# Die kommissaris van die Grensbestuursowerheid, Michael Masiapato, sê korrupsie by Suid-Afrika se grensposte sal nie geduld word nie. Masiapato het tydens ‘n teenkorrupsieveldtog by die OR Tambo-internasionale Lughawe in Gauteng gesê korrupsie waarby grensbeamptes betrokke is, bly ‘n ernstige bekommernis. Hy sê die owerheid en ander belanghebbendes het hulle daartoe verbind om saam te […]
# Amanda Nel, die verdedigingsadvokaat vir die geskorste adjunk- nasionale polisiekommissaris, Shadrack Sibiya, het aangevoer mnr. M het moontlik ‘n motief om vals bewerings teen Sibiya te maak. Nel het aan die Randburgse landdroshof gesê Sibiya het mnr. M finansieel bygestaan, maar daarmee opgehou ná ‘n beweerde breuk tussen hulle. Sy het aangevoer dit het […]
# The U.S. Department of Defense is considering expanding its use of autonomous surveillance boats along the Rio Grande and in the Gulf of Mexico. The solar-powered, canoe-sized vessels have been used since January to detect and deter migrant crossings and drug trafficking. The current fleet has 10 boats, but officials want to add as […]
# Krieket: Die snelbouler Jofra Archer gaan ook later die maand Engeland se driehoekige eendagreeks in Pakistan misloop. Hy kry ruskans, terwyl die paaltjiewagter Jos Buttler en die kolwer Jacob Bethell beseer is. Die draaibouler Adil Rashid en die veelsydige Sam Curran keer terug nadat hulle van beserings herstel het, terwyl Glamorgan se draaibouler, Mason […]
# South African motorists are facing record fuel prices from Wednesday, with 95 octane petrol’s price expected to rise by more than three-rand a litre and pass the 30-rand mark for the first time. The latest Central Energy Fund figures put the projected increase at 3-rand-21-cents, taking the inland price to about 30-rand-13-cents a litre. […]
# Japan’s first sitting mayor to take maternity leave has been named on TIME magazine’s TIME100 Next list of rising global leaders. The 36-year-old mayor of Yawata, Shoko Kawata, became the country’s youngest female mayor when elected in 2023. She took maternity leave in July and gave birth to her first child, a girl, last […]
# About 400 schools and other educational institutions in France are expected to remain closed today as student protests over teacher shortages and deteriorating school buildings turn violent in some areas. The demonstrations began in the Paris region last month before spreading nationwide. Dozens of people have been injured and police have made hundreds of […]
# COSATU verwelkom die regering se versekering dat afgetrede militêre personeel en hul afhanklikes hul mediese dekking sal behou. Die minister van Verdediging en Militêre Veterane, Angie Motshekga, het aan die Parlement gesê sowat 21-duisend hoofbegunstigdes van die Fonds vir Voortgesette Mediese Dekking vir Lede van die Staandemag sal steeds die volle voordele ontvang. Matthew […]
# Cargo is piling up at Pakistan’s main port in Karachi as truckers refuse to drive north, fearing their vehicles and containers will be seized for barricades around Islamabad. Police requisitioned more than two-thousand vehicles in September, many still carrying cargo. The disruption comes ahead of a march planned for 4 October by supporters of […]
