The case highlights the growing role of collaboration in delivering highly-specialised treatment using South African expertise. (Image source: 123RF) A multidisciplinary team at Life Vincent Pallotti Hospital in Cape Town successfully carried out an advanced procedure to treat a life-threatening heart rhythm disorder in a patient whose condition had not responded to standard treatment options….
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz said the Trump administration is “laser focused” on addressing Iran’s nuclear program in an interview Sunday on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” as the U.S. and Iran hold thorny talks in Switzerland. Earlier Sunday, Vice President JD Vance and other U.S. officials entered a conference room…
The South African Post Office’s joint business rescue practitioners have asked the high court to end the entity’s business rescue, declaring the adopted plan substantially implemented nearly three years after the troubled state-owned company was placed under supervision. Anoosh Rooplal and Juanito Damons launched the application in the Pretoria high court on 12 June, seeking…
NewsFeed Historic negotiations between Iran and the United States are officially underway, marking the start of what mediators describe as a crucial 60-day process. Published On 21 Jun 202621 Jun 2026 Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo
Learners from St John Paul II Secondary School won Vodacom SA’s 2026 Eco-Warriors Sustainability Competition. (Image supplied) Learners from St John Paul II Secondary School in Elandskop, KwaZulu-Natal, have won Vodacom South Africa’s 2026 Eco-Warriors Sustainability Competition. Vodacom South Africa launched the competition in October 2025 to encourage learners from grades nine to 11 at…
Club name FedEx will soon step into the earnings spotlight after a holiday-shortened week of trading brought good news on the Iran war and oil prices. Also on our radar in the week ahead is May inflation data — though caveats are needed, as we’ll explain later — and earnings from memory chipmaker Micron ,…
Communications department director-general Nonkqubela Jordan-Dyani Government’s flagship broadband programme, SA Connect, was effectively frozen for most of the past financial year after funding the communications department had been counting on failed to arrive on time – with the in-year allocation collapsing from an expected R1.1-billion to just R116-million. Communications & digital technologies director-general Nonkqubela Jordan-Dyani…
Nestled in the Great Basin, a remote stretch of the Nevada desert is set to become home to the world’s most sensitive radio telescope array. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The California Institute of Technology, which is leading the project, announced last week that it…
Fox Corp is placing a massive bet on the future of cord-cutting, announcing a cash-and-stock deal to purchase streaming pioneer Roku for approximately $22 billion. The blockbuster acquisition aims to combine Fox’s premier live sports and news programming with Roku’s hardware and software footprint, accelerating Fox’s transition into the digital-first era. Read: Meta rolls out…
However, after Iran’s statement, US Central Command (Centcom) spokesperson Tim Hawkins said “traffic continues to flow”. He said US forces were “monitoring the situation to ensure this remains the case”, adding that “Iran does not control the Strait of Hormuz”.
