# Athletics: Botswana has declared a public holiday to celebrate the country’s victory in the men’s 4×400-metres relay at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. President Duma Boko hailed the gold medal as a “historic African” win and praised the team for their performance. He announced Monday, 29 September, as a holiday, a day ahead […]
# Soccer: Wayne Rooney says Manchester United’s success during his playing days was down to the communication they built up playing video games on the team bus. The former United, Everton and England forward said they would play the army game SOCOM on the PlayStation Portable. He said they had to talk, be right tactically, […]
# Australian officials promised telecommunications giant Optus will have to face the consequences over a systems outage linked to multiple deaths. The incident last week left hundreds of people across more than half of the country unable to call emergency services for 13 hours. At least three people died as a result, and its chief […]
# Duisende mense het vandag in Italië betoog as deel van ‘n dag om die ‘volksmoord’ in Gaza te veroordeel. Die betoging het stakings in die vervoersektor en haweblokkades ingesluit. Die versetoptrede is op dieselfde dag as wat Frankryk en ander lande voorberei het om ‘n Palestynse staat te erken by die Verenigde Nasies se […]
# Rusland ontken dat sy vliegtuie NAVO se lugruim geskend het en waarsku dat lande wat sulke beskuldigings maak “spanning kan verhoog”. Drie Russiese vegvliegtuie het ‘n NAVO-lid, Estland, se lugruim binnegedring voor hulle deur NAVO-vliegtuie uit die gebied begelei is. Die MiG-31 vegvliegtuie, se radiosenders was afgeskakel en hulle nie met Estlandse lugverkeersbeheer geskakel […]
# Nehawu verwelkom die minister van Hoër Onderwys, Buti Manamela, se publikasie in die Staatskoerant om vakatures op die rade van Gemeenskapsonderwys- en opleidingskolleges te vul. Die woordvoerder, Lwazi Nkolonzi, sê die vakbond was aan die voorpunt om die dringende behoefte te identifiseer vir die regering om Gemeenskapsonderwys- en opleidingskolleges te herposisioneer vir sy mandaat om toegang […]
# Die DA sê berigte van oordrewe raadsvergoeding en potensiële belangebotsings by waterrade ondermyn openbare vertroue en moet beëindig word. Stephen Moore van die DA sê die party versoek amptelik sittings van die Parlementêre Portefeuljekomitee oor Water en Sanitasie om raadsvergoeding en besluitneming sedert die 2023/2024-boekjaar te ondersoek. Hy sê die Departement van Water en […]
# ‘n Nuwe studie waarsku dat Afrika-stede nie genoeg doen om by klimaatsverandering aan te pas nie, met Durban en Harare wat as belangrike lesse uitgewys word. Kwesbare gemeenskappe word bedreig deur stygende temperature, reënval wat afneem, langdurige droogtes, en ernstige oorstromings. Navorsers waarsku dat klein veranderings soos die verbetering van dreineringstelsels nie die ernstiger […]
# An Israeli drone strike in southern Lebanon has killed five people including three children. According to the country’s health ministry four of those killed, including the children and their father, held US citizenship. Two others were wounded, including the children’s mother. The Israeli military in a statement said it was targeting a Hezbollah terrorist […]
