# President Cyril Ramaphosa has offered condolences to the Zimbabwean government and people following the tragedy on Lake Kariba. At least 44 people died yesterday when an overcrowded ferry capsized after it was hit by a strong wave. Seventy-seven people have been rescued. President Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared a state of disaster. Ramaphosa’s spokesperson, Vincent Magwenya, […]
# Die Wêreldgesondheidsorganisasie waarsku die Ebola-uitbreking in die Demokratiese Republiek die Kongo kan die dodelikste op rekord word. Meer as twee-duisend mense uit meer as vier-duisend-300 aangemelde gevalle is dood. Die uitbreking van 2014 tot 2016 in Wes-Afrika is steeds die dodelikste nadat meer as elf-duisend mense uit ongeveer 28-duisend gevalle dood is. Die WGO […]
# The World Health Organisation warns the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo could become the deadliest on record. Over two-thousand people have died in the eastern DRC out of over four-thousand-300 recorded cases. The 2014 to 2016 outbreak in West Africa remains the deadliest after claiming over eleven-thousand lives out of 28-thousand cases. […]
# ‘n Sonsverduistering het gister in Europa voorgekom met ‘n uiters skaars algehele verduistering wat in Spanje, Portugal, Ysland en Groenland te sien was. ‘n Sonsverduistering kom voor wanneer die maan direk tussen die aarde en die son inbeweeg en dan ‘n skaduwee op die aarde gooi. ‘n Gedeeltelike sonsverduistering waar ‘n deel van die […]
# A solar eclipse swept across parts of Europe yesterday, with a rare total eclipse visible in Spain, Portugal, Iceland and Greenland. A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes directly between the Earth and the sun, resulting in the moon casting a shadow on the Earth. A partial eclipse, in which only some of the […]
# President Volodymyr Zelensky van Oekraïne sê sy land het slegs sowat een-persent van die vereiste Patriot-onderskepmissiele in voorraad wat nodig is om die land teen Russiese ballistiese aanvalle te beskerm. Moskou het die afgelope weke sy ballistiese-missielaanvalle op Kiëf verskerp. Daar is tans wêreldwyd ʼn tekort aan onderskepmissiele weens die VSA-Israelse oorlog teen Iran. […]
# Die dodetal in die veerboot-tragedie op die Kariba-meer in Zimbabwe het tot 44 gestyg. ʼn Oorlaaide veerboot met 120 mense aan boord, wat kinders en vyf bemanningslede insluit, het omgeslaan nadat dit groot branders getref het. Volgens Zimbabwe se burgerlike beskermingseenheid het die boot plek vir 90 mense. Tot dusver is 77 mense gered. […]
# Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky says his country has only about one-percent of the required stockpile of Patriot interceptor missiles needed to defend against intensified Russian ballistic attacks. Moscow has stepped up its ballistic missile strikes against Kyiv in recent weeks. There is a global shortage of the interceptor missiles due to the US-Israeli war […]
# Die Internasionale Energie-agentskap het gewaarsku dat die wêreld se olievoorraad vanjaar verder sal daal as wat voorheen verwag is, as gevolg van die sluiting van die Straat van Hormoes. Die belangrike waterweg is deur Iran gesluit sedert die VSA-Israelse oorlog met Teheran einde Februarie uitgebreek het. Die agentskap sê die wêreldwye olievoorraad sal vanjaar […]
