# The trial of the accused in the murders of rapper Kiernan “AKA” Forbes and Tebello “Tibz” Motsoane starts in the High Court in Durban today. Seven accused face charges including conspiracy to commit murder, murder, attempted murder and firearm offences. Among them are brothers Siyabonga and Malusi Ndimande, extradited from Eswatini in November last […]
# Sowat 500 hoërskole in Frankryk is vandag ten volle of gedeeltelik gesluit terwyl leerderbetogings voortduur. Die minister van Onderwys, Édouard Geffray, sê die sluitings is ‘n veiligheidsmaatreël terwyl verdere betogings môre beplan word. Die betogings het in September begin weens ‘n tekort aan onderwysers, oorvol klaskamers en swak-onderhoude skoolgeboue en sommige het gewelddadig geraak. […]
# US President Donald Trump has created a new task force to coordinate the government’s approach to artificial intelligence, which he calls “super intelligence”. The four-member leadership team will be headed by Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton. The task force will examine the risks and opportunities presented by AI and recommend what role the […]
# Up to 500 high schools across France are fully or partly closed today as learner protests over education conditions continue. Education minister Édouard Geffray says the closures are a security precaution, with further demonstrations planned for tomorrow. The protests began last month over teacher shortages, overcrowded classrooms and poorly maintained school buildings, while some […]
# ʼn Kenner van internasionale betrekkinge, Kingsley Makhubela, sê die Amerikaanse ambassadeur in Suid-Afrika, Leo Brent Bozell, misluk in sy diplomatieke sending om verhoudinge te herbou. Bozell sê die minister van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking, Ronald Lamola, het hom persoonlik beledig. Lamola het gesê Bozell moet “uit die kombuis kom” as hy nie meer glo […]
# International relations expert Kingsley Makhubela says the US ambassador to South Africa, Leo Brent Bozell, is failing in his diplomatic mission to rebuild relations between the countries. Bozell has accused minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, of personally insulting him. Lamola said Bozell “must get out of the kitchen” if he no […]
# Die Amerikaanse kuswag het sy soektog na ses mense aan boord van ʼn mediese vliegtuig gestaak. Die vliegtuig het Saterdagoggend naby Nantucket vermis geraak nadat dit in Bermuda opgestyg het. Die lugambulans was in kontak met lugbeheer in New York toe dit ʼn noodgeval verklaar het. Die Kanadese maatskappy, Latitude Air Ambulance wat mediese […]
# The US Coast Guard has suspended its search for six people who were aboard a medical transport plane that went missing near Nantucket after leaving Bermuda early Saturday. The air ambulance jet was in contact with New York controllers when it declared an emergency. The Canada-based company Latitude Air Ambulance, the air medical transport […]
# Brasilië se presidentsverkiesing stuur af op ʼn herstemming nadat die regse Flávio Bolsonaro, ʼn bondgenoot van president Donald Trump van Amerika, die eerste rondte gewen het. Die 45-jarige Bolsonaro het 47,24-persent van die stemme gekry en die sittende linkse president, Lula da Silva, 44,91-persent. Nie een kon meer as 50-persent en dus ʼn volstrekte meerderheid […]
