# 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 […]
# The South African National Space Agency says construction of its Deep Space Ground Station at Matjiesfontein in the Western Cape is on schedule and expected to be completed within the next 18 to 24 months. SANSA says the government-funded facility will strengthen South Africa’s role in global space science and satellite communications. CEO Humbulani […]
# SANParke het ʼn duisend duine-spinasie-struike by die Boulders-pikkewynkolonie in Kaapstad aangeplant as deel van ʼn voortgesette veldtog om hulle habitat te herstel. SANParke se woordvoerder, JP Louw, sê die saad is by Boulders geoes en by die Kaap die Goeie Hoop-kwekery ontkiem voor dit weer in die kolonie geplant is. Hy sê die struik […]
# SANParks has planted one-thousand dune spinach shrubs at the Boulders penguin colony in Cape Town as part of an ongoing habitat rehabilitation initiative. SANParks spokesperson JP Louw says the seeds were collected from Boulders and germinated at the Cape of Good Hope nursery before being replanted at the colony. He says the shrub is […]
# ‘n Airbus A350 het presies 24-uur en 24-minute geneem om ‘n toetsvlug vanaf Melbourne in Australië na Toulouse in Frankryk te voltooi as deel van Quantas se Project Sunrise. Dis ‘n nuwe rekord vir ‘n regstreekse vlug. Die redery het voorheen aangedui vlugte oor die Stille Oseaan is ‘n moontlikheid vir ‘n regstreekse roete […]
# It took an Airbus A350 exactly 24 hours and 24 minutes to complete a test flight as part of Quantas Airline’s Project Sunrise from Melbourne in Australia to Toulouse in France, setting a new record for a non-stop flight. Qantas has previously indicated that trans-pacific crossings – taking advantage of wind conditions – are […]
# Die regsgesinde Oversight Project het klankopnames vrygestel waarin die Amerikaanse oudpresident, Joe Biden, erken hy was in besit van geklassifiseerde dokumente ná sy vertrek as visepresident. Sommige van die opnames bevat gesprekke tussen hom en sy spookskrywer, Mark Lewis Zwonitzer, wat hom gehelp het met sy memoir, Promise me, Dad, van 2017. Daar is […]
# Right-wing Oversight Project has released audio recordings of former US president Joe Biden, in which he acknowledges possessing classified material after leaving office as vice-president. Some of the recordings are of him in conversations with his ghost writer, Mark Lewis Zwonitzer, who helped with his 2017 memoir, Promise me, Dad. There are moments where […]
