# Three people, including a 16-year-old student, have been killed and eight injured in a shooting at a high school in the southern Philippines. Two of those killed were 14-year-old students, while four of the injured are in critical condition. The attack happened at Banga National High School in South Cotabato, where classes have been […]
# The Motor Industry Staff Association says the United Nations’ alarm over the recent killings of women in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, highlights the failure to protect women from gender-based violence and femicide. The association’s Phakamile Hlubi-Majola says government has plans to fight GBVF, but these are not being properly funded or implemented. She calls for stronger […]
# KwaZulu-Natal disaster teams remain on high alert amid a level six weather warning along the coast. Heavy rain has caused minor mudslides in Tshelimnyama, affecting three families, while rocks have fallen onto the R33 in Umsinga. No injuries or deaths have been reported. The spokesperson for the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, […]
# Sestien mense, insluitend vyf polisielede, is dood en meer as 50 beseer in ‘n ontploffing in ‘n moskee in Noordwes-Pakistan. Die ontploffing het tydens Vrydag-gebede plaasgevind naby ‘n polisieterrein in Kohat. ‘n Voertuig vol plofstof was vermoedelik by die aanval betrokke, hoewel die oorsaak nog nie amptelik bevestig is nie. Reddingspanne deursoek steeds die […]
# Die regsverteenwoordiger van Victor Majola, wat aangekla word van beplanning van die moord op Warrick “DJ Warras” Stock, het hom weens onbetaalde gelde onttrek. Advokaat Piet du Plessis het aan die Hooggeregshof in Johannesburg gesê dat sy firma nie die nodige finansiële steun het om voort te gaan om Majola te verteenwoordig nie. Majola […]
# Public Service Commission chairperson professor Somadoda Fikeni says vetting processes for public servants in South Africa are often not taken seriously and fall short of standards applied in other countries. Testifying before the Madlanga Commission, Fikeni questioned why officials can begin their appointments before completing vetting. He says delays can result in clearance only […]
# Die Springbok-rugbykaptein, Siya Kolisi, vra Suid-Afrikaanse mans om verantwoordelikheid te aanvaar en dringend op te tree teen geslagsgeweld en vrouemoord na die ontdekking van nege vroue se liggame in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng. Hy het gepraat in Australië, waar die Springbokke voorberei vir volgende naweek se toets teen die Wallabies. Kolisi sê Suid-Afrikaners moet saamstaan teen […]
# Scientists have identified a new species of wild cat in Bolivia, the first living feline species to be formally described in more than a century. Called the Tilcayo, the small spotted cat lives in the Yungas cloud forest, where the Andes meet the Amazon. It is smaller than an average domestic cat and weighs […]
# At least 16 people have been killed and more than 50 injured in a blast at a mosque in northwestern Pakistan. The explosion happened during Friday prayers near a police compound in Kohat, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Reuters reports that five police officers were among those killed. An explosives-laden vehicle is suspected of being […]
