# More than 130 charities and other non-governmental organisations are calling for the controversial Israeli and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation to be shut down. The organisations, including Oxfam, Save the Children and Amnesty International, say more than 500 Palestinians have been killed while seeking aid since the foundation started operating in late May. Almost four-thousand […]
# City Power sê met die nuwe elektrisiteitstariewe wat vandag in werking tree, sal die gemiddelde verhoging 11,66-persent wees op die Residensiële Vooruitbetaalde Hoë-tarief. Dit is hoofsaaklik as gevolg van verhogings in energiekoste. Die vaste maandelikse koste, ‘n 70-rand diensfooi en 130-rand netwerk-kapasiteitsprys by onveranderd. City Power se woordvoerder, Isaac Mangena, sê ‘n kliënt wat […]
# Four employees of a satirical magazine in Turkey have been arrested for publishing a cartoon that appears to show the Prophet Muhammad. The sacred religious figure’s depiction is forbidden in Islam. Interior minister Ali Yerlikaya condemned LeMan magazine’s drawing as shameless, announcing that its editor-in-chief, graphic designer, institutional director and cartoonist had been detained. […]
# Soccer: Defending champions Manchester City were knocked out at the last-16 stage of the Club World Cup when they were stunned by Saudi Arabian side Al-Hilal in extra time. Pep Guardiola’s side had come through the group stages unscathed but failed to reach the quarter-finals after conceding four goals in a haphazard defensive display. […]
# Scores of people have been killed in a massive blast and fire at a pharmaceuticals factory in the southern Indian state of Telangana. News agencies report the incident took place during work hours at a unit of Sigachi Industries, leaving several injured and in critical condition. A senior police official told the Press Trust […]
# Tennis: Die eerste-gekeurde Aryna Sabalenka het maklik deurgedring na die tweede ronde van Wimbledon, met ‘n oorwinning van 6-1, 7-5 oor die Kanadese kwalifiseerder Carson Branstine. Die 27-jarige van Belarus is ‘n driemalige Grand Slam-kampioen, maar het nog nooit verder gevorder as Wimbledon se halfeindronde nie. Sy het vanjaar in die eindstryde van die […]
# Die Gautengse Departement van Onderwys het bevestig daar sal moontlik vertragings wees met die betaling van onderwys- en algemene assistente as gevolg van voortgesette dataverifikasie. Bykans agt-duisend assistente kan in die eerste betalingsiklus geraak word. Die departement se woordvoerder, Steve Mabona, sê slegs geverifieerde individue sal betaal word, en alle betalings sal na verwagting […]
# Absa in Mauritius plans to nearly quadruple funding for green projects by 2030 to support the island nation’s emissions reduction goals. Moneyweb reports the unit of South Africa’s third-largest bank by assets, Absa Group, intends to increase green loans to close on 6.2- billion-rand from 1.65-billion-rand at the end of last year. Mauritius has […]
# Krieket: Engeland se span is onveranderd vir die tweede toets teen Indië wat môre op Edgbaston begin na hy die eerste wedstryd op Headingley gewen het. Dit beteken die snelbouler Jofra Archer kry steeds nie speelkans nie na ‘n afwesigheid van vier jaar, maar hy sluit vandag by die span aan. Indië het nog […]
