# Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Dion George, is attending the second Africa Climate Summit in Ethiopia this week. The summit provides a platform for policymakers, practitioners, businesses, and civil society to advance Africa’s climate agenda and sustainable development priorities. This year’s theme is Accelerating Global Climate Solutions: Financing for Africa’s Resilient and […]
# Skywatchers in parts of the world, including South Africa, got to see a rare total lunar eclipse, commonly called a Blood Moon, on Sunday evening. This 82-minute spectacle, one of the longest in a decade, occurred when the Earth positioned itself precisely between the moon and the sun, casting its shadow on the moon’s […]
# Oekraïne se president, Volodymyr Zelensky, het Rusland se lugaanval die naweek op ʼn regeringsgebou in Kiev veroordeel. In sy grootste lugaanval tydens die oorlog het Moskou 800 hommeltuie ontplooi en die eerste keer die regering se hoofgebou getref. Minstens vier mense is in aanvalle reg oor Oekraïne dood, insluitend ʼn baba en ʼn jong […]
# Victorian Supreme Court has sentenced Australian woman Erin Patterson to three life sentences with a non-parole period of 33-years. In July, she was found guilty of murdering three people, including the parents, aunt and uncle of her estranged husband, Simon Patterson. This is after she fed them a beef wellington meal she had deliberately […]
# Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, has condemned Russia’s air strike on a government building in Kyiv at the weekend. In its largest aerial assault of the war, Moscow deployed over 800 drones, striking the main government building for the first time. At least four people were killed in strikes across Ukraine, including a baby and a young […]
# Die DA in die Wes-Kaap het die aankondiging deur die LUR vir Landbou, Ekonomiese Ontwikkeling en Toerisme, Ivan Meyer, verwelkom dat die provinsiale regering, Wesgro en sy bedryfsvennote stappe doen om boere onder druk te ondersteun en werksgeleenthede te beskerm. Die DA se Noko Masipa sê dit volg die 30-persent-tarief op Suid-Afrikaanse landbou-uitvoere na […]
# Die Israelse weermag het nog ‘n wolkekrabber in Gazastad vernietig, die tweede groot gebou die afgelope twee dae. Die minister van Verdediging, Israel Katz, het ‘n video op X geplaas van die gebou wat ineenstort, met die opskrif: “Ons gaan voort”. Die weermag, wat sy operasies in Gaza uitgebrei het, sê die Sussi-toring word […]
# The DA in the Western Cape has welcomed announcement by Agriculture, Economic Development and Tourism MEC , Ivan Meyer that the provincial government, Wesgro and industry partners, is taking active steps to support affected farmers and protect jobs. The DA’s Noko Masipa says this is in the face of the recently imposed 30-percent tariff on South African agricultural […]
# The Israeli military has destroyed another high-rise block in Gaza City, the second major one it has targeted in as many days. Defence Minister Israel Katz posted a video of the building collapsing on X, with the caption: “We’re continuing”. The Israel Defense Forces which has been expanding operations in Gaza, said the Sussi […]
