# Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he is open to striking a deal with Hamas. This is despite the Israeli Defence Force launching an extensive ground operation in Gaza at the weekend, killing over 100 people. Hamas and Israel began indirect talks in the Qatari capital Doha on Saturday. Netanyahu says the negotiation team […]
# The National Prosecuting Authority says it will proceed with its appeal on the acquittal of Nigerian televangelist Timothy Omotoso despite him leaving South Africa. The controversial pastor, who was acquitted on 32 serious charges, has been declared an undesirable person and banned from re-entering the country for five years. The NPA says if the appeal succeeds, […]
# Die Tara Ocean Foundation berig plastiekbesoedeling in die see het sedert die 1970’s vererger. Groot stukke afval soos visnette maak jaarliks meer as ʼn miljoen seevoëls en 100-duisend seediere dood. Minder sigbare mikroplastiek wat deesdae selfs in die diepste oseaan-trôe aangetref word, ontwrig mikrobiese gemeenskappe en dra gifstowwe oor aan voedselkettings. Die stigting sê […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Grammy-bekroonde sanger Tyla word vanjaar die eerste Afrikaan wat die Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice-toekennings aanbied. Die 23-jarige Tyla wie se regte naam Laura Seethal is, is benoem as gunsteling musiekster wêreldwyd en gunsteling-medemusikant vir Show Me Love saam met WizTheMc en Bees and Honey. Ariana Grande, Lady Gaga, Kendrick Lamar en Selena Gomez […]
# Final Destination Bloodlines, the sixth instalment in the horror-thriller franchise, topped the North American box office in its opening weekend. The film stars Kaitlyn Santa Juana as a young woman who discovers that her grandmother was able to cheat death and save numerous lives, although with frightening consequences. Disney and Marvel’s Thunderbolts slipped to second with […]
# The Tara Ocean Foundation has reported that maritime plastic pollution has worsened since the 1970s. Large debris like fishing nets kill over one-million seabirds and 100-thousand marine mammals each year. Less visible microplastics, now found even in deep ocean trenches, have disrupted microbial communities and carry toxins into food chains. The foundation says what […]
# South African Grammy Award-winning singer Tyla will host this year’s Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards, becoming the first African to host the award show. The 23-year-old, whose real name is Laura Seethal, is nominated for favourite global music star and favourite music collaboration for Show Me Love with WizTheMc and Bees and Honey. Leading the […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Weermag het berigte ontken dat sy soldate sonder ondersteuning in Goma, in die Demokratiese Republiek die Kongo gestrand is. Volgens City Press het busse wat ʼn groep Suid-Afrikaners uit Goma moes vervoer, weens ʼn gebrek aan fondse nie opgedaag nie. Die SANW sê die onttrekking van die Suider-Afrikaanse Ontwikkelingsgemeenskap-afdeling aan die […]
# Oudpresident Joe Biden van Amerika is met ʼn aggressiewe vorm van prostaatkanker gediagnoseer wat na sy skelet versprei het. Die 82-jarige Biden is Vrydag gediagnoseer toe hy die dokter vir urienwegsimptome besoek het. Sy kantoor sê al is dit ʼn aggressiewe soort, is dit sensitief vir hormone en kan behandel word. Hy sê die […]
