# South Africa has a new Nobel Peace Prize winner, and she could hardly believe the news herself. Eighty-five-year-old human rights lawyer Navi Pillay reportedly reacted by saying, “I hope this is not a joke,” when she learnt she had won the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. Born in Durban during apartheid, Pillay went on to […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê ‘n Chinese motorvervaardiger wat beplan om in die Vrystaat te belê, moet uiteindelik voertuie en onderdele plaaslik vervaardig. Ramaphosa het ydens die bekendstelling van ‘n beleggings- en industrialiseringsprojek in die provinsie gesê die beplande belegging kan sowat ses-duisend werksgeleenthede skep deur die montering van ingevoerde onderdele. Hy sê die maatskappy […]
# US President Donald Trump has lashed out after South African jurist Navi Pillay won the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize instead of him. Pillay joked yesterday that she might share the award with Trump if her audience applauded louder. Trump subsequently shared a hostile social media post accusing her of being anti-American and anti-Israel. He […]
# Thieves have stolen 30-thousand bottles of premium wine worth more than 90-million-rand from a historic winery in Tuscany, Italy. At least seven masked men reportedly disabled security systems before loading the bottles onto two trucks using the company’s forklifts. The stolen wines include prestigious labels Solaia, Tignanello and Guado al Tasso. The theft was […]
# Die Stad Kaapstad moedig inwoners aan om hulp te verkry met hul geestesgesondheid terwyl Wêreldgeestesgesondheidsdag vandag herdenk word. Tekens van geestesgesondheidsprobleme sluit in langdurige depressie, veranderinge in slaap- of eetgewoontes, konsentrasieprobleme en die vermyding van vriende of familie. Francine Higham, lid van die burgemeesterskomitee vir Gemeenskapsdienste en Gesondheid, het ook leerders wat vir eksamens […]
# Golf: Scotland’s Grant Forrest holds a one-shot lead at the halfway stage of the Spanish Open in Madrid. The 33-year-old carded a four-under-par 67 in the second round to reach nine under overall. Fellow Scot Connor Syme and Switzerland’s Joel Girrbach share second place on eight under. Spain’s Eugenio Chacarra, playing despite a fractured […]
# Byna een-miljoen graad 12-leerders het ‘n belofte onderteken om eerlikheid en integriteit tydens die 2026-matriekeksamens te handhaaf. Die Minister van Basiese Onderwys, Siviwe Gwarube, het leerders gewaarsku teen bedrog, die afskryf van antwoorde, die gebruik van ongemagtigde elektroniese toestelle en die verspreiding van uitgelekte eksamenvraestelle. Die matriekeksamens begin Maandag en duur tot 26 November. […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has wished former president Jacob Zuma a speedy recovery after confirming that he is receiving medical treatment in hospital. Ramaphosa says doctors are treating the 84-year-old, and that the military surgeon general has been briefed on his condition. Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe Party has maintained that he is in good spirits and […]
# Die Kanadese sangeres Celine Dion het vinnig herstel nadat sy tydens haar konsert in Parys op die verhoog geval het. Die 58-jarige het Woensdag by die Plenitude Arena opgetree toe sy blykbaar met haar hak in die soom van haar broek getrap en geval het. Sy het dadelik opgestaan, dadelik met ’n duim omhoog […]
