# The woman who accused disgraced US financier Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew of sexual abuse, Virginia Giuffre, has died by suicide at age 41. In 2019, the Australian publicly alleged that Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell trafficked her and forced her to have sex with his friends, including Prince Andrew, when she was 17 years […]
# Tennis: Two-time champion Alexander Zverev is through to the Madrid Open third round. The German defeated Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut 6-2, 6-2, extending his winning streak to six matches. American third seed Taylor Fritz returned to ATP Tour action with a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Australian Christopher O’Connell. Norwegian Casper Ruud saw off Frenchman […]
# Eskom says in the past 24 hours, a total of three-thousand-320-megawatts of generation capacity has been restored, ensuring a stable power system with enough supply to meet the long weekend’s demand. The power utility implemented stage two load-shedding on Thursday afternoon after the loss of generation units and higher-than-expected electricity demand. Eskom’s spokesperson, Daphne […]
# The Department of Water and Sanitation says ten sluice gates at the Vaal Dam are now open. Above-average continuous rainfall has led to heavy inflows on the already saturated upper catchments. The department’s spokesperson, Wisane Mavasa, says the water levels in the Vaal and Bloemhof Dams are currently sitting at 119.68-percent and 111.87-percent capacity, respectively. She says […]
# Die Franse eerste minister, Francois Bayrou dring aan op ‘n verskerping van deursoeking vir messe in skole. Dit volg na ‘n tienermeisie dood is en drie studente beseer is in ‘n mesaanval by die Notre-Dame-de-Toutre-Aide-skool in Nantes. Die aanvaller, ‘n 15-jarige seun, is glo op die toneel gearresteer na hy deur ‘n onderwyser oorrompel […]
# Krieket: Die Royal Challengers Bengaluru het die Rajasthan Royals met 11 lopies verslaan om agtereenvolgende oorwinnings in die Indiese Premierliga te behaal. Virat Kohli behaal 70 van 42 balle terwyl Devdutt Padikkal 50 van 27 aflewerings bydra tot RCB se telling van 205 vir vyf. In antwoord daarop trek Josh Hazlewood vier paaltjies plat […]
# Die DA in Gauteng eis beslissende optrede teen die skoolhoof van die Madisong High School in Hammanskraal, wat daarvan beskuldig word dat hy lyfstraf toegepas het. Die provinsiale Onderwysdepartement het ‘n ondersoek van stapel gestuur nadat leerlinge klagtes teen die skoolhoof ingedien het. Een leerder het seer hand aangemeld wat hy na bewering opgedoen […]
# Die ANC se sekretaris-generaal, Fikile Mbalula, sê die party is besig om streng interne meganismes in te stel om etiese leierskap, doeltreffende regering en deursigtige besluitneming te verseker. Hy het die slotrede gelewer by die party se Noord-Kaapse provinsiale konferensie waar Zamani Saul onbestrede vir ʼn derde termyn as provinsiale voorsitter verkies is. Mbalula […]
# French prime minister, François Bayrou, has called for an intensification of checks for knives in schools. This comes after a teenage girl was killed and three students injured in a stabbing at the Notre-Dame-de-Toutes-Aides school in Nantes. The attacker, a 15-year-old boy, is said to have been arrested at the scene after being restrained […]
