# Convicted rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs has written a letter to the judge overseeing his criminal trial, asking for leniency during his sentencing expected later today. He blamed his past behaviour on drug addiction and apologised for all of the hurt and pain that he had caused. He stated that he had been reformed after […]
# Israel faced international condemnation and protests on Thursday after its military intercepted almost all of about 40 boats in a flotilla carrying aid to Gaza and took captive more than 450 foreign activists, including Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg. Cameras broadcasting live feeds from the boats showed armed Israeli soldiers in helmets and night vision goggles boarding […]
# Die Britse eerste minister, Keir Starmer, sê die land moet ʼn toenemende vlaag anti-Semitisme oorwin. Twee mense is gister by Heaton Park-sinagoge in Manchester dood toe ʼn motor hulle getref en hulle met messe gesteek is. Vier mense is gewond. Die polisie het die aanvaller, wat as die 35-jarige Jihad Al-Shamie geïdentifiseer is, op […]
# British prime minister Keir Starmer says the country must defeat a rising wave of antisemitism. Two people were killed in a car and stabbing attack at the Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester yesterday. Four people were wounded. The attacker, who has been named as 35-year-old Jihad Al-Shamie, was shot dead by police at the scene. […]
# Die talentvolle Suid-Afrikaanse aktrise, model en filantroop, Nomzamo Mbatha, is ingesluit op Time Magazine se 2025 TIME100 Next-lys. Die lys gee erkenning aan opkomende leiers en invloedryke mense wat die toekoms vorm. Mbatha het deur haar rol as die VN-hoëkommissaris vir vlugtelinge se Welwillendheid-ambassadeur bekend geraak as kampvegter vir vlugtelingregte. Sy is in die […]
# Die München-lughawe in Duitsland moes Donderdagaand noodgedwonge tydelik sluit weens die waarneming van hommeltuie wat gelei het tot die kansellasie van 17 vlugte. Sowat drie-duisend passasiers is geraak. Saam hiermee is 15 inkomende vlugte na ander lughawens in Duitse stede Stuttgart, Nuremberg en Frankfurt herlei, asook na Wene in aangrensende Oostenryk. Dis die mees […]
# Die vakverbond, Saftu, sê daar kan nie vrede in Gaza wees sonder geregtigheid nie, en geregtigheid vereis volgens hom ʼn einde aan die beleg, besetting en sogenaamde misdade van Israel. Die vakverbond ondersteun die aktiviste aan boord van die Sumud-flottielje, insluitend Nkosi Mandla Mandela, wat aangehou word. Saftu-woordvoerder Asive Dyani sê lande moet saamstaan, […]
# Multi-talented South African actress, model, and humanitarian, Nomzamo Mbatha, has been in Time Magazine’s 2025 TIME100 Next list. The list recognises rising leaders and influential talents shaping the future. Mbatha has become a prominent voice for refugee rights through her role as a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Goodwill Ambassador. In the advocacy […]
# The South African Federation of Trade Unions says there can be no peace in Gaza without justice, and justice demands an end to the siege, the occupation, and the daily crimes of Israel. The union federation has thrown its support for the activists aboard the Sumud Flotilla, including Nkosi Mandla Mandela, who were detained […]
