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Photo for illustration. (Photo: Arnaud Finistre / AFP). French authorities said on Wednesday they had imposed two new fines totaling more than €22m (about R460m) on online fashion retailer Shein over problems with product traceability, environmental labeling and delivery times. The latest fines bring the total amount that France has already imposed on the Asian fashion giant to more than €210 million (approximately R4.4 billion). Shein, which is based in Singapore, said it contested the fines, arguing they were “disproportionate” and that no harm to consumers had been proven. The company has been under increasing pressure ever since its establishment…
MKHAMBATHI FC started the National Play-Offs matches in the Safa ABC Motsepe League on a good foot, returning with three points in their opening game after beating Mpheni Defenders from Limpopo 2-0 at Mthatha Stadium, Mthatha, Eastern Cape, on Wednesday.. The goals of Linda Bhengu and Mbuso Mdakane ensured three full points in the first match of Group C for this team representing KwaZulu-Natal in the national struggle to move up to the Motsepe Foundation Championship.Mkhambathi’s kneeling of Mpheni ensured that this team from Limpopo, which has lost two games in a row, will be out of the qualifiers this…
ISHINGA from Mandlakazi, KwaNongoma, in the north of KwaZulu-Natal, who is a cultural activist Phakel’ umthakathi, has revealed that he is not at all intimidated by the actions of the immigrants, accusing them of collecting R1 million to pay an ox to kill him.Phakel’ the witch, whose birth name is Nkosikhona Ndabandaba, said this while speaking in Harding, on the south coast of KZN on Monday, where he and his team, led by former Khozi FM presenter Ngizwe Mchunu – were continuing their protest against illegal immigrants.”I have heard that there is a group of immigrants in this country based…
The national women’s rugby team won the Rugby Africa Women’s Cup trophy in Nairobi, Kenya.The female Springboks defeated the hosts, Kenya, 35-20 in the final group game at the RFUEA Ground on Sunday afternoon, finishing at the top of the log with 15 points from three games.This tournament which includes the four leading countries in women’s rugby started on May 23 when the local team defeated Madagascar 64-5, Kenya defeated Uganda 43-10.In the second round, the Africans defeated Uganda 47-20, Kenya defeated Madagascar 57-0.That led to the local team and Kenya going into the final game which turned out to…
Pres. Donald Trump van die VSA. (Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP) On Wednesday, Solidarity expressed its concern over the possibility that South African exports to the US could be hit with an additional import tariff of 12.5% after the US Trade Representative found that South Africa had not introduced and enforced an effective ban on the import of goods produced with forced labour. According to Solidarity, the proposed tariff could have serious consequences for South African workers and export-oriented industries. The US government found that South Africa, along with several other countries investigated, had failed to apply adequate measures against products produced…
ALTHOUGH Bafana Bafana’s deputy head coach, Helman Mkhalele, has finally received permission to follow the national team, but it seems that he will arrive at the start of preparations for the final World Cup qualifier in this country against Jamaica on Friday at 9pm in Pachuca, Mexico.Mkhalele and Mduduzi Mbatha, the head of security for Bafana, did not go with the team that turned its back on South Africa on Monday.These are the only ones left, Bafana was supposed to leave at dawn on Sunday but the trip was postponed following the revelation that there were more than 20 visa…
Donal Trump on AI: US President Donald Trump has signed a new AI Executive Order for big tech companies like Google, OpenAI and Anthropic. Under this, companies have been asked to give early access to their powerful AI models.Artificial Intelligence (AI): A new order has come for America’s AI companies. US President Donald Trump has asked Google, Google OpenAI, Anthropic and other big AI companies and developers to voluntarily give early access to their powerful AI models so that the government will get a chance to conduct necessary cyber security tests before releasing these models to the general public.Trump signs…
The police launched a manhunt following the killing of an 18-year-old boy who was allegedly attacked with a pin in Braamfischerville, on Tuesday, June 2, 2026.Gauteng Education Commissioner Lebogang Maile has expressed his sorrow over the past incident and the death of an 18-year-old student studying Grade 10 at Mokgome Secondary School in Meadowlands.According to the Department of Education in Gauteng, this student is suspected to have been beaten by a group of suspects who compete with him because he was accused of stealing and later died of his injuries at the Dobsonville Clinic.This incident caused tension among the students,…
GROUPS drawn from Group A have the challenge of raising excitement since it is the one that will pave the way for this World Cup.In this group there is one of the three countries that will host the tournament, Mexico, South Africa, Korea Republic, and Czechia.Mexico and the country’s team, Bafana Bafana, are the ones who will open the tournament next Thursday at 9 pm, which will be a repeat of the match that opened the 2010 World Cup that was held in this country.South Korea and the Czech Republic will then face each other in the second match which…
(Archive photo) AfriForum says the government’s silence on ten farm attacks and related violent incidents reported during May indicates that the authorities continue to fail to recognize the seriousness of rural violence. According to the organization, the level of violence during these incidents was particularly high. Victims were assaulted, tied up and seriously injured, while two farm workers were shot in separate incidents in the Zebediela area in Limpopo when they tried to flee from attackers. According to AfriForum, families in, among others, Delmas, Stellenbosch and the De Wildt area were also attacked in their homes during the past month.…