# A British father accused of murdering his wife and two daughters in the United Kingdom has abandoned his bail application in the Johannesburg Magistrates’ Court. The state says Ndodana Tshuma is an illegal fugitive after allegedly fleeing the UK before the bodies of his family were discovered. He also faces a charge of possessing […]
# The Gauteng government has been elected vice-president for a global network of sub-national governments driving climate action, biodiversity, and sustainable development, Africa of Regions4. The appointment was confirmed during the body’s general assembly. Gauteng MEC for Environment, Ewan Botha, says the role will strengthen Africa’s voice in global climate discussions, improve access to climate […]
# Die Amerikaanse president, Donald Trump, dreig om ʼn kompleks, bekend as Pickaxe Mountain, te tref wat vermoedelik ʼn ondergrondse kernterrein is waar Iran moontlik ʼn onverklaarde verrykingsaanleg bou. Dit is in 2020 aan die Verenigde Nasies se Internasionale Atoomenergie-agentskap verklaar as ʼn toekomstige aanleg om toerusting op te rig wat kernbrandstof vervaardig. Trump sê […]
# US president Donald Trump has threatened to strike a complex known as Pickaxe Mountain, which is believed to be an underground nuclear site where Iran is suspected of building an undeclared enrichment facility. It was declared to the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency in 2020 as a future facility to assemble the centrifuges […]
# Die vakverbond Saftu sê hy verwerp die regering se besluit om ʼn Ontwikkelingsbeleid-lening van 24,78-miljard-rand van die Wêreldbank te aanvaar. Die lening is veronderstel om vertragings met infrastruktuurprojekte te verlig wat bygedra het tot ʼn dekade van swak ekonomiese groei. Saftu se hoofsekretaris, Zwelinzima Vavi, sê die lening is deel van ʼn groter program […]
# President Volodymyr Zelensky van Oekraïne het die land se opperbevelvoerder, generaal Oleksandr Syrskyi, afgedank. Dit volg dae nadat hy die gewilde minister van Verdediging, Mykhailo Fedorov, afgedank het wat landwye betogings veroorsaak het. Zelensky het Syrskyi bedank en erkenning gegee vir sy leierskap in Kiëf se verdediging en die teen-inval in Rusland se Koersk-provinsie […]
# The South African Federation of Trade Unions says it rejects the government’s decision to accept a 24.78-billion-rand Development Policy loan from the World Bank. The loan is aimed at easing infrastructure bottlenecks that have contributed to a decade of meagre economic growth. Saftu’s General-Secretary, Zwelinzima Vavi, says this loan forms part of a broader […]
# Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has fired the country’s commander-in-chief, General Oleksandr Syrskyi. This comes days after he removed popular Defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov, which sparked six days of nationwide protests. Zelensky thanked Syrskyi and credited him with leading the defence of Kyiv and launching a counter-invasion of Russia’s Kursk province in 2024. Syrskyi’s replacement […]
# Amerika se minister van Verdediging, Pete Hegseth, sê Amerika en Israel se oorlog teen Iran kos tot dusver sowat 615-miljard-rand. Dit sluit uitgawes in soos etes vir soldate, en is meer as die vorige raming van byna 476,98-miljard-rand in middel-Mei. Minstens 17 soldate is sedert Februarie in Iran dood en byna 100 is gewond. […]
