# Vyf mense, waaronder drie kinders is in Suid-Lebanon dood in ‘n aanval deur ‘n Israelse hommeltuig. Volgens die land se gesondheidministerie het vier van die slagoffers insluitend die kinders en hulle pa Amerikaanse burgerskap gehad. Twee ander mense is gewond, waaronder die kinders se ma. Die Israelse weermag sê in ‘n verklaring hy het […]
# Rugby: SA Rugby se president, Mark Alexander het hulde gebring aan Nolusindiso Booi met haar uittrede na ‘n merkwaardige loopbaan van 15 jaar. Booi verlaat rugby as die vrouespeler wat die Springbokke die meeste kere verteenwoordig het met 55 toetse en met 26 wedstryde as kaptein. Haar prestasies sluit vier rugbywêreldbekertoernooie en verskeie Afrika-vrouebekertitels […]
# Die nasionale polisiekommissaris Fannie Masemola het aan die Madlanga-kommissie van ondersoek in Pretoria gesê die minister van Polisie het geen gesag om in te meng by die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens se operasionele of bestuursbesluite nie. Sy getuienis volg nadat die minister van Polisie, Senzo Mchunu, op spesiale verlof geplaas is te midde van voortdurende ondersoeke […]
# North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says he has “fond memories” of US President Donald Trump and is open to future talks with the United States, if he can keep his nuclear arsenal. Kim met Trump three times for high-profile summits during Trump’s first term, before talks collapsed in Hanoi in 2019 over what […]
# Die nasionale polisiekommissaris Fannie Masemola sê die Madlanga-kommissie bied ‘n unieke geleentheid om oor die uitdagings waarmee die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens te kampe het, te besin en ‘n pad uit te stippel vir betekenisvolle hervorming. Die sittings in Pretoria het hervat, met Masemola wat getuig ná die KwaZulu-Natalse polisiekommissaris, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. Masemola sê aanspreeklikheid, deursigtigheid […]
# Cricket: South Africa will begin their defence of the World Test Championship title with a two-match Test series against Pakistan from 12 to 24 October in Lahore and Rawalpindi. Captain Temba Bavuma has been ruled out with a calf strain and Aiden Markram will captain the side. Spinner Simon Harmer has been recalled for […]
# Cricket: Quinton de Kock has been added to the Proteas’ T20 and ODI squads to play against Pakistan and Namibia in October and November. The 32-year-old wicketkeeper, who retired from ODIs after the 2023 World Cup, has reversed his decision, citing his desire to represent the Proteas across both white-ball formats. David Miller will […]
# China’s top internet regulator announced a sweeping two-month crackdown on social media, vowing to combat content containing “malicious incitement of conflict” and “negative outlooks on life such as world-weariness”. Beijing requires social media companies to moderate content on their platforms, with posts strictly controlled to avoid anything deemed to be too subversive, vulgar, pornographic […]
# French media giant Canal Plus (pronounce: Canal Ploes) says it had taken effective control of South African television and streaming company MultiChoice, creating a group present in nearly 70 countries in Africa, Europe and Asia. The companies said in a joint statement that the combined group will have a workforce of 17-thousand employees and […]
