# Wetenskaplikes het ‘n nuwe wildekatspesie in Bolivia geïdentifiseer – die eerste lewende katspesie wat in meer as ‘n eeu formeel beskryf is. Die klein gespikkelde kat, wat as die “Tilcayo” bekend staan, leef in die Yungas-oerwoud waar die Andesgebergte en die Amasone-reënwoud mekaar ontmoet. Dit is kleiner as ‘n gemiddelde huiskat en weeg ongeveer […]
# Scientists have identified a new species of wild cat in Bolivia, the first living feline species to be formally described in more than a century. Called the Tilcayo, the small spotted cat lives in the Yungas cloud forest, where the Andes meet the Amazon. It is smaller than an average domestic cat and weighs […]
# ‘n Bejaarde vrou van Oekraïne het ‘n gevorderde Russiese hommeltuig met haar kaal hande gedeaktiveer. Beeldmateriaal uit die Zaporizjzja-gebied toon hoe die ouma kalm na die kamikaze-hommeltuig stap wat op die grond gelê het. Sy het die toestel se vesel-optiese beheerkabel uitgeruk, wat die sein heeltemal afgesny het. Die video het wêreldwyd aandag getrek, […]
# Volgende Donderdag is Erfenisdag, maar ‘n organisasie sonder winsbejag, Inyathelo, sê dit is nie genoeg om Suid-Afrika se ryk kulturele uiteenlopenheid slegs te vier nie. Die organisasie se woordvoerder, Feryal Domingo, sê die ware gees van Erfenisdag is om die diep wonde en sistemiese ongelykhede van apartheid heeljaar aan te pak. Sy sê organisasies […]
# An elderly Ukrainian woman has disabled a high-tech Russian drone with her bare hands. Footage from the Zaporizhzhia region shows the grandmother calmly approaching the grounded kamikaze drone, which was lying in wait for a target. She disabled the device by ripping out its fibre-optic control cable, completely severing the pilot’s signal. While the […]
# Heritage Day is observed on Thursday, and non-profit organisation Inyathelo says celebrating the country’s rich cultural diversity is not enough. Spokesperson Feryal Domingo says the true spirit of Heritage Day lies in confronting the deep wounds and systemic inequalities left by apartheid. She says this work is being driven 365 days a year by […]
# Kaapstad se burgemeester, Geordin Hill-Lewis, sê die hernoemde Tutu-gedenkpark in Milnerton is nog ʼn manier waarop die metro wyle aartsbiskop Desmond Tutu en sy vrou, Leah, vereer. Die Lupin-singel-park waar Tutu en sy vrou dekades lank gewoon het, word verander in ʼn kindervriendelike ontspanningsgebied met ʼn hondepark, blomtuin en buitelug-amfiteater. Hill-Lewis sê die park […]
# Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says the renamed Tutu Memorial Park in Milnerton is another way the metro is honouring the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu and his wife, Leah. The Lupin Crescent Park, where the couple lived for decades, is being transformed into a child-focused dog park, flower garden, and outdoor amphitheatre. Hill-Lewis says […]
# Buckingham-paleis verwerp bewerings van prinses Diana se broer, graaf Spencer, in sy memoir oor die gebeure na haar dood in 1997. Hy beweer die destydse prins Charles het vir hom gesê Diana sal gou vergeet word nadat hulle gestry het oor of prinse William en Harry agter haar kis moes stap. Die paleis sê […]
