# Rescue operations in Nepal and bordering Tibet are entering a critical stage as teams search for hundreds of missing people after devastating flash floods. At least 469 people have died in Nepal, with nearly a thousand still missing. In Tibet, 558 people are unaccounted for. Rescue teams have also had to contend with the […]
# Waves of drones have again targeted Ukraine’s capital Kyiv and surrounding areas today, damaging homes, warehouses and apartment blocks. At least one person was killed outside Kyiv, while four others were injured in a separate strike on a home-improvement store. The emergency service says the Kyiv region came under attack 38 times in the […]
# A cheesy trade dispute is proving a stumbling block in US-Mexican negotiations. The argument centres on names such as feta, manchego and Parmigiano Reggiano. The United States says those names are generic and should be available to American cheese producers exporting to Mexico. But a trade agreement between Mexico and the European Union would […]
# Norway’s King Harald the Fifth has died at the age of 89 at Oslo University Hospital, where he had been receiving treatment for a bacterial infection and a blood disorder. His son, Crown Prince Haakon, has automatically succeeded him and is now King Haakon the Eight. Harald had reigned for 35 years and was […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse Departement van Mobiliteit sê hy sal stappe doen om geweld op die Khayelitsha-Somerset-Wes openbare taxiroete te beëindig. Die departement, die Stad Kaapstad en die taxibedryf begin Maandag met bemiddeling om die konflik op te los. Meer verkeersbeamptes sal ook die betrokke gebiede patrolleer, terwyl voertuie wat bedryfsreëls oortree, geskut sal word. Muneera […]
Die regering het die moord op ‘n offisier van die Wes-Kaapse Taktiese Reaksiespan, Zamani Mzayiya, veroordeel. Mzayiya was in Knysna ontplooi om onlangse moorde te ondersoek, insluitend dié van voormalige burgemeester Aubrey Tsengwa. Die regering het belowe diegene wat verantwoordelik is, sal voor die gereg gebring word. Die adjunkwoordvoerder van die regering, William Baloyi, het […]
# Rugby: Die naweek se laaste groepwedstryde sal die vier spanne in die voorlaaste Curriebekerronde bepaal. Die verdedigende kampioen, die Griekwas en die Cheetahs het reeds hul plekke in die tuishalfeindronde bespreek. Die Pumas, Boland Kavaliers, Stormers, Leeus en Haaie moet dit nou uitspook vir die oorblywende twee plekke. Die Leeus verwelkom die Stormers môre […]
# Die DA sê slegs 202 openbare skole is in die afgelope 32 jaar in Gauteng gebou, wat ‘n gemiddeld van sowat ses skole per jaar is. Volgens die party is net een skool tans in aanbou, al benodig die provinsie minstens 200 meer skole om die oorbevolking aan te spreek. Sergio Isa Dos Santos […]
# Die New South Institute het Statecraft 2026, ‘n internasionale kongres oor demokrasie en openbare instellings bekendgestel. Die geleentheid sal van 22 tot 23 September in Johannesburg plaasvind en beleidmakers, staatsamptenare, akademici en regeringskenners bymekaarbring. Besprekings sal fokus op die versterking van openbare instellings, die verbetering van dienslewering, etiese leierskap en hoe om demokrasie beter […]
