# Die 69-jarige Robert Prevost van die VSA is gekies as die 276ste pous, die eerste Amerikaanse pous in die geskiedenis. Prevost wat in Chicago gebore is, sal bekend staan as Pous Leo die 14de. Sy verkiesing kom ten spyte van die Vatikaan se teenkanting teen ‘n pous uit die VSA, vanweë die land se […]
# Sixty-nine-year-old Robert Prevost of the US has been chosen as the 276th pope, the first American pontiff in history. The Chicago-born will be known as Pope Leo the 14th. His election comes despite the Vatican’s longstanding opposition to the idea of a pope from the US, because of the country’s superpower status. Prevost was made […]
# Die Krugerwildtuin is geskok oor die massavergiftiging wat tot die dood van 123 aasvoëls gelei het. Hulle het vermoedelik aan ’n vergiftigde olifantkarkas gevreet wat waarskynlik deur stropers met landbouchemikalieë behandel is. Die voëls sluit kritiek-bedreigde witrugaasvoëls, Kaapse aasvoëls en lappetgesig-aasvoëls in. Reddingspanne het daarin geslaag om 84 aasvoëls te red met noodbehandeling. SANParke […]
# The Kruger National Park is devastated following a mass poisoning that has left 123 vultures dead after feeding on a poisoned elephant carcass, likely laced with agricultural chemicals by poachers. The vultures include critically endangered white-backed, Cape, and lappet-faced vultures. Rescue teams managed to save 84 vultures, now recovering after emergency treatment. The South […]
# Adjunkpresident Paul Mashatile sê Suid-Afrika moet sy pogings verskerp om bekostigbare medisyne plaaslik te vervaardig om afhanklikheid van buitelandse bronne te verminder, ná befondsingsbesnoeiings deur die VSA. Tydens die Nasionale Vergadering se mondelinge vraesessie het hy gesê die regering ondersoek vennootskappe met lande soos China, asook ander in Europa en Asië, om toegang tot […]
# Deputy President Paul Mashatile says South Africa must increase efforts to produce affordable medicine locally to reduce reliance on foreign countries, after US funding cuts. During the National Assembly oral reply session, he said the government is exploring partnerships with countries like China and others in Europe and Asia to access cheaper drugs. Mashatile […]
# Die DA in Johannesburg het klagtes van strafbare manslag ingedien teen die uitvoerende hoof van die Johannesburgse Eiendomsmaatskappy, Helen Botes, oor die brand in die Usindiso-gebou in Augustus 2023 wat 77 lewens geëis het. Nicole Rahn van die DA verwys na growwe nalatigheid en jare sonder enige optrede ondanks waarskuwings. Sy sê die Khampepe-kommissie […]
# The DA in Johannesburg has laid culpable homicide charges against the CEO of Johannesburg Property Company, Helen Botes over the August 2023 fire in the Usindiso building that killed 77 people. The DA’s Nicole Rahn cites gross negligence and years of inaction despite warnings. Rahn says the Khampepe Commission urged disciplinary action, yet no […]
# Die adjunkminister in die Presidensie, Kenny Morolong, het sy innige meegevoel betuig na die tragiese dood van die joernalis Aserie Ndlovu en sy lewensmaat Zodwa Mdhluli. Die twee was sedert Februarie vermis. Hul liggame is ontdek ná ‘n omvattende polisie-ondersoek, wat gelei het tot vier arrestasies. Morolong het die wrede moorde veroordeel en Ndlovu […]
