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NATO promises to continue training Afghan security forces
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has promised that it will continue training Afghan special forces outside the country when it withdraws the last of
Banana-throwing draws fire from Florida man
A Florida man was charged last Tuesday after police said he allegedly shot at another driver for apparently throwing a piece of banana at his
Cecil stays put in Oxford
A statue of Cecil John Rhodes at Oxford University will not be removed, the university has announced. Calls for the statue of the British imperialist
Van Damme says she remains a DA member
Phumzile Van Damme said yesterday that, while she had resigned as a Democratic Alliance (DA) MP, she had not resigned from the party. She was
Bullet train conductor takes control as driver dashes to the loo
A Japanese bullet train, travelling at 150km/h, was left in the hands of a conductor for several minutes while the driver responded to an urgent
By-elections: DA loses ground again, ANC steady
This week’s municipal by-elections, the last before the local government election scheduled for late October, saw the Democratic Alliance (DA) lose a number of wards,
Close schools now – teachers’ union
The Educators Union of SA (Eusa) has called for the closure of all schools in the face of what it describes as an increase in
Defiant Republicans back Capitol-riot commission
Thirty-five Republicans defied their party leaders and former President Donald Trump in siding with Democrats in the 252-175 vote to establish a commission to investigate
Contact sport suspended at schools over Covid concerns
All contact sport at South African schools was suspended yesterday because of concerns about a surge in coronavirus infections since the beginning of the second
Facebook sets up ‘special operations center’ on Israel-Palestine conflict
Facebook has set up a 24-hour ‘special operations center’ to monitor content on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. According to a Reuters report, Monika Bickert, Facebook’s vice