# International Relations and Cooperation minister Ronald Lamola has officially taken over as chairperson of the Southern African Development Community Council of Ministers. He succeeds Zimbabwe’s Foreign Affairs minister Amon Murwira. Speaking in Durban, Lamola says as the region confronts population growth and changing economic realities, South Africa’s chairship will prioritise economic growth, job creation, […]
# Zimbabwe het ‘n ramptoestand afgekondig nadat ‘n vaartuig van die Landelike Infrastruktuur-ontwikkelingsagentskap op die Karibameer omgeslaan het. Dit was van Kariba na Chalala onderweg toe sterk golwe dit blykbaar naby Long-eiland getref het. Daar was 114 passasiers en vyf bemanningslede aan boord. Sewe-en-sestig mense is gered, 38 sterftes is bevestig en verskeie mense word […]
# Sokker: Die Portugese superster Cristiano Ronaldo is met sy jarelange lewensmaat, Georgina Rodríguez, getroud in ‘n burgerlike seremonie met hulle kinders teenwoordig. Ronaldo het altesaam vyf kinders, twee saam met Rodríguez, en sy het ook gehelp om sy ander drie kinders groot te maak. Hulle is al tien jaar saam en het verlede jaar […]
# Zimbabwe has declared a State of Disaster following the capsizing of a Rural Infrastructure Development Agency vessel on Lake Kariba. The boat was travelling from Kariba to Chalala when it reportedly capsized after being hit by strong waves near Long Island. It was carrying 119 people, including 114 passengers and five crew members. Sixty-seven […]
# A thirty-two-year-old woman has been rescued alive after being trapped beneath rubble for 36-hours following an earthquake of 7.4 in western Colombia. Daniela Largo was pulled from a collapsed building in Pereira after a ten-hour operation. Firefighters dug two tunnels, using one to provide oxygen before freeing her through the second. At least 188 […]
# Soccer: Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has married his longtime partner, Georgina Rodríguez, in a civil ceremony with their children attending. Ronaldo has five children in total, two of whom he shares with Rodríguez. She has also helped to raise his other three children. They have been together for ten years and announced their engagement […]
# Landboukundiges sê voedselstelsels is beter toegerus om die gevolge van ‘n moontlik ernstige El Niño-weerverskynsel te hanteer danksy voedselvoorrade wat naby rekordvlakke is, verbeterde landboutegnologie en sterker uitvoerders. Hul sê vooruitgang in droogtebestande gewasse, besproeiing, moderne boerderytegnieke en weersvoorspelling versterk die sektor se vermoë om uitdagende toestande die hoof te bied. Kenners waarsku egter […]
# Singapore and South Korea have removed American grocery store Trader Joe’s popular Everything But the Bagel seasoning from online platforms because it contains poppy seeds. The seeds can be contaminated with opiates during harvesting. Both countries have strict policies towards controlled drugs. South Korean tests reportedly found morphine and codeine in the product. Singapore […]
# President Vladimir Putin waarsku oor vergelding as Europese lande op Rusland se handelsvaartuie beslag lê. Die staatsnuusagentskap TASS berig die Europese Unie verskerp druk op Rusland se sogenaamde skaduvloot. Die EU het sy sanksies teen honderde vaartuie uitgebrei, terwyl sekere skepe en hul bemannings aangehou word vir inspeksies. Verskeie Europese regerings het aangedui hul […]
