# The last surviving Battle of Britain pilot, John Hemingway, has died aged 105. He joined the Royal Air Force as a teenager and during World War Two was a member of the pilot’s squadron that shot down 90 enemy aircraft during an 11-day period in May 1940. The pilots became known as “The Few” […]
# Legendary British rock band Queen, US jazz musician Herbie Hancock and Canadian soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan won Sweden’s 2025 Polar Music Prize. It said Queen was synonymous with the very fabric of pop culture. Hancock is praised as a musical legend, whose music has pushed boundaries in jazz, funk, soul and R&B. Hannigan […]
# ʼn Grensverskuiwende studie is aan die gang om vas te stel of rooibos die nadelige uitwerking van blootstelling aan petrochemiese stowwe op petroljoggies kan bekamp. Wetenskaplikes van die Nasionale Instituut vir Beroepsgesondheid het die idee ontwikkel na aanleiding van die bedryf se aansienlike beroepsgevare. Die instituut se epidemioloog, Kerry Wilson, sê petroljoggies in Suid-Afrika […]
# Paramount se aksiekomedie, Novocaine, met Jack Quaid in die hoofrol was boaan die Noord-Amerikaanse lokettrefferlys in sy debuutnaweek. Warner Brothers se wetenskapfiksie-ruimte-rolprent Mickey 17, met Bong Joon-ho as regisseur, het na die tweede plek teruggesak met Steven Soderbergh se nuwe rolprent, Black Bag, in die derde plek. Captain America: Brave New World was op […]
# A groundbreaking study is underway to investigate whether rooibos could mitigate the harmful effects of petrochemical exposure among petrol attendants. Scientists from the National Institute for Occupational Health developed the idea in response to the industry’s significant occupational hazards. The institute’s epidemiologist, Kerry Wilson, says petrol attendants in South Africa work long hours at […]
# Paramount’s action-comedy, Novocaine, starring Jack Quaid topped the North American box office in its debut weekend. Warner Brothers sci-fi space film Mickey 17 directed by Bong Joon-ho slipped to second place with Steven Soderbergh‘s new movie Black Bag in third. Marvel holdover Captain America: Brave New World remained high on the chart in its fifth weekend, coming in at […]
# Die Grammy-bekroonde Suid-Afrikaanse DJ, Black Coffee, het vir sy 49ste verjaardag ‘n eksklusiewe veiling gehou om geld in te samel vir sy jongste projek, die Black Coffee-musiek-akademie. Die veiling het unieke items ingesluit soos ‘n beperkte uitgawe van ‘n Rolex en ‘n kunswerk van Nelson Makamo. Altesaam 3,1-miljoen-rand is ingesamel. Die musikant sê die […]
# Dis Menseregtemaand en die Tshwane Universiteit vir Tegnologie vereer ʼn ere-oudstudent, Tlou Cholo, wat in Oktober 100 jaar oud word. Cholo is ʼn vryheidsvegter en waarskynlik die enigste oorlewende veteraan van uMkhonto weSizwe se Luthuli-afdeling. Hy is 16 jaar op Robbeneiland gevange gehou vir sy rol in die vryheidstryd. TUT het in 2018 ʼn […]
# Taylor Swift, Benson Boone en SZA is beide wenners by die 12de jaarlikse iHeartRadio-musiektoekennings in Los Angeles. Swift het agt toekennings ontvang, insluitend as beste kunstenaar van die jaar. Gracie Abrams is die beste deurbraak-kunstenaar van die jaar terwyl Jelly Roll die beste country-kunstenaar van die jaar is. SZA is die derde agtereenvolgende keer […]
