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Iran launched missiles at Israeli cities on Monday, after Israeli strikes on the Islamic republic, raising Israel's death toll by 11 on day four of an escalating air war.After decades of enmity and a prolonged shadow war, Israel on Friday launched a surprise aerial campaign targeting sites across Iran, saying the attacks aimed to prevent its arch-foe from acquiring atomic weapons - a charge Tehran denies.Israel's strikes have so far […]

Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has denounced claims that there is a ‘white genocide’ taking place in South Africa.Speaking at his party’s 2025 Youth Day Rally, held at the King Zwelithini Stadium in Umlazi, Durban, on June 16, Malema took a stab at foreign leaders who sought to undermine the sovereignty of South Africa and also reiterated the EFF’s stance on land ownership.He began his address by telling […]

SPEAKING on the sidelines of the G7 summit yesterday, US President Donald Trump said if Iran wants to talk about de-escalation and it should negotiate with Israel "before it's too late.""I'd say Iran is not winning this war, and they should talk, and they should talk immediately," Trump told the media during the start of a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.The bloody conflict entered its fourth day yesterday.According […]

Leader of the uMkhonto weSizwe party, former president Jacob Zuma, has addressed thousands of supporters in Durban, where the political outfit launched its youth league during an event to commemorate Youth Day.Zuma stated that when he announced the formation of the MK party, he recognised that the youth would be central to its operations and mission.“On 15 December (2023) when I made an announcement and I said those who I […]

Deputy President Paul Mashatile has delivered his keynote address at the government’s National Youth Day commemoration event in Potchefstroom, North West.IOL reported on Sunday that Mashatile will stand in for President Cyril Ramaphosa as the keynote speaker, as Ramaphosa travelled to Canada for the G7 Leaders’ Summit.In his keynote address, Mashatile took the opportunity to reflect on what he termed the major victories of the democratic dispensation.“While challenges remain, allow […]

DA leader John Steenhuisen has described the high youth unemployment in the country as a “theft of potential”.The DA leader was addressing the June 16 Youth Day on Monday in Mahushu, outside Hazyview, in Mpumalanga.“We remember the courage of the 1976 generation who stood up against injustice and demanded the right to equal education. They refused to be told that their future would be dictated by an unjust government. And […]

Five suspects involved in an alleged passport fraud syndicate in Durban were arrested in a Home Affairs-led law enforcement operation at the weekend.The operation, supported by the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, took place at the uMngeni and Commercial Road offices in Durban. One suspect was found with 226 passports that had been stolen from the uMngeni Road Home Affairs office.Among the five people arrested are a former Home Affairs […]

The energy in Talatona feels different these days. From the airport’s crowded car park to the city’s outer ring roads, something is shifting. A few years ago, Da Costa Armindo Alberto, 24, was ferrying passengers informally in a worn-out Toyota. “We called it survival,” he says. “Now, I call it work and I can make 25,000 Kwanzas a week.”With a smartphone in hand and a digital platform connecting him to […]

A call has been made for South Africa’s Department of Agriculture to seek a new trade agreement with Brazil that would allow for the continuous import of safe chicken products despite outbreaks of avian influenza.This comes as a similar year-long trade arrangement was reached with the US by South Africa for chicken imports.The local food industry said such an agreement was needed with Brazil which is the country’s biggest supplier […]