# The government has welcomed the release of two South Africans from detention in the Republic of Equatorial Guinea after being granted clemency by the country’s president. Peter Huxham and Frik Potgieter were arrested on 9 February 2023 on fabricated drug charges and subsequently sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment. The spokesperson for the ministry of […]
# The two South African engineers, who had been unlawfully detained in Equatorial Guinea since 9 February 2023, have been released and are safely home on South African soil. Their release follows a pardon from the President of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Mbasogo. Frik Potgieter and Peter Huxham were personally welcomed by the minister of […]
# The Israel Defense Forces claimed to have killed a senior Iranian commander in a strike on the city of Qom. According to the IDF, Saeed Izadi helped plan Hamas’s 7 October 2023 attack on southern Israel, which killed about one-thousand-200 people and saw many others taken to Gaza as hostages. IDF chief Eyal Zamir […]
# Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says his country will not stop its nuclear activity nor give up its right to pursue a civilian nuclear programme. In a phone call with French President Emmanuel Macron, Pezeshkian is reported to have said Iran was ready to provide guarantees to build confidence in Iran’s nuclear activities. Still, its […]
# ‘n Veertigjarige Mosambiekse ontvoeringsindikaatleier is doodgeskiet in ‘n skietgeveg met die polisie by ‘n woonkompleks in Midrand, Johannesburg. Polisiewoordvoerder, Athlenda Mathe sê die polisie se teen-ontvoeringstaakspan was besig om na ‘n ontvoerde Pakistanse sakeman van Pretoria-Wes te soek. ‘n Skietgeveg het in Fourways uitgebreek en een verdagte is doodgeskiet. Hy is Mauro Mucambe Junior, […]
# A 40-year-old Mozambican kidnapping kingpin was shot and killed during a shootout with police at a residential complex in Midrand, Johannesburg. Police spokesperson, Athlenda Mathe says the police anti-kidnapping task team was tracing a kidnapped Pakistani businessman from Pretoria West. They proceeded to Fourways and upon arrival a shoot-out ensued. One suspect was killed […]
# Na ‘n drie-jaar periode bo aan die lys van die mees leefbare stede in die wêreld, is Wenen, die Oostenrykse hoofstad, onttroon deur die Deense hoofstad, Kopenhagen. Die stad het volpunte gekry vir stabiliteit, onderwys en infrastruktuur. Wenen en Zurich in Switserland is gesamentlik tweede. Melbourne, Sydney en Adelaide in Australië is onderskeidelik, vierde, […]
# After a three-year run at the top of the annual list for the most liveable city in the world, the Austrian capital Vienna has been beaten out by “Wonderful, Wonderful Copenhagen”. Copenhagen triumphed with perfect scores for stability, education and infrastructure, while Vienna tied for second place with Swiss city Zurich. Australia has three […]
# Britse wetgewers het ’n wetsontwerp oor bystandsdood vir sterwendes goedgekeur, met ’n skrale meerderheid van 314 stemme teenoor 291. Vrydag se stemming beteken Britanje sluit nou aan by ‘n klein groep van nasies waar bystandsdood toegelaat word. Die wet maak voorsiening vir mense met ‘n terminale siekte en ‘n lewensverwagting van minder as ses […]
