# The US Central Command says the military destroyed five Iranian tankers after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps twice attempted to strike an American warship with ballistic missiles over the past two days. US forces struck four crude oil carriers in the Gulf of Oman and one near Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf. Iran […]
# Die minister van Kommunikasie en Digitale Tegnologieë, Solly Malatsi, het ‘n verbod op toegang tot sosiale media vir kinders onder 16 uitgesluit. Dit is ten spyte van lande soos Australië en Maleisië se algehele verbod, te midde van toenemende kommer oor die uitwerking van sosiale media op kinders se gesondheid en veiligheid. In antwoord […]
# Die minister van Korrektiewe Dienste, Pieter Groenewald, het vier hooggeplaaste amptenare geskors, hangende die uitslag van ‘n ondersoek na bewerings van bedrog wat verband hou met ‘n steenkoolvoorsieningstender. ‘n Strafsaak is by die Valke aanhangig gemaak. Minister Groenewald sê ‘n veelvuldige forensiese oudit word onafhanklik gedoen, wat alle teenstrydighede in die tenderproses sal uitwys. […]
# Brittanje gaan die invoer van goedere van Israelse nedersettings in die besette Wesoewer verbied. Die minister van Buitelandse Sake, Ed Miliband, sê daar is etniese suiwering van Palestyne in dele van die Wesoewer deur setlaar-“terroriste”. Die sanksies sluit ook ‘n nuwe verbod op wapenlisensies en persoonlike sanksies teen sleutelpersone in wat daarvan beskuldig word […]
# Government says as part of the crackdown on migration violations, multidisciplinary law enforcement operations have targeted illegal border crossings, fraudulent documentation, labour exploitation, human trafficking networks, and illegal mining operations. To date, 205 cases have been registered, with 354 people arrested and 123 cases on the court roll. More than 350-thousand inspections have also […]
# Solidarity says the hidden truth about South Africa is that race has once again become the ordering principle of the state. The organisation’s Jaco Kleynhans delivered a message at a gathering of Patriots for Europe in Brussels. He told the European Parliament that the South African government’s increasing racial legislation, as well as state decay and […]
# The Israeli government will close the British consulate in Jerusalem, following Britain sanctioning goods produced in the occupied West Bank. This move is likely to damage Britain’s ability to work in Palestine, as it does not have an outpost in either the West Bank or Gaza. Israel is also banning 12 British elected representatives from […]
# Rugby: All Blacks coach Dave Rennie says his team will ultimately have to adapt to how referees are interpreting scrums. Following the second Test in Cape Town, he accused the Springboks of ‘walking around’ in the set-piece. New Zealand also struggled at times in the scrum during their 29-24 defeat in the third Test […]
# Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies Solly Malatsi has ruled out a ban on social media access for children under the age of 16. This is despite countries like Australia and Malaysia implementing an outright ban, amid mounting concerns over the impact of social media on children’s health and safety. In response to a […]
