# Meer as vier-duisend-600 gevalle van konflikverwante seksuele geweld is in 2024 aangemeld. Dit is volgens die Verenigde Nasies ‘n toename van 25-persent sedert 2023. Seksuele geweld teen kinders het in die afgelope jaar met 35-persent toegeneem. Die meeste gevalle was in die Republiek van Sentraal-Afrika, Demokratiese Republiek die Kongo, Haïti, Somalië en Suid-Soedan. Die […]
# Africa’s fastest and most feared snakes can be a key player in tracking pollution, while at the same time keeping ecosystems healthy. This is according to new research from the University of the Witwatersrand. The study, conducted on snakes captured in Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, has revealed that heavy metals such as lead, arsenic, cadmium […]
# University of the Free State senior lecturer, doctor Tlou Raphela-Masuku, has been selected to participate in the prestigious British Academy-funded International Writing Workshop on Climate Change Adaptation. She is one of only 15 early-career researchers from Southern and Eastern Africa selected. Raphela-Masuku is focused on climate-induced vulnerabilities and resilience, particularly in rural and peri-urban communities. […]
# There were more than four-thousand-600 reported cases of conflict-related sexual violence in 2024, marking a 25-percent increase from 2023. This is according to the United Nations. Sexual violence against children increased by 35-percent in the past year. The highest number of cases was recorded in the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the […]
# Die minister van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing, Dion George, sê die oopvlek van ‘n groot oorgrens-renosterhoring-smokkelnetwerk is ‘n beslissende oorwinning. Ses vermeende lede van ‘n sindikaat gekoppel aan ‘n bedrieglike skema waarby 964 renosterhorings ter waarde van miljoene rand betrokke is, is aangekeer. Die horings was bestem vir onwettige markte in Suidoos-Asië. George […]
# Israel gaan sy antwoord teen Vrydag aan internasionale bemiddelaars lewer oor ‘n nuwe Gaza skietstakingsooreenkoms. Die voorstel wat Katar en Egipte voorgelê het, sluit in die opheffing van militêre operasies vir 60 dae en die vrylating van sowat die helfte van die 50 oorblywende Israelse gyselaars waarvan 20 glo steeds leef. Hamas het die […]
# Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Dion George, says the dismantling of a major transnational rhino horn trafficking network is a decisive victory. Six suspects of a syndicate that is linked to a fraudulent scheme involving 964 rhino horns worth millions of rands, destined for illegal markets in Southeast Asia, have been arrested. […]
# Israel will deliver its response to international mediators by Friday over a new Gaza ceasefire plan. The proposal, put forward by Qatar and Egypt, will include a suspension of military operations for 60 days, and Hamas’s release of around half of the 50 remaining Israeli hostages, 20 of whom are believed to be alive. […]
# Die minister van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking, Ronald Lamola, sê Suid-Afrika en Afrika moet handels- en beleggingsbande met Japan versterk. Die minister en vier ander het president Cyril Ramaphosa na die Negende Tokio Internasionale Konferensie oor die Afrika-ontwikkelingsberaad vergesel. Japan is een van die groot beleggers en pomp meer as 90-miljard-rand in die Suid-Afrikaanse […]
