# British Prime Minister Keir Starmer urged students to skip pro-Palestinian protests planned for the second anniversary of Hamas’s attack in Israel on 7 October 2023, suggesting they were disrespectful. Students from several London universities were due to walk out of classes this afternoon before marching through the centre of the British capital. Rallies or […]
# The family of South Africa’s late Ambassador to France, Nathi Mthethwa, says they hope to bury him on Sunday after the French authorities concluded the postmortem. His phone was also recovered in a nearby park. Mthethwa died last week after reportedly falling from the 22nd floor of Hyatt Regency Hotel in Paris. Family spokesperson […]
# Kaapstad is een van TimeOut se 20 beste plekke om tussen Oktober en Februarie te besoek. Dit is omdat lande in die Noordelike Halfrond in dié tyd kouer weer ervaar. Sharm-el-Sjeik in Egipte, bekend vir sy turkoois water en wolklose blou hemel feitlik heeljaar, is boaan die lys. Namibië is tweede, gevolg deur Ciprus, […]
# Cape Town has been included in TimeOut’s best 20 places to visit between October this year and February 2026. This as countries in the Northern Hemisphere are experiencing colder weather during this period. Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt, known for having turquoise waters and cloud-free skies pretty much all year round, tops the list. […]
# Die Verenigde Nasies se sekretaris-generaal, António Guterres, sê ‘n permanente wapenstilstand in Gaza en ‘n geloofwaardige politieke proses is noodsaaklik om verdere bloedvergieting te voorkom en die weg vir vrede te baan. Vandag is die tweede herdenking van die Hamas-geleide terreuraanvalle op die suide van Israel, wat een-duisend-200 mense dood gelaat het, terwyl 251 […]
# United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres, says a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and a credible political process are essential to prevent further bloodshed and pave the way for peace. Today is the second anniversary of the Hamas-led terror attacks on southern Israel, which left one-thousand-200 people dead, while 251 were taken hostage. It is […]
# Die stigter en hoofontwerper van die gewilde luukse Xhosa-breiwerkhandelsmerk MaXhosa Africa, Laduma Ngxokolo, het oor die naweek sy Lente/Somer 2026-versameling by die Paryse Modeweek aangebied. Die versameling van 30 helderkleurige uitrustings is getiteld Izipho Zabadala, wat “Geskenke vir die Voorouers” beteken. Die voormalige Amerikaanse presidentsvrou, Michelle Obama en sangeres Beyoncé is van die bekende […]
# Die Departement van Vervoer het bevestig dat hulle verlede maand ‘n vlugpermit aan ‘n Russiese vlugoperateur, Abakan Air, uitgereik het. Die Amerikaanse Departement van Finansies se Kantoor vir Buitelandse Batebeheer het Abakan Air in Junie 2024 vir sanksies aangewys, met verwysing na die maatskappy se rol in die vervoer van Russiese militêre toerusting. Die […]
# Vir die eerste keer ooit het hernubare energiebronne wêreldwyd meer krag in die eerste helfte van die jaar opgewek as steenkool. Volgens nuwe data van die wêrelddinkskrum Ember, het die wêreld byna ‘n derde meer sonkrag in die eerste helfte van die jaar opgewek vergeleke met dieselfde tydperk in 2024, wat in 83-persent van […]
