# Sterrekykers in talle wêrelddele, ook Suid-Afrika, het Sondagaand ‘n seldsame algehele maanverduistering, bekend as ‘n “bloedmaan”, waargeneem. Die skouspel van 82-minute – een van die langste in ‘n dekade – het afgespeel toe die Aarde tussen die maan en die son ingeskuif het en sy skaduwee op die maan se oppervlak geval het. NASA […]
# Today is International Literacy Day, a day to highlight the critical importance of literacy for creating a more literate, just, peaceful, and sustainable society. This year’s theme is Promoting literacy in the digital era. In 2024, at least 739-million people worldwide still lacked basic literacy skills. At the same time, 4 in 10 children are not reaching minimum proficiency […]
# The minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi, will attend the 63rd Annual Session of the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organisation Conference in Uganda this week. Forty-nine countries, including South Africa, are presently members of the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organisation. The ministry’s spokesperson, Terrence Manase, says minister Kubayi’s participation will reaffirm South Africa’s commitment […]
# The Moja Research Institute says former president Thabo Mbeki should not allow former Democratic Republic of Congo president, Joseph Kabila, to whitewash him as a peacemaker and hero. Mbeki and his foundation have come under criticism for inviting representatives of the Rwandan-backed rebel group M23 to the second African Peace and Security Dialogue held […]
# Die Hooggeregshof in Victoria het ʼn Australiese vrou, Erin Patterson, drie lewenslange vonnisse opgelê en sy mag eers na 33 jaar vir parool in aanmerking kom. Sy is in Julie skuldig bevind aan die moord op drie persone. Sy het in 2023 ʼn maaltyd van bief-wellington met giftige sampioene aan die ouers, oom en […]
# Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Dion George, is attending the second Africa Climate Summit in Ethiopia this week. The summit provides a platform for policymakers, practitioners, businesses, and civil society to advance Africa’s climate agenda and sustainable development priorities. This year’s theme is Accelerating Global Climate Solutions: Financing for Africa’s Resilient and […]
# Skywatchers in parts of the world, including South Africa, got to see a rare total lunar eclipse, commonly called a Blood Moon, on Sunday evening. This 82-minute spectacle, one of the longest in a decade, occurred when the Earth positioned itself precisely between the moon and the sun, casting its shadow on the moon’s […]
# Oekraïne se president, Volodymyr Zelensky, het Rusland se lugaanval die naweek op ʼn regeringsgebou in Kiev veroordeel. In sy grootste lugaanval tydens die oorlog het Moskou 800 hommeltuie ontplooi en die eerste keer die regering se hoofgebou getref. Minstens vier mense is in aanvalle reg oor Oekraïne dood, insluitend ʼn baba en ʼn jong […]
# Victorian Supreme Court has sentenced Australian woman Erin Patterson to three life sentences with a non-parole period of 33-years. In July, she was found guilty of murdering three people, including the parents, aunt and uncle of her estranged husband, Simon Patterson. This is after she fed them a beef wellington meal she had deliberately […]
