# France has arrested more than 20 people over kidnapping plots targeting crypto traders. The arrests are part of an investigation by France’s organised crime office into the abduction of a Paris crypto-millionaire’s father who was later rescued by French police; the attempted kidnapping this month of a French cryptocurrency entrepreneur’s daughter and grandson; and […]
# A six-year-old male elephant seal spotted wandering the streets of Gordon’s Bay in Cape Town early this morning has been sedated and is expected to be moved to an undisclosed location. The visibly fatigued seal was seen nearly a kilometre from the shore, even resting on a parked car. Officials from the Cape of […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa’s current mineral royalty system is effective and there are no plans to reform it. He told Parliament the royalty regime already reflects principles of resource rent tax, ensuring the country benefits when mining companies earn high profits. Ramaphosa says royalties rose from 14.2-billion- to 28.5-billion-rand during the 2020 […]
# The Southern Africa Network for Immigrants and Refugees has strongly condemned recent xenophobic violence in Addo, in the Eastern Cape, where three foreign nationals were killed in suspected revenge attacks following the death of a local young man. The organisation’s Claude Kayitare says over 430 people have been displaced and more than 20 injured, […]
# Krieket: Die Protea-mansspan en Namibië kom op 11 Oktober in Windhoek teen mekaar te staan in die eerste T20-wedstryd tussen die buurlande. Dit vind plaas tydens die inwyding van Namibië se nuwe krieketstadion wat wedstryde sal aanbied tydens volgende jaar se Onder-19 Wêreldbekertoernooi en die eendag-Wêreldbekertoernooi die jaar daarna. 2027 se toernooi word gesamentlik […]
# Krieket: Punjab Kings se hoofafrigter, Ricky Ponting, het sy spelers gewaarsku hulle kan nog nie ontspan nie al het hulle die uitspeelrondes van die Indiese Premierliga die eerste keer in 11-jaar bereik. Die span is verseker van ‘n eerste of tweede plek en speel Donderdag teen Royal Challengers Bengaluru of Gujarat Titans in die […]
# Die MK-party het Mzwanele Manyi as sy hoofsweep in die Parlement vervang met die voormalige speaker van Johannesburg se stadsraad, Colleen Makhubele. Die party se onderleier, John Hlophe, het die aankondiging gedoen en Manyi bedank vir sy diens. Hy sê die verandering is onmiddelik van krag. Hlophe het parlementslede versoek om Makhubele in haar […]
# The UN Economic Commission for Africa is calling for reforms to sovereign credit rating systems that unfairly limit African nations’ access to affordable capital. Speaking in Cape Town, the commission’s Zuzana Schwidrowski criticised outdated, biased methodologies that ignore Africa’s reforms and resilience. With only two African countries rated investment-grade, she urged stronger local credit […]
# Die belangegroep Section27 en gesinne van die Life Esidimeni-slagoffers vra die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag om die gewese Gautengse LUR vir Gesondheid, Qedani Mahlangu, en die voormalige direkteur van Geestesgesondheid, Makgabo Manamela, dringend te vervolg. ‘n Geregtelike doodsondersoek het bevind dat hulle strafregtelik aanspreeklik is aan die dood van sommige van die 144 geestesgesondheids-pasiënte. Die hernude […]
