Cyril Ramaphosa playing with fire

Cyril Ramaphosa’s government is playing with fire by ignoring the United States’ conditions to normalise relations between the two countries. View online THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2026 TODAY'S TOP STORIES 1 Cyril Ramaphosa playing with fire Cyril Ramaphosa’s government is playing with fire by ignoring the United States’ conditions to normalise relations between the two countries. 2 Strict new smoking laws for South Africa are coming After years of delays, amendments, lapses, and revivals, South Africa is finally moving closer to implementing new smoking laws. 3 Inside the dark and spooky South African shopping mall where most shops are empty The Tshwane China Shopping Mall in Pretoria, formerly known as the Zambezi Mall, is dark and spooky and feels like something out of an apocalypse movie. 4 Well-known South African investor missed his opportunity to become a billionaire Brenthurst Wealth co-founder Magnus Heystek chose to buy a BMW instead of taking the chance to invest in PSG at 50 cents a share. Thirty years and one Capitec later, he would have been a billionaire. 5 The United States Ambassador has a message for Cyril Ramaphosa’s government The United States’s Ambassador to South Africa, Leo Brent Bozell III, slammed the government’s claim of being non-aligned. 6 Top medical aid in South Africa with 200,000 clients hit by data breach PPS Healthcare Administrators, South Africa's fourth largest medical aid provider alerted customers to a data breach of its Profmed medical aid scheme. 7 New court battle over electricity prices in South Africa Civil action organisation wants the courts to set aside Eskom's R54-billion settlement with South Africa's energy regulator. 8 Warning to users of Checkers Sixty60, MrD, Pick n Pay Asap, Woolies Dash, and new rules for scanning driving licences at estates Here are five important things happening in and affecting South Africa on Thursday, 25 June. 9 SABC issues warning to anyone with a TV Licence in South Africa The SABC has warned that TV Licence holders are being targeted by a new scam. 10 The exclusive South African suburb built on a 360-year-old wine farm where properties sell for over R100 million Cape Town’s exclusive suburb of Bishopscourt is seeing surging demand for luxury homes, with limited stock and strong local and international interest driving property sales above R100 million. 11 Cape Town mayor sends a message about national shutdown The leader of the second-biggest party in South Africa’s governing coalition has taken a strong stand against xenophobic violence and called on the authorities to protect immigrants who are being targeted by protesters. 12 Permanent petrol price cut proposed for South Africa AfriForum is calling on the government to make its temporary tax cut on petrol and diesel permanent. This email was sent to mufhandu.o.veesqed@blogger.com by News of the Day. Unsubscribe from this email.