# Sokker: Die Portugese superster Cristiano Ronaldo is met sy jarelange lewensmaat, Georgina Rodríguez, getroud in ‘n burgerlike seremonie met hulle kinders teenwoordig. Ronaldo het altesaam vyf kinders, twee saam met Rodríguez, en sy het ook gehelp om sy ander drie kinders groot te maak. Hulle is al tien jaar saam en het verlede jaar […]
# A thirty-two-year-old woman has been rescued alive after being trapped beneath rubble for 36-hours following an earthquake of 7.4 in western Colombia. Daniela Largo was pulled from a collapsed building in Pereira after a ten-hour operation. Firefighters dug two tunnels, using one to provide oxygen before freeing her through the second. At least 188 […]
# Soccer: Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has married his longtime partner, Georgina Rodríguez, in a civil ceremony with their children attending. Ronaldo has five children in total, two of whom he shares with Rodríguez. She has also helped to raise his other three children. They have been together for ten years and announced their engagement […]
# Die konsep-bygewerkte Nasionale Bioverskeidenheid-strategie en -aksieplan vir 2026 tot 2035 is vir openbare kommentaar gepubliseer. Die minister van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing, David Maynier, sê dit sal Suid-Afrika se pogings lei om bioverskeidenheid te bewaar en volhoubaar te gebruik. Die strategie stem ooreen met die globale Kunming-Montreal-bioverskeidenheids-raamwerk wat in 2022 aanvaar is. Die […]
# Navorsers in Queensland het vyf Australiese eksters met GPS-opspoorders toegerus om hul bewegings dop te hou en te probeer uitvind hoe ouderdom, geslag en rangorde hul gedrag beïnvloed. Die voëls het mekaar egter binne enkele minute met hul snawels gehelp om dit los te maak en al die toestelle te verwyder. Die navorsers beskou […]
# Researchers in Queensland fitted five Australian magpies with GPS trackers, hoping to map their movements and understand how age, sex or rank affected the way the flock behaved. However the birds had other plans. Within minutes after being fitted, the magpies started using their beaks to help each other get the trackers off, which […]
# Two South African innovators have been shortlisted for the 2026 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation. Chemical engineer professor Dyllon Randall was recognised for developing a urine-to-fertiliser recovery system, while biomedical researcher Sincengile Ntshingila was shortlisted for creating a virtual tissue culture training platform. The finalists will compete in Johannesburg in October for the top […]
# Twee Suid-Afrikaanse innoveerders is op die kortlys vir die 2026 Afrika-prys vir Ingenieursinnovering. Die chemiese ingenieur, professor Dyllon Randall, is erken vir die ontwikkeling van ‘n urien-tot-kunsmis-herwinningstelsel, terwyl biomediese navorser, Sincengile Ntshingila op die kortlys is vir die skep van ‘n virtuele weefselkultuuropleidingsplatform. Die finaliste sal in Oktober in Johannesburg meeding vir die eerste […]
# SANParke vier die 60ste bestaansjaar van die Augrabies Nasionale Park in die Noord-Kaap, wat een van Suid-Afrika se mees ikoniese natuur-trekpleisters is. Die park is op 5 Augustus 1966 geproklameer en beskerm ‘n unieke dorre ekostelsel, die waterval van 56 meter en die graniet-skeur van 18 kilometer. JP Louw van SANParke het werknemers, omliggende […]
