# The world is commemorating World Health Day today highlighting maternal and newborn health under the theme Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures. According to the World Health Organisation, nearly 300-thousand women die annually from pregnancy-related issues, with over two-million newborn deaths. The campaign urges renewed global investment to save lives. The organisation stresses support for midwives, […]
# Dit is vandag die Internasionale Dag van Sport vir Ontwikkeling en Vrede, wat fokus op die gebruik van sport om die speelvlak gelyk te maak vir maatskaplike insluiting. Globale vennote sal tydens hierdie geleentheid verenig om geslagsgelykheid, rassegeregtigheid en gesonde veroudering te bespreek. Die Verenigde Nasies doen ‘n beroep op alle sektore om sport […]
# Burgemeester van Londen, Sadiq Khan, sal meer magte kry om die rompslomp wat “kroeë, klubs en restaurante verstik” te verminder en Engeland se hoofstad se afnemende nag-ekonomie te laat herleef. Khan sal nuwe magte kry om besluite van plaaslike rade te hersien wat laat-dranklisensies in naglewe-fokusareas blokkeer. Indien dit suksesvol is, kan ander burgemeesters […]
# London mayor Sadiq Khan will get more powers to cut red tape that is “stifling” pubs, clubs and restaurants and holding back the UK capital’s flagging night-time economy. Khan will be granted powers to review decisions of local councils that block late-drinking licences in nightlife hotspots. If successful, other mayors across England could receive […]
# Die kunstenaar wie se amptelike portret van Donald Trump in die openbaar deur die president gekritiseer is, sê haar onderneming verkeer nou in gevaar om nie te weer te herstel nie. Die Republikeinse leier het aan die einde van verlede maand opslae gemaak toe hy gesê het die portret, wat in Colorado se Kongresgebou […]
# Today marks the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, focusing on leveling the playing field using sport for social inclusion. The event unites global partners to discuss gender equality, racial justice, and healthy aging through sport. The United Nations calls on all sectors to embrace sport as a tool for breaking barriers, […]
# An artist whose official portrait of Donald Trump was publicly criticised by the president said her business is now in danger of not recovering. The Republican leader made headlines at the end of last month when he said the portrait hanging in Colorado’s State Capitol had been purposefully distorted. Sarah Boardman’s collection of official […]
# Die produksie KUNS, met topakteurs Wessel Pretorius, Ludwig Binge en Wilhelm van der Walt, het vanjaar se KKNK-feesgangers beïndruk met sy fyn balans tussen humor en ernstige ondertone. Die stuk, oorspronklik geskryf deur Yasmina Reza en internasionaal bekend as Art, is meesterlik vertaal deur Naómi Morgan en is onder die regie en ontwerp van […]
# DA federal chairperson Helen Zille, will become the first politician to headline a Showmax and Laugh Africa Roast. Creative director, Stuart Taylor, commented on her significant political stature and her forthright views. Zille welcomed the roast, saying that people roast her behind her back, so why not let them do it to her face. […]
