# The former Duke of York, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, , is taking legal action to challenge search warrants used by police before his arrest in February. He has been granted permission to ask the High Court to examine whether Thames Valley Police acted lawfully when officers searched his home at the Sandringham estate and his former […]
# Ukraine is scrambling to find money to keep fighting as Russian strikes cripple key industries and drive up the cost of the war. Ukraine spent almost 740-billion-rand on defence in the first nine months of this year, while collecting just over 700-billion-rand in tax revenue. The government says it faces a 935-billion-rand funding including […]
# US President Donald Trump has created a new task force to coordinate the government’s approach to artificial intelligence, which he calls “super intelligence”. The four-member leadership team will be headed by Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton. The task force will examine the risks and opportunities presented by AI and recommend what role the […]
# Up to 500 high schools across France are fully or partly closed today as learner protests over education conditions continue. Education minister Édouard Geffray says the closures are a security precaution, with further demonstrations planned for tomorrow. The protests began last month over teacher shortages, overcrowded classrooms and poorly maintained school buildings, while some […]
# Atletiek: Die Sweeds-Amerikaanse paalspringsensasie Mondo Duplantis het aangekondig dat hy die binnenshuise seisoen gaan oorslaan om te rus en vir die buitelugseisoen voor te berei. Die 26-jarige wêreld- en Olimpiese kampioen sê sy liggaam het herstel nodig sodat hy op sy beste kan presteer wanneer hy in Mei volgende jaar weer begin deelneem. Die […]
# Basketbal: Die National Basketball Association het sy enigste elite-basketbal-opleidingsakademie in Afrika, wat uit Senegal bedryf is, gesluit. Die program, wat in 2018 begin is, het ongeveer 110 jong talentvolle spelers van regoor die vasteland opgelei, insluitend spelers wat tot professionele vlak gevorder het. Die liga beplan om die akademie-opleiding na ‘n nuwe wêreldklasfasiliteit in […]
# Nearly all cat foods tested in a new investigation contained toxic contaminants, including plastic chemicals, the weedkiller glyphosate and heavy metals such as lead, mercury and arsenic. The investigation by the Clean Label Project found cats could be exposed to these substances throughout their lives because they often eat the same food every day. […]
# Die legendariese Suid-Afrikaanse musikant Babsy Mlangeni, is op die ouderdom van 83 oorlede. Mlangeni, wat as kind reeds blind was, het vir meer as vyf dekades as gevierde sanger, liedjieskrywer, komponis en kitaarspeler opgetree. Die Gautengse LUR vir Onderwys, Sport, Kuns, Kultuur en Ontspanning, Lebogang Maile, het Mlangeni se dood as ‘n groot verlies […]
# Die Vryheidsfront Plus sê die arrestasie van drie voormalige Knysna munisipale amptenare weens beweerde korrupsie wat met ‘n sekuriteitskontrak verband hou, is ‘n stap in die rigting van groter aanspreeklikheid. Die voormalige burgemeester Thando Matika, die waarnemende munisipale bestuurder Boy Ngubo en die waarnemende hoof- finansiële beampte Busisiwe Lubelwana is in hegtenis geneem. Danie […]
