# 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 […]
# Die vakverbond Cosatu het die Internasionale Strafhof se saak verwelkom oor werkers se onvervreembare reg om te staak. Die Strafhof het gister met ‘n verhoor begin om te bepaal of die reg om te staak deur internasionale reg beskerm word. Dit is die eerste keer dat die wêreld se hoogste hof gevra is om […]
# Founder and chief designer of the popular luxury Xhosa knitwear brand MaXhosa Africa, Laduma Ngxokolo, presented his Spring/Summer 2026 collection at Paris Fashion Week over the weekend. The collection of 30 bold looks is titled Izipho Zabadala, which means Gifts For the Ancestors. Former US first lady Michelle Obama and singer Beyoncé are among the […]
# The Department of Transport has confirmed it issued a flight permit to a Russian aircraft operator, Abakan Air, last month. The US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control designated Abakan Air for sanctions in June 2024, citing the company’s role in transporting Russian military equipment. The Russian IIyushin IL-76 cargo aircraft landed in Upington […]
# For the first time, renewables generated more power than coal globally in the first half of this year. According to new data from the global energy think tank Ember, the world generated almost a third more solar power in the first half of the year compared with the same period in 2024, meeting 83-percent […]
# Die Demokratiese leier van die Senaat, Chuck Schumer, het president Donald Trump se bewering verwerp dat onderhandelinge met sy party aan die gang is. Twee voorstelle om die regering te befonds, een van die Demokrate en een van die Republikeine, het albei Maandagaand in die Senaat misluk. Dit beteken die regering se afsluiting duur […]
# The Congress of South African Trade Unions has welcomed the International Court of Justice’s case in defence of workers’ inalienable right to strike. The ICJ opened hearings on Monday to determine whether the right to strike is protected under international law. This is the first time the world’s top court has been asked to […]
# Vandag is die tweede herdenking van die dodelike Hamas-geleide aanval op die suide van Israel op 7 Oktober 2023. Een-duisend-200 mense is in die aanval dood, en nog 251 is gyselaar geneem. Die Israelse weermag het in reaksie ‘n inval in Gaza in van stapel gestuur. Sedertdien is 67-duisend-160 Palestyne dood en ongeveer 170-duisend […]
# Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer has rejected president Donald Trump’s claim that negotiations with the Democrats are underway. Two proposals to fund the government, one from Democrats and one from Republicans, both failed in the Senate on Monday evening. This means the government shutdown is now in its seventh day. Schumer says if Trump […]
