# Author Bernardine Evaristo has been awarded The Women’s Prize Outstanding Contribution Award, a one-off literary honour to mark the 30th anniversary year of the Women’s Prize for Fiction. The accolade is in honour of her career’s work, which includes her Booker-winning novel Girl, Woman, Other, and Mr. Loverman, which was recently adapted as a […]
# Die Verenigde Nasies se Veiligheidsraad kon nie ʼn resolusie aanvaar vir ʼn onmiddellike en permanente skietstilstand in Gaza nie, omdat Amerika dit geveto het. Die resolusie eis ook die vrylating van alle gyselaars wat Hamas aanhou, en die veilige en ongehinderde verspreiding van humanitêre hulp aan Gaza. Die waarnemende Amerikaanse ambassadeur by die VN, […]
# Die selfverklaarde profeet, Shepherd Bushiri en sy vrou, Mary Bushiri, het ʼn hersieningsaansoek by die Malawiese Hooggeregshof ingedien om die uitspraak oor hul uitlewering aan Suid-Afrika te verwerp. Die egpaar het in 2020 na Malawi gevlug nadat hulle hul borgtogvoorwaardes oortree het, wat tot Suid-Afrika se uitleweringsversoek gelei het. Hulle staar talle aanklagte in […]
# The United Nations Security Council has failed to pass a resolution calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, after the US vetoed the resolution. The resolution also demanded the release of all hostages held by Hamas and the safe and unhindered distribution of humanitarian aid at scale into Gaza. Acting US Ambassador […]
# Die Verenigde Nasies se sekretaris-generaal, António Guterres, sê plastiekbesoedeling is besig om die planeet te wurg, ekostelsels te skaad en die klimaat te verander. Vandag is Wêreldomgewingsdag met die tema Maak ‘n Einde aan Plastiekbesoedeling. Sowat 20-miljoen metrieke ton plastiekafval word jaarliks gestort en dit sal na verwagting teen 2040 aansienlik styg. Guterres sê […]
# Self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his wife, Mary Bushiri, have filed a review application in the High Court of Malawi in Lilongwe to set aside the judgment ordering their extradition to South Africa. The controversial couple fled to Malawi in 2020 after failing to comply with their bail conditions, leading to South Africa’s extradition request. […]
# Die Amerikaanse president Donald Trump het ‘n uitvoerende bevel onderteken om buitelandse studentevisas by die Harvard-universiteit te beperk. Die administrasie het verlede maand Harvard verbied om buitelandse studente in te skryf, maar ‘n federale regter het die stap tydelik geblokkeer. Die universiteit se internasionale studente verteenwoordig sowat 27-persent van die totale studentegetalle. Trump sê […]
# United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, says plastic pollution is choking the planet, harming ecosystems, well-being, and the climate. Today marks World Environment Day under the theme, Putting an End to Plastic Pollution. An estimated 20-million metric tons of plastic litter end up in the environment every year, and this number is expected to increase significantly […]
# US president Donald Trump has signed an executive order restricting foreign student visas at Harvard University. Last month, the administration revoked Harvard’s ability to enrol foreign students, but a federal judge temporarily blocked the move. The university’s international students make up about 27-percent of the student body. Trump says Harvard has failed to present […]
