# 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 […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse chirurg Kirthi Ramdhani het die eerste dokter in Afrika geword om in beide pediatriese chirurgie en plastiese- en rekonstruktiewe chirurgie te kwalifiseer. Die 38-jarige van Tongaat in KwaZulu-Natal het hierdie mylpaal bereik nadat sy haar tweede spesialiskwalifikasie voltooi het. Haar prestasie word beskou as ‘n belangrike mylpaal vir gespesialiseerde gesondheidsorg in Afrika. […]
# South African surgeon Kirthi Ramdhani has become the first doctor in Africa to qualify in both paediatric surgery and plastic and reconstructive surgery. The 38-year-old from Tongaat, KwaZulu-Natal, reached the milestone after completing her second specialist qualification. Her achievement marks a significant milestone for specialised healthcare on the continent. Based at Tygerberg Hospital and […]
