# The Nelson Mandela Foundation has launched the 2026 Nelson Mandela Legacy Sporting Series to promote unity and social impact through sport. This includes the Nelson Mandela Marathon in Cape Town on October 18, featuring races ranging from 42- to five-kilometres. Other events include the Mandela Day Walk and Run in Johannesburg and Tshwane. Legacy […]
# French president Emmanuel Macron has announced 444-billion-rand of investment during the Africa Forward summit in Kenya. He says Africa and France have a partnership of equals with common objectives. Macron announced 230-billion-rand of investments in private and public funds from French companies, and 148-billion-rand from African ones, on energy transition, agriculture and artificial intelligence. […]
# Hamas militants and other Palestinian armed groups raped, assaulted and sexually tortured their victims during and after the October 7, 2023, terror attack on southern Israel. This is according to a new report by the Civil Commission, which draws on 430 filmed interviews with survivors and witnesses, more than ten-thousand photographs and videos filmed […]
# Die minister van Gesondheid, Aaron Motsoaledi, sê geen gevaar bestaan dat die hantavirus in Suid-Afrika sal uitbreek nie. Altesaam 97 mense in Suid-Afrika het moontlik kontak gehad met mense wat verbind word met die uitbreking op die Nederlandse passasierskip, MV Hondius, waaraan drie mense dood is. Gesondheidsamptenare het die virus by ‘n Britse passasier […]
# President Donald Trump van Amerika sê hy het nie president Xi Jinping van China se hulp nodig om die oorlog met Iran te beëindig nie. Die leiers van die wêreld se twee grootste ekonomieë voer môre die eerste keer in meer as ses maande regstreekse gesprekke. Trump kom vanaand in Beijing aan – die […]
# US president Donald Trump says he does not need Chinese president Xi Jinping’s help to end the war with Iran. The leaders of the world’s two largest economies will hold their first face-to-face talks in more than six months tomorrow. Trump is due to arrive in Beijing this evening, the first visit to China […]
# Minister of Health Aaron Motsoaledi says South Africa is not at risk of a hantavirus outbreak. Ninety-seven contacts in the country are linked to the hantavirus outbreak on the Dutch MV Hondius cruise ship, which resulted in the deaths of three people. Health officials in Johannesburg first detected the virus when treating a British […]
# Die Pentagon sê Amerika se oorlog teen Iran kos tot dusver 479-miljard-rand, wat hoër is as die syfer van 413-miljard-rand wat verlede maand aan die Kongres bekendgemaak is. Die Pentagon-tesourier, Jules Hurst, het aan die Huiskomitee vir Gewapende Dienste gesê die verhoging sluit die bygewerkte vervanging van toerusting, herstel- en bedryfskoste in. Hy sê […]
# The Pentagon says the US war against Iran has cost 479-billion-rand so far, an estimate that’s higher than the 413-billion rand figure provided to Congress last month. Pentagon Comptroller Jules Hurst told the House Armed Services Committee that the increase included updated repair and replacement of equipment and operational costs. He added that the […]
