General view of a Spain player holding the World Cup trophy. 3 minutes The women’s World Cup will be expanded from 32 to 48 teams from the 2031 edition onwards after world soccer’s governing body FIFA said its Council approved the proposal at a virtual meeting on Friday. The 48-team World Cup will adopt a…
Nigerian televangelist, Timothy Omotoso appears in the High Court in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape. 1 minute Nigerian televangelist and the Jesus Dominion International (JDI) church Pastor, Timothy Omotoso has been arrested in Mdantsane in the Eastern Cape. Last month, the High Court in Gqeberha acquitted Omotoso and the then co-accused Lusanda Sulani and Zukiswa Sitho. This…
1 minute Constable Keamogetswe Buys’ funeral service under way in Bloemfontein, Free State. Live stream below:
File image: One of Ithala Bank branches. 1 minute The KwaZulu-Natal Development Bank, Ithala will continue to operate normally, but will not be taking deposits. This is according to a judgment, which the High Court in Pietermaritzburg delivered yesterday. Ithala had sought an urgent court interdict against the Repayment Administrator’s instruction in January that its…
A protester holds a placard during a march against corruption, gender-based violence and farm murders, in Cape Town. 1 minute South Africa has assumed the chairpersonship of the Association of Anti-Corruption Agencies on Commonwealth Africa. Special Investigating Unit (SIU) head, Advocate Andy Mothibi, has been elected to the position at the end of the 15th Commonwealth Regional Conference…
Pope Leo XIV conducts Mass in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, May 9, 2025. 1 minute International Relations and Cooperation Minister Ronald Lamola has congratulated the newly elected Pope Leo XIV. The pope, also known as Robert Prevost, is the first US-born leader of the Catholic Church and also holds citizenship in Peru. Lamola…
Nedbank Cup trophy. 3 minutes Premier Soccer League Chief Executive Officer Manto Madlala has confirmed that a server crash on Monday led to the ticketing chaos ahead of the eagerly-awaited Nedbank Cup final in Durban. Soccer fans were left disappointed as the 41 000 available tickets sold out in 90 minutes, with 10 000 tickets…
FILE | A gravesite 2 minutes Limpopo police say the remains of a man who had been given paupers burial at Mookgophong Cemetery has been positively identified and handed over to the bereaved family. In a statement, police say the body was identified through fingerprints and DNA analysis. The remains of a 32-year-old man who…
The Secretary-General’s Office led by myself convened a meeting with the KZN Provincial Task Team (PTT). The purpose of this meeting is to assess progress on the work of the PTT since its appointment by the National Executive Committee (NEC). 2 minutes The African National Congress (ANC) has expressed concern over its recent losses to…
Chinese President Xi Jinping 4 minutes Chinese President Xi Jinping told Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Thursday their two countries should be “friends of steel”, as they pledged to boost cooperation to a new level at a time of heightened confrontation with the West. At talks in the Kremlin, the two leaders cast themselves as defenders…
