# Carín León gaan geskiedenis maak deur die eerste Latyns-Amerikaanse hoofkunstenaar in Las Vegas Sphere te wees. Hy het sy vierde album, Boca Chueca, Volume 1, in Mei verlede jaar uitgereik en met ‘n wêreldtoer opgevolg. León het debuutoptredes in Coachella and Stagecoach gemaak en ook in Madison Square Gardens in New York opgetree. Hy […]
# Die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria het ʼn dringende aansoek van die veroordeelde verkragter en moordenaar Thabo Bester en sy gewese vriendin, Nandipha Magudumana, met koste van die hand gewys. Hulle wou keer dat die Netflix-dokumentêr Beauty and the Bester uitgesaai word. Hulle het aangevoer dit bevat lasterlike inligting en maak inbreuk op hul reg op […]
# Transport minister Barbara Creecy and deputy minister Mkhuleko Hlengwa have raised concerns over the rising crashes involving learners, saying the National Road Safety Strategy review will prioritise scholar transport. This follows the death of five learners after a minibus ploughed into a pre-school building in Imbali Township, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal yesterday. Five others remain in […]
# Die plaaslike musiekgroep Mango Groove se 40ste herdenkingskonsert, Memories and Moments, vind Sondag in die Walter Sisulu Nasionale Botaniese Tuin in Johannesburg plaas. Dis die groep se eerste groot optrede in die stad in vyf jaar en volg op hul uitverkoopte herdenkingskonsert in Kirstenbosch, Kaapstad, in Januarie. Hoofsangeres Claire Johnston sê die gehoor kan […]
# Legendary former Springbok Jan “Boland” Coetzee has died at the age of 80. He also played for Western Province and Maties. Coetzee played six Tests for South Africa between 1974 and ’76, including in the 1976 home series against the All Blacks which the Boks won 3-1. He also represented Province between 1967 and ’79, […]
# Forum for South Africa has strongly condemned the Constitutional Court ruling permitting husbands to legally adopt their wives’ surnames. The court confirmed that sections of the Births and Deaths Registration Act were unconstitutional, effectively upholding a lower court’s ruling. FOSA leader, Tebogo Mashilompane, says the ruling is an outright attack on South Africa’s culture, […]
# Durban University of Technology’s doctor Kehinde Christopher Adewumi has been honoured with the prestigious Emerging Scholar Award from the Common Ground Research Networks in the USA. Recipients of the award are selected based on the impact and potential of their research, publications, and community engagement. Adewumi, a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Fine […]
# The High Court in Pretoria has dismissed with costs the urgent application by convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester and his former girlfriend, Nandipha Magudumana, to halt the airing of the Netflix documentary Beauty and the Bester. They argued the documentary contains defamatory information and infringes on their right to a fair trial. In […]
# Retired high school principal Alui Tshigabe has fulfilled a lifelong dream by obtaining a PhD in just 26-months, a feat many doubted he could achieve in such a short time. The 68-year-old obtained his PhD in Philosophy from the University of Venda. He says many people told him it would take four years to complete […]
