# The man who stabbed and partially blinded world-renowned author Salman Rushdie at a speaking engagement in the US in 2022, Hadi Matar, was found guilty of federal terrorism charges in a District Court in New York. Rushdie’s novel The Satanic Verses was widely condemned in the Islamic world for being blasphemous. Twenty-eight-year-old Matar is […]
# South Africa’s tourism sector has recorded strong growth during the first six months of this year, welcoming more than 5.5-million international visitors. This is a 12.3-percent increase compared with the same period last year. June arrivals also rose by nearly ten-percent with strong growth from African markets. Tourism Department spokesperson, Aldrin Sampear, says for […]
# Dertien mense, insluitend kinders, is in die vroeë oggendure in Russiese lugaanvalle in Oekraïne dood. Die aanval volg ure nadat die Oekraïense president, Volodimir Zelensky, die land gewaarsku het oor Moskou se reuse-aanval. Twee meisies van vyf en 12 jaar is onder die ses mense wat in Kryvyi Rih dood is. Nog ses mense […]
# Die Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in Gauteng gaan ná 2027 se akademiese jaar sluit. Die skool het meer as een-duisend gegradueerdes uit benadeelde gemeenskappe opgelewer sedert die opening in 2007. Die Amerikaanse persoonlikheid sê die akademie sal aan die Gautengse Onderwysdepartement oorgedra word. Die departement se woordvoerder, Onwabile Lubhelwana, sê dit verteenwoordig […]
# Die Verenigde Nasies waarsku dat Ebola vinnig versprei in die Demokratiese Republiek die Kongo, met gevalle wat elke 20 dae verdubbel. Die aantal gevalle het tot drie-duisend-200 gestyg, waaronder minstens een-duisend-405 sterftes. Die uitbreking word veroorsaak deur ‘n stam waarvoor daar geen goedgekeurde entstof of behandeling is nie. Die VN se senior koördineerder vir […]
# The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in Gauteng will close after the 2027 academic year. It produced over one-thousand graduates from disadvantaged communities since opening in 2007. The American celebrity says the academy will transition to the Gauteng Education Department while her philanthropic efforts will shift towards a nationwide scholarship programme. The department’s […]
# The United Nations warns Ebola is spreading rapidly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with cases doubling every 20 days. The number of infections has risen to three-thousand-200, including at least one-thousand-405 deaths. The outbreak, declared on May 15, is caused by a strain for which there is no approved vaccine or treatment. […]
# Thirteen people, including children, have been killed in Russian airstrikes in Ukraine in the early hours of this morning. The attack came hours after Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky warned the country about Moscow launching a massive attack. Two girls, aged 5 and 12, were among six killed in Kryvyi Rih. Six more people were […]
# President Donald Trump van Amerika het die Federale Reserwe gekritiseer wat rentekoerse onveranderd gelaat het, en sê laer koerse sal die ekonomie verder versterk. Beleidmakers het met 9 teen 3 gestem dat rentekoerse tussen 3,5-persent en 3,75-persent bly. Die besluit kom te midde van toenemende onsekerheid oor die uitwerking wat die voortslepende konflik in […]
