# Vietnam will free more than 8-thousand prisoners, including foreigners, ahead of the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon. The communist country often announces special amnesties before important events. It has freed nearly 100-thousand prisoners ahead of their expected release dates since 2009, although political activists have never been included. Those convicted of “attempting […]
# Minister van Vervoer, Barbara Creecy sê Suid-Afrika het die laagste aantal padsterftes in drie jaar gedurende die Paasnaweek aangeteken. Botsings het met 32,5-persent verminder en sterftes het met 45,6-persent gedaal in vergelyking met 2024. Creecy skryf die sukses toe aan vroeë beplanning, sigbare verkeerspatrollering, en vennootskappe tussen die gemeenskap en die regering. Meer as […]
# Soccer: Real Madrid defender Antonio Rudiger is set to miss up to eight weeks after undergoing surgery on a knee injury. The Germany centre-back was sent off during his team’s Copa del Rey final defeat by Barcelona on Saturday for throwing an object at the referee. Rudiger is expected to be banned for between […]
# Rugby: Australia will name the next Wallabies coach tomorrow, with former Ireland assistant Les Kiss reportedly set to get the job. Kiss, currently coaching Queensland Reds in Super Rugby, looks poised to take over from Joe Schmidt after the New Zealander said in February he would stand down at the end of this year’s […]
# Firefighters have brought under control a blaze at Iran’s main port, following a deadly explosion blamed on negligence. The explosion hit a dock at the southern port of Shahid Rajaee on Saturday. State media reported at least 70 people were killed and more than a thousand others suffered injuries in the blast and ensuing […]
# Die DA het die Gautengse Toerismeowerheid daarvan beskuldig dat dit jammerlik misluk het om sy teikendoelwit van drie-duisend-500-werksgeleenthede te bereik, terwyl dit slegs 787 poste geskep het. Mike Moriarty van die DA het dit as ’n duidelike mislukking van premier Panyaza Lesufi se administrasie bestempel, en hul belofte van sestig-duisend-werksgeleenthede as waansinnig beskryf. Hy […]
# Mixed Martial Arts: MMA will make its Asian Games debut next year when Japan hosts the continent’s premier sporting event. Cricket was also formally approved for inclusion at the Games during a meeting in host city Nagoya. MMA will feature six events in its Asian Games debut and be classed as a discipline under […]
# Die EFF het aan die voorsitter van die Staande Komitee vir Finansies, Joseph Maswanganyi, geskryf oor die onwettigheid om voort te gaan met die deurvoer van die Wetsontwerp op Tariewe en Monetêre Bedrae en Wysiging van Inkomstewette wat vir môre geskeduleer is. Die Wes-Kaapse Hooggeregshof het die 2025 Fiskale Raamwerk en Inkomstevoorstelle tersyde gestel, […]
# SANparke vra die publiek om die sluiting van stap- en bergfietsroetes streng te gehoorsaam en die Silvermine-, Tokai- en Boyes-rylaan-gebiede van die Tafelberg Nasionale Park te vermy. SANParke sê hy gaan voort om veldbrande in samewerking met sy strategiese vennote te bestry en opvlammings te monitor. Woordvoerder JP Louw sê nog ‘n opvlamming het […]
