# Die Departement van Gesondheid sê dis tans Wêreld-borsvoedweek, maar slegs 22-persent babas in Suid-Afrika word die eerste ses maande van hul lewe uitsluitlik geborsvoed. Dis aansienlik minder as die Wêreld-gesondheidvergadering se teiken van 60-persent teen 2030. Foster Mohale van die departement sê dit gaan nie net oor die land en wêreld se teikens nie, […]
# The Department of Health says, with it being World Breastfeeding Week, only 22-percent of babies in South Africa are exclusively breastfed in the first six months of life. This is well below the World Health Assembly target of 60-percent by 2030. The department’s Foster Mohale says it is not just about reaching country and global targets, […]
# Die bekende Brits-Nepalese bergklimmer, Nirmal Purja, is onder die tien mense wat in ‘n sneeustorting op Broad Peak in Pakistan dood is. Sy maatskappy het met diepe leedwese en geweldige hartseer bevestig dat die 43-jarige Purja in Donderdag se sneeustorting dood is. Purja, wat in Nepal gebore is en later in die Britse leër […]
# The renowned British-Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja is among ten people killed in an avalanche on Broad Peak in Pakistan. His company confirmed with “profound sadness and immense heartbreak” that the 43-year-old Purja had died in Thursday’s avalanche. Purja, who was born in Nepal and later served in the British army, was known for scaling […]
# Die Amerikaanse akteur Vincent Pastore, wat Salvatore “Big Pussy” Bonpensiero in die trefferreeks The Sopranos vertolk het, is op 80-jarige ouderdom oorlede. Volgens CBS News is Pastore in sy huis in die Bronx in New York gevind en daar is geen aanduiding van vuilspel nie. Pastore het Tony Soprano se beste vriend gespeel wat […]
# US actor Vincent Pastore, who played Salvatore “Big Pussy” Bonpensiero in the hit show The Sopranos, has died aged 80. According to CBS News Pastore was found at his home in the Bronx, New York City and there was no indication of criminality. Pastore played Tony Soprano’s best friend who ultimately became an informant […]
# Die Amerikaanse Departement van Buitelandse Sake het om verskoning gevra nadat amptenare tydens ‘n aanbieding by die VIGS 2026-konferensie in Rio de Janeiro, ‘n kaart van Afrika vertoon het waarop verskeie lande verkeerd was. Die voorval het kritiek ontlok met die Trump-administrasie wat veranderinge aan VSA-befondsde wêreldwye MIV-programme verdedig het. Die aanbieding het Nigerië […]
# The US State Department apologised after officials displayed a map of Africa that incorrectly labelled several countries during a presentation at the AIDS 2026 conference in Rio de Janeiro. The incident drew criticism as the Trump administration defended changes to US-funded global HIV programmes. The slide showed Nigeria inland, Mozambique was placed in the […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Ruimte-agentskap sê bouwerk aan sy diep-ruimte-grondstasie by Matjiesfontein in die Wes-Kaap is op koers en sal na verwagting binne die volgende 18 tot 24 maande voltooi wees. SANSA sê die regeringsbefondsde aanleg sal Suid-Afrika se rol in wêreldruimtewetenskap en satelliet-kommunikasie versterk. Uitvoerende hoof Humbulani Mudau sê die projek sal ook plaaslike […]
