# French lawmakers have voted to oust prime minister François Bayrou in a confidence vote, plunging the country into a new political crisis. A total of 364 members of Parliament voted against him and 194 voted for him. This comes after he called the vote in a bid to push through an unpopular savings plan […]
# Die parlementêre portefeuljekomitee oor Elektrisiteit en Energie het kommer uitgespreek oor bewerings van ʼn bestuurskrisis by die Kernenergiekorporasie van Suid-Afrika. Die maatskappy is sonder ʼn funksionerende raad nadat vyf raadslede verlede week bedank het. Dit het plaasgevind nadat die raad nie ministeriële ondersteuning kon kry om die korporasie se uitvoerende hoof, Loyiso Tyabashe, te […]
# Motorsport: Max Verstappen van Red Bull het sy voorste wegspringposisie in die Italiaanse Grand Prix benut en daarmee vir die eerste keer sedert Mei eerste geëindig. Die McLaren-jaers, Lando Norris en Oscar Piastri, was onderskeidelik tweede en derde, met Charles Leclerc in die vierde plek vir Ferrari. George Russell van Mercedes het vyfde geëindig. […]
# 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 […]
# Die DA doen ʼn beroep op die regering om ʼn Kuber-kommissaris aan te stel terwyl kunsmatige-intelligensie-gedrewe slenters en digitale bankbedrog toeneem. Volgens die Suid-Afrikaanse Bankrisiko-inligtingsentrum het die aantal digitale bankbedrogsake tussen 2023 en 2024 verdubbel, met finansiële verliese wat van een-miljard- tot 1,4-miljard-rand toegeneem het. Glynnis Breytenbach van die DA sê Suid-Afrikaners verdien veiliger […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Electricity and Energy has expressed concern regarding the allegations surrounding the governance crisis at the Nuclear Energy Corporation of South Africa. The company is without a functioning board after five board members resigned last week. The development comes after the board failed to get ministerial support to suspend the corporation’s CEO, […]
# 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 […]
# The DA is calling on government to establish a Cyber Commissioner as artificial intelligence-driven scams and digital banking fraud are increasing. According to the South African Banking Risk Information Centre, the number of digital banking fraud cases doubled between 2023 and 2024, with financial losses increasing from one-billion-rand to 1.4-billion-rand. The DA’s Glynnis Breytenbach […]
# Motorsport: Red Bull’s Max Verstappen converted pole position into victory at the Italian Grand Prix, to claim his first win since May. McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri finished second and third respectively, with Charles Leclerc in fourth for Ferrari and Mercedes’ George Russell rounding out the top five. Norris has cut Piastri’s driver […]
