# Die regering het die vrylating van twee Suid-Afrikaners uit aanhouding in die Republiek van Ekwatoriaal-Guinee verwelkom nadat hulle kwytskelding verleen is deur die land se president. Peter Huxham en Frik Potgieter is op 9 Februarie 2023 in hegtenis geneem op vals dwelmklagtes en daarna tot 12 jaar gevangenisstraf gevonnis. Die woordvoerder van die ministerie […]
# Die twee Suid-Afrikaanse ingenieurs, wat sedert 9 Februarie 2023 onwettig in Ekwatoriaal-Guinee aangehou is, is vrygelaat en is veilig tuis op Suid-Afrikaanse bodem. Hul vrylating volg op ‘n kwytskelding deur die president van Ekwatoriaal-Guinee, Teodoro Obiang Mbasogo. Frik Potgieter en Peter Huxham is persoonlik verwelkom deur die minister van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking, Ronald […]
# A photo of the Prince of Wales with a litter of puppies has been posted on social media by Kensington Palace to mark his 43rd birthday. The picture, taken by the Princess of Wales, shows Prince William with their family’s Cocker spaniel, Orla, and three of her four recently arrived puppies. The message for […]
# The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, said he was gravely alarmed by the use of force by the United States against Iran. He was reacting to an attack by American B-2 bombers on three Iranian nuclear sites, including Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan. Guterres called it a dangerous escalation in a region already on the edge […]
# At least eight people have died in a hot air balloon accident in Brazil on Saturday morning. The Governor of Santa Catarina said in a post on X there were 21 people on board the balloon in the city of Praia Grande. The balloon crashed near a health centre and 13 people, including the […]
# 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 […]
