# South Korean minister of Defence Ahn Gyu-back says North Korea could have between 80 and 120 nuclear warheads. That is substantially higher than US President Donald Trump’s recent estimate of 57. Ahn stressed the exact number is difficult to verify, with the estimate based partly on private research. Seoul still does not officially recognise […]
# Die N3 naby Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu-Natal bly gesluit nadat ‘n dieseltenkwa vanoggend gebots en aan die brand geslaan het. Die bestuurder is gered. Die voorval het op die noordwaartse rybaan gebeur, maar die voertuig het die middelman oorgesteek en aan die suidelike kant tot stilstand gekom. Brandstof het uitgelek en noodspanne het die gebied […]
# Rugby: All Blacks head coach Dave Rennie has named a powerhouse squad to face the Springboks at Ellispark on Saturday. Captain Ardie Savea returns with star right-wing Will Jordan and scrumhalf Cam Roigard, all making their first tour appearances. Damian McKenzie also returns from injury to start at fullback. Meanwhile, Anton Segner, on left […]
# Sokker: Die Argentynse superster Lionel Messi het ‘n emosionele doel vir sy Amerikaanse klub, Inter Miami, aangeteken in ‘n gelykopuitslag van twee-elk teen Philadelphia Union, sy eerste sedert die dood van sy pa, Jorge, vroeër die maand. Die kaptein het met sy hand lugwaarts gewys nadat hy in die 26ste minuut die doel aangeteken […]
# South Africa’s elite Hawks crime-fighting unit is operating with about two-thousand-515 vacancies, including roughly one-thousand-500 vacant investigative posts. Acting Hawks head Siphesihle Nkosi told Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts that skilled investigators are difficult to retain because they can find better opportunities elsewhere. MPs were also concerned about the length of investigations and […]
# National Coloured Congress leader and suspended Member of Parliament Fadiel Adams has conceded retired police Major-General André Lincoln may have misled him about information relating to Crime Intelligence. He told the Madlanga commission he believed Lincoln because of his extensive knowledge of the Police Service and underworld. Confronted with evidence about the dockets by […]
# The N3 near Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu-Natal remains closed after a diesel tanker crashed and caught fire this morning. The driver has been rescued. The incident happened on the northbound carriageway, with the tanker crossing the median and coming to rest on the southbound side. Fuel was spilled, prompting emergency crews to secure the area. […]
# Investigations into the fatal Ormonde building collapse in Johannesburg have found that beams and columns supporting the affected slabs were not strong enough for additional construction loads. Nine workers died and six were injured when part of the second floor collapsed earlier this year. Public Works and Infrastructure minister Dean Macpherson says investigators raised […]
# Noord-Korea het nog ‘n vermeende ballistiese missiel na die See van Japan afgevuur. Suid-Koreaanse en Japannese owerhede sê die lansering het plaasgevind net dae voor Suid-Korea en Amerika se groot militêre oefeninge, wat Pyongyang lank reeds as uitlokkend veroordeel het. Seoel sê die missiel is vanaf die Wonsan-gebied gelanseer en het ongeveer 700-kilometer afgelê […]
