# The National Playwright Competition has named four finalists who could see their work staged at the 2025 National Arts Festival. Thozama Busakwe, Lwando Sindaphi, Naledi Malotana, and Campbell Meas will each receive five-thousand-rand and mentorship to refine their scripts. The competition, which supports emerging playwrights, allows writing in any language. The final winner will […]
# Koning Willem-Alexander van Nederland het menseregte bespreek gedurende sy staatsbesoek aan Kenia te midde van ‘n toenemende aantal bewerings van mensemishandeling. Die besoek vind plaas al het meer as 20-duisend Keniane ‘n versoekskrif onderteken dat dit afgestel moet word te midde van inhegtenisnemings van kritici en staatsverwante ontvoerings. Die koning het in Nairobi die […]
# Dutch King Willem-Alexander has addressed human rights concerns during his state visit to Kenya, amid growing allegations of abuses. This visit comes despite over 20-thousand Kenyans signed a petition urging the visit’s cancellation, citing arrests of critics and state-linked abductions and over 300 appeals to cancel. Speaking in Nairobi, he emphasised the importance of […]
# Aandele in Chinese elektriese voertuigreus BYD het tot rekordhoogtes gestyg na die bekendmaking van batterytegnologie wat hulle sê ‘n voertuig kan laai in dieselfde tyd wat dit vat om ‘n voertuig met brandstof vol te maak. Die maatskappy sê die battery en laaistelsel, wat as “Super e-Platform” bekend staan, maak aanspraak op topspoed van […]
# Die legendariese Britse rockgroep Queen, die Amerikaanse jazzmusikant Herbie Hancock en die Kanadese sopraan en dirigent Barbara Hannigan het Swede se 2025 Polar-musiekprys gewen. Queen word beskryf as sinoniem met die struktuur van popkultuur. Hancock word geprys as ‘n musikale legende wie se musiek die grense van jazz, funk, soul en R&B verskuif het. […]
# Beeldmateriaal van vier sneeuluiperds op sneeubedekte kranse in die noorde van Pakistan, het tot groot opgewondheid onder natuurbewaarders gelei, aangesien hierdie skaars diere nie sommer gesien word nie. Sneeuluiperds is van die moeilikste diere om in die natuur te sien en die waarneming word beskou as ‘n suksesverhaal vir bewaringspogings in Pakistan. Die fotograaf […]
# Shares in Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD surged to a record high after it unveiled new battery technology it says can charge a vehicle in the same time it takes to fill up a petrol car. The company said the battery and charging system, called “Super e-Platform”, boasted peak speeds of one-thousand kW, allowing […]
# Die laaste oorlewende vlieënier van die Slag van Brittanje, John Hemingway, is op 105 oorlede. Hy het as tiener by die Koninklike Lugmag aangesluit en was tydens die Tweede Wêreldoorlog lid van ‘n vlieënier-eskader wat in Mei 1940 binne 11-dae 90 vyandelike vliegtuie afgeskiet het. Die vlieëniers het bekend geword as “The Few” na […]
# Footage of four, rarely-seen snow leopards clambering up snowy cliffs in northern Pakistan has created a frenzy of excitement among conservationists. Snow leopards are among the world’s most elusive creatures in the wild and the sighting is being celebrated as a success story for Pakistan’s conservation efforts. The photographer who saw the animals, Sakhawat […]
