# CapeNature vra inwoners en besoekers om nooit pelsrobbe te nader, aan hulle te raak of te voer nie, en onmiddellik op te tree indien hulle gebyt of aan speeksel blootgestel word. Woordvoerder Luke Folb sê minstens 176 mense is deur robbe gebyt sedert hondsdolheid einde verlede jaar langs die kusl bespeur is. Hy sê […]
# Die Madlanga-kommissie het opdrag gegee dat strafregtelike aanklagte aanhangig gemaak moet word teen die afgedankte generaal-majoor van die polisie se Misdaad-intelligensie-afdeling. Feroz Khan het versuim om gehoor te gee aan ‘n dagvaarding om vandag voor die kommissie te verskyn. Hy is die tweede getuie wat moontlike strafregtelik vervolg kan word na die sakeman Suliman […]
# Two giant pandas have arrived at Zoo Atlanta in Georgia yesterday, as part of a new conservation and research agreement with China. The pair were born at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. The zoo previously housed giant pandas for 25 years before its earlier agreement with China ended in 2024. Seven […]
# Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates says getting countries to agree on global rules for artificial intelligence could be harder than Cold War negotiations over nuclear weapons. Gates says nuclear technology was controlled mainly by governments, making it easier to negotiate limits. AI is being developed by private companies as well as governments worldwide. He says […]
# Pope Leo the Fourteenth has condemned medically assisted dying as “false compassion” during a visit to Lourdes in France. Speaking to about 150-thousand people at a Mass yesterday, Leo said people living with severe illness and pain have an inherent dignity that must be respected. He said laws should not remove that dignity and […]
# Burgerlike samelewingsgroepe dring aan die regering moet sy goedkeuring herroep vir die betrokkenheid van die Israeliese maatskappy Navitas Petroleum by olie-eksplorasie in die seegebied van die Oranje-bekken. Die South African Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Coalition, die Masifundise Development Trust, Natural Justice en die Climate Justice Coalition is van die groepe wat kommer uitspreek oor […]
# Die DA sê hy is bekommerd oor tekorte aan voorbehoedmiddels by verskeie gesondheidsfasiliteite, terwyl die Departement van Gesondheid voorberei om op die eerste van volgende maand na ‘n nuwe nasionale verskaffingskontrak oor te skakel. Volgens die party is voorbehoedmiddels wat algemeen gebruik word, insluitend daaglikse pille soos Triphasil en Nordette, nie by verskeie klinieke […]
# Die Vereniging van Staatsamptenare sê onderwysers in Noordwes het die reg om in ‘n veilige omgewing te werk. Dit volg op die voorval verlede week waar ‘n adjunkhoof by die Mammutla Secondary School met ‘n mes gesteek is. Die vakbond doen ‘n beroep op die provinsiale Onderwysdepartement om sekuriteit te versterk, insluitend beheerde toegang, […]
# Tennis: World number one Jannik Sinner has withdrawn from next week’s China Open in Beijing, delaying his return to competitive tennis. The Italian has been sidelined since winning Wimbledon in July because of a right knee injury, which also forced him to miss the US Open. Sinner said his knee is not yet where […]
