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What started as two brothers’ daring dream has grown to more than 140 Plato stores in less than five years – and now also a first branch in London. For co-founder Stephan Bredell, however, it’s about much more than coffee: It’s about people, community and good old South African hospitality.
(Photo: Provided) Two women laughingly waving unlicensed firearms around in a video that was widely shared on social media this week have been arrested by the police. The Gauteng police started looking for the women, after it recently noted with concern a video on social media in which the two women handle unlicensed firearms recklessly and negligently in a house. In the video, the two women can be seen laughing, swinging the firearms around, pulling them over and pointing them at each other. “From the video it appears that the women may not have been properly trained or authorized to…
The administration of United States President Donald Trump has hosted a nine-hour prayer event on the National Mall in Washington, DC, as part of its efforts to commemorate the country’s 250th anniversary.Sunday’s event was called “Rededicate 250: A National Jubilee of Prayer, Praise and Thanksgiving”, and it took place from 9am to 6pm Eastern US time (13:00 to 22:00 GMT).On the jubilee’s website, organisers explained that their aim was to mark “rededication of our country as One Nation to God”.The event featured performers, pastors and civil rights leaders, as well as Trump’s Republican allies, among them Senator Tim Scott of…
Kristof Slagmulder of Vlaams Belang. (Photo: A member of the Flemish Parliament in Belgium announced this week that he has submitted a motion for a resolution requesting the retention of Article 235 of the South African Constitution. This article explicitly recognizes the right to self-determination of communities with a shared cultural and linguistic heritage, including the Afrikaners. Kristof Slagmulder, a member of parliament from Vlaams Belang, says he tabled this motion after the uMkhonto we Sizwe party (MKP) proposed a bill here at home to abolish this constitutional protection. The proposal was made in April this year. “Anyone who takes…
17 Mei 2026 Tania Haynes How would you like to share the article? Archive photo (Photo: Eunice Masson) Four people were shot dead in a suspected gang-related incident in Westbank on the Cape Flats on Saturday evening. A seven-year-old child was also wounded during the shooting. Col. André Traut, spokesperson for the Western Cape police, says police officers responded to a complaint in Strandveld Street at around 20:00. When they arrived at the scene, they found three women and a man, all between 32 and 39 years old, with gunshot wounds. The adults are all dead. An injured child was…
Microsoft’s AI Chief Mustafa Suleman says that in just 18 months, AI will become so better than humans that it will take away everyone’s job. According to Suleman, AI is progressing very fast and in one and a half years it will be able to do the work done on computers better than humans.AI will take over all the work done on computersThere was a time when studying MBA or Law was considered a guarantee of strong earnings. However, the biggest question today is that when all the work done on computers will be done by robots or AI, then…
17 Mei 2026 Tania Haynes How would you like to share the article? Bushy Maape (Foto: North West Provincial Government, Facebook) Bushy Maape, former premier of the North West and ANC veteran, died on Saturday at the age of 68 after a short illness in Johannesburg. The exact cause of his death is not known. Maape served as premier of the North West from 2021 to 2024 – a particularly difficult time after the provincial government of the North West was placed under administration in 2018. Maape, a former political prisoner from Robben Island, also served in other leadership roles…
INDLUNKULU is waiting for its Chancellor, King Malusi Zondi, to be the one to come personally and have something to say about the issue of his name being used in the allegations that he was the frontrunner in the selection of the company that won the water tender in Mkhomazi.The allegations say that the water tender cost R20 billion and that Zondi ended up benefiting from R8 million for “protection”. Zondi this week released a statement defending himself against the allegations and warned that he will take legal action if they do not stop.According to reports, Zondi received this money…
Rassie Erasmus (Photo: Michael Bradley/AFP) Rassie Erasmus, Wouter Kellerman and Dalene Matthee are just some of the prominent South Africans who will be honored with national orders in the coming week. Phindile Baleni, director-general in the presidency and chancellor of the national orders, announced this week the names of the “outstanding South Africans and distinguished friends of South Africa” who will receive national orders next Tuesday. Pres. Cyril Ramaphosa will honor them during an inauguration ceremony on Tuesday. Other names include the late jazz pianist, composer and journalist Todd Matshikiza, Prof. Tulio de Oliveira, professor of bioinformatics and prof. Salim…
Lt. genl. Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi (Photo: Phill Magakoe / AFP) The investigative directorate against corruption (Idac) denies the allegations that there is a J50 warrant for Lt. Gen. Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, the KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner, has been issued with an arrest warrant. “This information is false and is dismissed with the contempt it deserves,” says Henry Mamothame, spokesperson for Idac. The directorate received several inquiries after allegations of a J50 warrant for Mkhwanazi’s arrest became known. “These rumors are clearly beginning to disrupt and distract from the work of Idac, as well as the responsibilities that Gen. Mkhwanazi fulfills in the fight…