# US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is set to hold a news conference today to offer a fresh assessment of strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, following a stinging row over how much American bombardment set back Tehran’s nuclear programme. After waves of Israeli attacks on nuclear and military sites and retaliatory missile fire from Iran […]
# The UK-based charity The Donkey Sanctuary says almost six-million donkeys are slaughtered annually for Chinese medicine, with severe knock-on effects for African villagers who rely on the animals. It is driven by an increase in China’s production of ejiao, a product marketed as a health supplement that uses collagen from donkey skins. China, whose […]
# Rand Water has successfully connected the newly constructed B16 pipeline, which will supply water from the new Station 5A at the Zuikerbosch Water Treatment Plant. Spokesperson Makenosi Maroo says the Russel Road meter has been installed, and Sasolburg Reservoir 1 has been cleaned. She says Rand Water will be moving to the next phase of the […]
# Build One South Africa sê dis onaanvaarbaar dat meer as vyf-miljoen-rand bestee is aan die salarisse van elf polisielede wat met volle salaris geskors is. Dit sluit in ‘n luitenant-generaal wat sedert Julie 2022 by die huis sit. BOSA se woordvoerder, Roger Solomons, sê die minister van Polisie, Senzo Mchunu, het op ‘n parlementêre […]
# Die vakbond Giwusa sê die ANC het meer as 70 jaar lank die revolusionêre aspek van die Vryheidsmanifes verraai. Vandag is die 70ste herdenking van die Vryheidsmanifes wat in 1955 in Kliptown, Soweto, aanvaar is. Giwusa se president, Mametlwe Sebei, sê die ANC het dit verraai deur die sosialistiese betekenis te ontken en neo-liberalisme […]
# The South African Human Rights Commission has released a policy brief asking urgent action against organised syndicates sabotaging water infrastructure. The brief outlines legal and policy tools available to combat the growing threat posed by water mafias. It calls for classifying water-related crimes as national priority offences, stronger SAPS action, prosecutions, and critical infrastructure […]
# MK Party president Jacob Zuma has launched a High Court application against the ANC and its president Cyril Ramaphosa. He wants the court to set aside what he says is the unlawful decision of the ANC to terminate his 65 year-long membership. Zuma was expelled from the ANC last year for his role in […]
# BOSA says it is unacceptable that more than five-million-rand has been spent to date to fund the salaries of eleven police officers currently suspended on full pay. This includes a Lieutenant General who has been sitting at home since July 2022. BOSA’s spokesperson, Roger Solomons, says in a parliamentary question, Police minister Senzo Mchunu, […]
# Navorsers van die Universiteit van die Witwatersrand se laboratorium vir Robotika, Outonome Intelligensie en Leer verskuif die grense van kunsmatige intelligensie. Dit is deur die ontwikkeling van masjiene wat kan loop, praat, melk in ‘n koppie gooi, en selfs antieke fossielgrotte verken. Die span is besig met die ontwikkeling van robotverkenners, wat strek van […]
