# Krieket: Die gewese Protea-sterbouler Allan Donald het groot lof vir die jong Lions-naatbouler JJ Basson, wat onlangs die beste vertoning vir ‘n Suid-Afrikaanse bouler in ‘n eersteklas-buiging gelewer het. Die 18-jarige het 11 Bolandse paaltjies geneem in hulle KSA-vierdagwedstryd in Johannesburg. Donald, een van die Lions se afrigters, sê Basson het geboul met die […]
# Die Minister van Minerale en Petroleum Hulpbronne, Gwede Mantashe, sê die mynbousektor moet nie wins bo werkers se gesondheid en veiligheid stel nie. Tydens ‘n beraad oor myngesondheid en -veiligheid in Kemptonpark, Gauteng, het Mantashe gesê 49 mynwerkers teen 14 September hierdie jaar alreeds in die bedryf gesterf, vergeleke met 41 sterfgevalle verlede jaar. […]
# AfriForum is tevrede met Amerika se jongste stappe teen Suid-Afrika, want dit sal nie gewone burgers benadeel nie, maar slegs politici en ander wat beskuldig word van ernstige menseregteskendings teen Afrikaners en ander minderhede. Dit sluit in oproepe tot geweld en grondonteiening sonder vergoeding. Woordvoerder Kallie Kriel sê die regering het hom doof gehou […]
# Buckingham Palace has rejected claims by the late Princess Diana’s brother, Earl Spencer, in his forthcoming memoir about events following her death in 1997. He alleges then-Prince Charles told him Diana would soon be forgotten. This happened during an argument over whether Princes William and Harry should walk behind their mother’s coffin. The palace […]
# Die nasionale kommissaris van Korrektiewe Dienste, Makgothi Thobakgala, sê bendes werf jongmense om ernstige misdade, insluitend moord, te pleeg. Hy het voor die Madlanga-kommissie getuig bendes gebruik doelbewus jongmense omdat die strafregstelsel jong oortreders anders hanteer as volwassenes, wat hulle kwesbaar maak vir uitbuiting deur georganiseerde misdaadgroepe. Thobakgala sê bendes het gewoonlik ‘n duidelike […]
# Australia is tightening visa rules for foreign students and backpackers in an attempt to reduce migration. Foreign students will no longer generally be able to bring partners or children with them, while new ballot rules will determine some extensions for working-holiday visas. Holders of visitor visas will also be prevented from switching to other […]
# The European Commission has proposed banning social media accounts for children under 13, as part of new measures to protect minors online. Children aged 13 to under 15 would only be allowed to use supervised mini accounts, with limited features and a one-hour daily time limit. The plan would also cover video-sharing platforms, online […]
# Ukrainian officials say at least 26 people, including four children, were injured in overnight Russian strikes on Kyiv, Odesa and other regions. In Kyiv, 16 people were wounded, including two children, while seven people, among them two children, were injured in Odesa after a missile struck an apartment building. A 64-year-old man was killed […]
# Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has welcomed the US House of Representatives’ passage of a sweeping sanctions bill targeting Russia. The legislation, approved by 262 votes to 159, targets Russia’s energy and defence industries and its shadow fleet of oil tankers used to evade sanctions. It would also allow US President Donald Trump to impose […]
