Sandile Swana In 2016 Public Protector Thuli Madonsela declared that there was a state of capture and the Zuma and Gupta families were central to repurposing the state and diverting funds away from the proper and constitutional functions of the state. It is almost ten years now since the authorities decided to act against the privatisation and perversion of the …

The suspect in an episode of gun violence on Thursday at a Detroit-area synagogue was shot dead, according to a law enforcement official, with no other casualties from the incident immediately reported. Michigan State Police reported an active shooting incident at about 12:30pm local time (1730 GMT) at Temple Israel Synagogue in the Detroit suburb of West Bloomfield. Few official …

Struggling Tottenham Hotspur on Thursday pushed back their deadline for the renewal of season tickets, giving supporters an “extended period” to decide whether to commit to the club next season amid Premier League relegation fears. Spurs, who last won a Premier League game on December 28 against Crystal Palace, are 16th in the standings with 29 points. Their position is …

Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola struck a defiant tone after watching his side suffer a crushing 3-0 defeat to Real Madrid in the first leg of their Champions League round of 16 tie, insisting his team will bounce back despite the mountain they now face. “Now everything is more difficult in our mindset, but we’ll be there. We’ll try with …

 Iran’s newly-appointed Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei was lightly injured but is continuing to operate, an Iranian official told Reuters on Wednesday after state television described him as war wounded. Khamenei has not been seen by Iranians, or issued any public statement or message, since his selection on Sunday by a clerical assembly and is widely rumoured to have been wounded in the Israeli and …

Drone strikes hit the eastern Congolese city of Goma early on Wednesday, killing at least three people, the first such attack in the city since AFC/M23 rebels seized it in a lightning offensive last year, the group said. The AFC/M23 blamed the attack on the Congolese army, saying in a post on X that Kinshasa had launched drones against a …

Israel’s military pounded the Lebanese capital’s southern suburbs with air strikes on Tuesday and its troops pushed deeper into the country’s south, as an Israeli envoy said the key to ending the war was disarming Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. Lebanon was pulled deep into the war in the Middle East last week, when Iran-backed Hezbollah opened fire on Israel to avenge the killing …

Organisers of the Indian Wells tennis tournament apologised to Venus Williams and her playing partner Leylah Fernandez after a clerical error ahead of the women’s doubles draw denied the wildcard duo the opportunity to compete. Seven-times Grand Slam champion Williams, 45, was beaten in the opening round of the singles tournament by Diane Parry while Canada’s Fernandez lost to Katerina …

Militants from an al Qaeda-linked group killed 10 long-haul truck drivers and two teenage apprentices who were travelling through Mali’s western Kayes region in late January, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday. Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) attacked a military-escorted fuel convoy of at least 40 trucks, the HRW report said. JNIM, which mainly operates in Mali and Burkina …

Tanzania on Monday repatriated citizens from the Middle East after they were stranded amid heightened regional tensions, officials said. An Air Tanzania flight carrying the group landed at Julius Nyerere International Airport, where relatives and officials gathered to receive them. Some returnees described experiencing explosions and prolonged fear before their evacuation. Officials said travellers from several countries had been stuck …