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Kaptein Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger III. (Foto: AFP) Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger III, the pilot who gained worldwide fame in 2009 when he successfully landed a passenger plane on the Hudson River in New York, has revealed that he has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. The 75-year-old former pilot announced the news on his personal website on July 14 and said that the disease is still in an early stage. “For now, this means that I will not easily remember a name, forget a story that was recently told to me or that I will not sleep well. But I am…
It is said that North West businessman Suliman Carrim was seen shopping at Woolworths, in the Western Cape, which made the leader of the evidence Adv. Matthew Chaskalson asked that the investigation subpoena his doctors and obtain his medical records. This intense request appeared on Wednesday at the Madlanga Commission after the postponement of the testimony of Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala. Chaskalson told the commissioners that he received a report from two people that they saw Carrim at the mall, where they allegedly saw him eating lunch. Chaskalson said the commission is now waiting for CCTV footage from the mall or…
Ian Cameron, DA MP and chairman of parliament’s portfolio committee on police, says it has come to his attention that the police seized firearms and ammunition in April and are now believed to have been left at 13 stores at various Cape Town police stations.
After the Robertson floods, thousands of bottles of Van Loveren wine had their labels damaged and the glass left smeared with mud. But the wine is still of the same top quality and the story behind Van Loveren’s ‘flood wines’ helps to make the bottles fly off the shelves. You don’t just get a bargain, but a work of art.
NewsFeedLebanese and Israeli negotiators are discussing the implementation of ‘pilot zones’, areas where the Israeli military is supposed to withdraw, Hezbollah disarms, and Lebanon’s army deploys. Al Jazeera’s Heidi Pett is at one of the proposed zones.Published On 15 Jul 202615 Jul 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo
The share of the fund that looks after the needs of Zwelithini and the Zulu Royal Household Trust (ZRHT) has been increased.The fund was allocated R93.5 million when the Prime Minister of KwaZulu-Natal, Mr. Thami Ntuli, presented the budget of his office in the KwaZulu-Natal Legislative Assembly, in Pietermaritzburg, yesterday. This fund was allocated R89 million in the previous financial year. Ntuli said the money allocated to the fund is not enough to meet its needs.”There will be discussions in this house where we will look at where we can get more money to do the work that is in…
The taste of the food you eat in the future may change. According to a research, the taste of food can change due to artificial intelligence. Veg items can also taste non-veg. Research related to this has been published in the science journal Nature Food. It explains how AI can change the taste of food.Its biggest benefit will be to plant-based proteins, proteins made from fermentation and meat prepared in the lab.If it is said that in the future, such chicken and mutton can be prepared from peas, soya or other plants, whose taste and texture will be like real…
For decades, self-determination was seen primarily as a political end point, something that would one day be achieved through negotiations, constitutional change or political consensus. Functional self-determination turns this logic on its head.
The former mayor of the Durban Municipality, Mrs. Zandile Gumede, who has been announced as a member of the Durban party, has been accepted for a position in the MKP.Mrs Gumede has been promoted to the position of Deputy Producer of MKP KwaZulu-Natal.This was announced by the Secretary General of MKP, Mr. Sibonelo Nomvalo, when he spoke to the media.Mrs Gumede has been the chairperson of the ANC in the Thekwini Region and has been a member of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislative Assembly. He has been falling out with MKP leader Jacob Zuma since their time in the ANC.The members of…
The Western Cape High Court is expected to hear an urgent request by president Cyril Ramaphosa to stop the parliamentary process investigating the results of the Section 89 committee regarding Phala Phala’s case on Wednesday and Thursday.President Cyril Ramaphosa cited Parliamentary committee chairman Makashule Gana as the second respondent in his urgent request to block the process. The President wants to stop the work of the committee, pending the review of the Report of the Section 89 Panel, which found that it has the first case to answer in the case of Phala Phala. The request comes as the opposition…