to Carling Knockout final

FILE PHOTO: General view of the winter match day ball. 2 minutes Premier Soccer League defending champions Mamelodi Sundowns have a good chance of winning a trophy early in the 2024/2025 season. Sundowns beat a stubborn Marumo Gallants 2-0 at the Dr Petrus Molemela Stadium in Bloemfontein. The Brazilians scored both goals in the second half. 🏆 ℂ𝕒𝕣𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘…

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Child maintenance defaulters face blacklisting

Children at an ECD centre are given food. 2 minutes Maintenance defaulters will no longer be able to acquire credit, until they meet their financial obligations to their children. This, after Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Thembi Simelane signed a memorandum of understanding, the Maintenance Online Listing of Defaulters. It was signed with the Social…

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Ghana raises cocoa farmgate price again

Farmers break cocoa pods at a cocoa farm 2 minutes Ghana, the world’s number two cocoa producer, has raised the fixed farmgate price paid to cocoa farmers for the second time this 2024/25 season to help boost farmers’ incomes, President Nana Akufo-Addo said. Akufo-Addo, whose two-term mandate ends on January 7, 2025, said at a…

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Tutu IP Trust calls for expulsion of Israeli diplomats, sanctions

Mamphela-Ramphele 2 minutes The Chair of the Archbishop Desmond Tutu IP Trust, Dr. Mamphela Ramphele, has called on the South African government to expel Israel’s diplomats and implement sanctions against Israel. In a statement, Ramphele urged the government to enact a parliamentary resolution passed last year to sever diplomatic ties with Israel, referencing anti-apartheid tactics…

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Tshwane residents urged to heed weather warnings

A man holding an umbrella under heavy skies. 1 minute The City of Tshwane Emergency Services Department has issued an advisory to residents for a Yellow Level 2 warning. This after the South African Weather Services warned that severe thunderstorms are expected tonight and tomorrow posing risks of localised flooding in low-lying areas, informal settlements…

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