# The head of Tennessee’s Department of Correction will step down this month, days after convicted murderer Christa Pike was left gravely ill from the state’s failed attempt to execute her by lethal injection. The botched execution on Wednesday left Pike unconscious, and hooked to a mechanical ventilator to breathe. The governor had ordered an […]
# Die hoof van Tennessee se Departement van Korrektiewe Dienste gaan dié maand bedank, ná die staat se mislukte poging om die veroordeelde moordenaar, Christa Pike, met ‘n dodelike inspuiting tereg te stel. Sy is in ‘n bedenklike toestand in die hospitaal. Sy het Woensdag haar bewussyn verloor na die inspuiting en is aan ‘n […]
# NamLamb het aan die 2026 Lamb Champs-kompetisie onttrek weens die uitbreking van bek-en-klouseer in Namibië. Lamb Champs is ‘n landboukompetisie waar boere meeding om te bepaal wie die lamvleis met die beste smaak produseer. Die Namibiese span sou op 31 Oktober teen Suid-Afrikaanse boere meeding, maar beperkings op die beweging van lewende hawe en […]
# NamLamb has withdrawn from the 2026 Lamb Champs Invitational in Pretoria because of the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in Namibia. Lamb Champs is an agricultural competition where farmers compete to determine who produces the best-tasting lamb. The Namibian team was due to compete against South African farmers on 31 October, but livestock movement restrictions and […]
# Parlement se Portefeuljekomitee oor Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking sê hy gaan DIRCO vra om die omstandighede rondom die derde demarche binne nege maande teen die Amerikaanse ambassadeur, Leo Brent Bozell, te verduidelik. Die komitee se voorsitter, Mosa Chabane, sê Suid-Afrika se soewereiniteit moet gerespekteer word. Die komitee beklemtoon diplomate word verplig om die wette […]
# Die hoof van die Afrika-kommissie vir Mense- en Volkeregte, Solomon Ayele Dersso, sê Suid-Afrika het die reg om sy immigrasiewette toe te pas, terwyl die regte van ongedokumenteerde migrante beskerm word. Dersso het in Pretoria gepraat nadat ‘n afvaardiging sy vyf-dae-lange bevorderingsending na Suid-Afrika afgehandel het. Hy sê die feit dat iemand nie oor […]
# Byna alle katkos wat in ‘n nuwe ondersoek getoets is, het giftige stowwe bevat, insluitend chemikalieë wat in plastiek voorkom, die onkruiddoder glifosaat en swaarmetale soos lood, kwik en arseen. Die ondersoek, deur die Clean Label Project, het bevind katte kan deur hul leeftyd blootgestel word aan hiedie stowwe want hulle eet dikwels elke […]
# Nearly all cat foods tested in a new investigation contained toxic contaminants, including plastic chemicals, the weedkiller glyphosate and heavy metals such as lead, mercury and arsenic. The investigation by the Clean Label Project found cats could be exposed to these substances throughout their lives because they often eat the same food every day. […]
# The head of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, Solomon Ayele Dersso, says South Africa has the right to enforce its immigration laws, while protecting the rights of undocumented migrants. Speaking in Pretoria after a delegation completed a five-day promotion mission to South Africa, he said being undocumented does not remove a […]
