# Former Vlakplaas commander Eugene de Kock will not testify in the Cradock Four inquest due to ill health. The High Court in Gqeberha resumed hearings into the 1985 murders of anti-apartheid activists Matthew Goniwe, Fort Calata, Sicelo Mhlauli, and Sparrow Mkhonto. Their charred remains were found near the city. De Kock was scheduled to […]
# Rugby: Sharks head coach John Plumtree realises the importance of winning their next two United Rugby Championship matches at home after two losses and a tie in their three overseas games. The Durban team lost to Glasgow and Leinster, and drew with Dragons. They next face Ulster on Saturday, followed by a match against […]
# Limpopo se premier, Phophi Ramathuba, het gesinne versoek om geliefdes te identifiseer wanneer lykskouings môre begin ná Sondag se busongeluk in Makhado. Sy het bevestig die dodetal het tot 43 gestyg, terwyl 45 mense beseer is. Die bus was van die Oos-Kaap na Zimbabwe en Malawi onderweg toe die bestuurder beheer verloor het op […]
# Rugby: Die Haaie se hoofafrigter, John Plumtree, besef hoe belangrik dit is vir sy span om die volgende twee Verenigde Rugbykampioenskaps-wedstryde tuis te wen. Hulle het in hulle laaste drie wedstryde oorsee teen Glasgow en Leinster verloor en gelykop gespeel teen Dragons. Die Haaie speel Saterdag teen Ulster, gevolg deur ‘n wedstryd teen Scarlets […]
# Die Hooggeregshof in Pietermaritzburg hoor tans die staat se slotbetoë in die heropende geregtelike doodsondersoek na die dood in 1967 van ANC-leier en Nobelpryswenner, Albert Luthuli. Die oorspronklike doodsondersoek het bevind dat hy, sonder enige kriminele aanspreeklikheid, deur ‘n goederetrein getref is. Die heropende ondersoek wat in April begin het, het nuwe forensiese en […]
# 2025 se Sveriges Riksbank-prys vir Ekonomiese Wetenskappe is toegeken aan die Amerikaners Joel Mokyr en Peter Howitt, en die Brit Philippe Aghion. Mokyr word erken vir die koppeling van tegnologiese vooruitgang aan volgehoue groei, terwyl Howitt en Aghion vereer word vir hul kreatiewe vernietigingsteorie, wat wys hoe vernuwing verouderde produkte vervang en produktiwiteit verhoog. […]
# The Pietermaritzburg High Court is hearing the state’s closing arguments in the reopened inquest into the 1967 death of ANC leader and Nobel Laureate, Albert Luthuli. The original inquest concluded he was struck by a goods train with no criminal culpability. The reopened proceedings which begun in April, examined new forensic and railway evidence, […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says new European Union investments will support inclusive and sustainable growth in South Africa. The EU has committed over 230-billion-rand to projects in clean energy, green hydrogen, renewable power, critical minerals, and vaccines. The funding will create jobs, support local mineral processing, green hydrogen production, and improve roads, ports, and digital […]
# The 2025 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences has been awarded to Americans Joel Mokyr and Peter Howitt, and Britain’s Philippe Aghion. Mokyr is recognised for linking technological progress to sustained growth, while Howitt and Aghion are honoured for their creative destruction theory, showing how innovations replace old products and increase productivity. The Nobel […]
