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One thing that unites South Africans like nothing else is sport, specifically rugby.Our nation is obsessed with rugby, and it makes sense why, given South Africa’s success in the rugby world.Over the weekend, a tense clash between the Springboks and All Blacks saw the South African national team once again proving why they are the best in the world.WATCH: Hilarious moment camera crew member realises broadcast is liveAfter what seemed like a sure win for the All Blacks, the Springboks came out all guns blazing at the death, claiming a 31–27 victory.The heart-racing match once again united South Africans, sharing the patriotism…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s Supreme Court has upheld a death sentence imposed on a member of the all-volunteer wing of the country’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard who stormed a house during the 2022 protests over the death of Mahsa Amini and killed a 60-year-old man, a lawyer said Tuesday. The sentence imposed on the Basij member marks a rare moment for Iran to hold accountable its security forces, who waged a bloody, monthslong crackdown on all dissent over Amini’s death. More than 500 people were killed and over 22,000 were detained. Since then, Iran has put to death…
Summary Between 1994 and 2024, the African National Congress (ANC) was South Africa’s dominant political force, winning between 57% and 69% of the vote. Following the 2024 elections, this is no longer the case. The ANC has lost its long-standing majority and now has a threadbare plurality of about 40%. The liberation-movement-turned-governing-party is not completely out of the picture, however. It still holds the most powerful positions in the legislature and the executive. Nevertheless, it has to share power with a number of parties, some of whom are ideological opposites. The country has an unsustainably high unemployment rate of over…
The Whitey Basson Distribution Centre in Brackenfell is Shoprite’s second largest. (News24/Nick Wilson) South Africans need to be in the know if we want to create a prosperous future. News24 has kept the country informed for 25 years, and we’re about to enter a new chapter of fearless journalism. Join our free subscription trial to unlock this story and a world of news aimed to inform, empower, and inspire. This article was originally published by a www.news24.com . Read the Original article here. .
Blockbuster Chinese video game Black Myth: Wukong sold more than 10 million copies within days of its release last month, and its success has been hailed as a soft-power win for the Asian superpower.However, as a Chinese idiom states, “the intention of the drunkard lies not on the wine, but on other purposes.”China’s push into the gaming industry also serves a “harder” kind of power: the drive to bolster domestic chip manufacturing in the wake of US semiconductor export restrictions aimed at hobbling Chinese AI research.Set in the world of Ming dynasty novel Journey to the West, Black Myth: Wukong…
QUICK FACTSWhere is it? Guadalupe Island, Pacific OceanWhat’s in the photo? A rainbow ‘glory’ alongside von Kármán vorticesWhich satellite took the photo? NASA’s Terra satelliteWhen was it taken? June 21, 2012This 2012 satellite photo shows a unique perspective of a rare, rainbow-like phenomenon, known as a glory, that appeared next to a Mexican island just as the landmass spawned a separate series of equally uncommon cloud vortices.Glories are multicolor light shows similar to rainbows, with one key difference: While rainbows form via a combination of reflection and refraction when sunlight bounces off falling rain droplets and splits into different wavelengths,…
Kinshasa: The first 10,000 mpox vaccines have reached Africa, but instead of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), the epicentre of the epidemic, they are going to Nigeria. The vaccines were a donation from the US government. Nigerian health authorities had already launched an early campaign to secure the vaccines after the outbreak of the virus in 2022. The West African country has so far recorded no deaths and no cases of Clade 1b, a new variant in eastern DR Congo that has also spread to neighboring countries and beyond Africa. DR Congo, on the other hand, has given…
Elrigh Louw says Pieter-Steph du Toit’s willingness to go above and beyond on national duty against the All Blacks serves as a great example for the Springbok rookies. DYLAN JACK reports. Du Toit showed his versatility in South Africa’s comeback victory over the All Blacks, starting at lock after an injury scare around Eben Etzebeth and shifting to the back row during the clash in Johannesburg. Louw is no stranger to moving around the pack, having spent the earlier parts of his career at lock, before being utilised at blindside flank and No 8 at the Vodacom Bulls. As he…
JOHANNESBURG – Tributes continue to pour in for Jessica Mbangeni.The multi award-winning 47-year-old musician and praise poet passed away in the early hours of Saturday morning, a week after celebrating her birthday.A global icon, she graced venues, including Wembley, for the Mzansi Sings Madiba concert.The Association of Independent Record Labels of South Africa, Stanley Khoza and Vusi Nova discussed this with eNCA. This article was originally published by a www.enca.com . Read the Original article here. .
Nine people have died in a bus crash on the Van Rhyn Pass in the Western Cape. This article was originally published by a www.sabcnews.com . Read the Original article here. .