# Two-time Oscar winner Denzel Washington received a surprise honorary Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in France on Monday, in recognition of his outstanding career. The 70-year-old attended the festival for Spike Lee’s latest film Highest 2 Lowest, in which he stars alongside A$AP Rocky, Jeffrey Wright and Ilfenesh Hadera. Other winners of the […]
# Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment deputy minister, Narend Singh, has urged African nations to rethink biodiversity financing strategies, as more financing is needed to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030. Africa is home to more than a quarter of the world’s intact ecosystems and iconic species. Singh has warned that the extinction threat […]
# Johannesburg-based photography initiative Of Soul & Joy recently hosted a workshop at Dar Al Atfal Sidi Bernoussi orphanage in Casablanca, Morocco. Led by South African photographer Jabulani Dhlamini and local counterparts, the project taught orphans aged 11 and 12 how to use photography as a storytelling tool. Supported by the cultural and social engagement […]
# Die Amerikaanse president Donald Trump sê Rusland en Oekraïne sal dadelik met vredessamesprekings begin om die oorlog te beëindig. Hy het gister ‘n twee-uurlange telefoonoproep met sy Russiese eweknie Vladimir Putin gevoer en die gesprek as uitstekend beskryf. Putin het gesê die telefoongesprek was betekenisvol en direk, maar hy voeg by sy land se […]
# Die leiers van Brittanje, Frankryk en Kanada dreig met daadwerklike stappe, insluitend geteikende sanksies, as Israel nie ophou met sy hernieude aanvalle in Gaza nie. Meer as 100 mense is die naweek in die nuwe grondoffensief dood. Die Isralse premier Benjamin Netanyahu het onderneem om beheer oor die hele Gaza te neem en om […]
# US president Donald Trump says Russia and Ukraine will begin peace negotiations immediately to end the war. He had a two-hour phone call with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday, describing the conversation as excellent. Putin said the phone call was meaningful and frank, however, adding that his country’s maximalist objectives in the war […]
# ActionSA het die omstrede Nigeriese tele-evangelis, Timothy Omotoso, se verbanning uit Suid-Afrika verwelkom. Die pastoor wat verlede maand vrygespreek is op aanklagte insluitend verkragting en mensehandel, is ʼn ongewenste persoon verklaar. Hy mag vir vyf jaar nie na die land terugkeer nie. ActionSA se leier, Herman Mashaba, sê die vyfjaar-verbanning moet tot lewenslank verleng […]
# The leaders of Britain, France, and Canada have threatened to take concrete action, including targeted sanctions if Israel does not stop its renewed military offensive in Gaza. The new ground offensive over the weekend resulted in over 100 people being killed. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to take control of all of Gaza […]
# Die Presidensie sê president Cyril Ramaphosa sien uit na ʼn suksesvolle vergadering môre met sy Amerikaanse ampsgenoot, Donald Trump, wat daarop gemik is om die verhouding tussen die twee lande te herstel. Die president het gister in Washington DC aangekom. Hy word vergesel van vier ministers, Ronald Lamola, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, John Steenhuisen, Parks Tau, […]
