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Dr. Martin van Staden, Dr. Eben Mulder, and Drs. You Ghaffarian. (Photo: Verskaf) Advanced nuclear power developer X-Energy, which has strong ties to South Africa, raised more than $1 billion when it listed on the Nasdaq on April 24. This is almost R17 billion at the exchange rate on 30 April. The company made its initial public offering at $23 per share and sold 44,254,659 shares of Class A common stock. On April 29, the stock closed at $31.08. X-Energy develops small, modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) and has already begun construction of a fuel manufacturing plant. Its development work is…
(Photo: Provided)Miandra Hayward, a young South African and writer living in Hong Kong, honored the Afrikaans writer and poet Adam Small with a play.Between flights is on Small’s play Can he go up there? modeled as part of the Adam Small 90 project. This project of the Foundation for Empowerment by Afrikaans (SBA) serves as a tribute to Small to honor his contribution to Afrikaans literature. Small would have turned 90 this year.“That Adam Small Can he go up there? used as inspiration, because I can relate to the themes. Like Kanna, I also live in a foreign country, away…
It was obviously satire and a tongue-in-cheek reference to Trump’s critics who often allude to him pretending to be a king. However, the visit of King Charles to Washington last week was of great importance for Trump, the king but also their respective countries.
Beirut, Lebanon – On April 8, Ahmad Hamdi, 22, was sitting on his couch at home in Beirut’s Tallet el Khayat neighbourhood, hours after Israel had launched more than 100 attacks in under 10 minutes across Lebanon.Then he heard the “indescribable sound” of a rocket. Ahmad jumped off the couch as the glass in his building shattered around him before more rockets hit.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listClouds of dust obscured the view from his apartment on the fourth floor. When they dispersed, he saw the building directly facing his had been reduced to a pile of rubble.He…
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Marlene in Sergio Gomes. (Photo: Marlene Gomes / Facebook). Four suspects are expected to appear in court on Thursday in connection with the murder of the Gomes couple and the robbery at their slaughterhouse in Mahikeng, North West. Sergio and Marlene Gomes, owners of the Totobola slaughterhouse, were shot dead on Friday evening after they rushed to the aid of their son during a robbery at the slaughterhouse near their home in the Goldview neighborhood. According to col. Police spokesperson Adéle Myburgh said the four suspects, aged between 21 and 37, were arrested on Wednesday. They are expected to appear…
The DA’s gamble with the attempt to touch the majority party and force the ANC as a junior partner to implement its policy may easily fail. Then again, this is quite possibly the only way the DA can stay in government.
Archive photo for illustration purposes only. (Photo: AFP)A cut-off low pressure system is currently located to the west of the country and is expected to move over the western interior on Thursday morning.According to the weather service, this system is expected to bring scattered to widespread showers and thunderstorms over the northern parts of the North West and the Northern Cape.”A cut-off low pressure system is a slow-moving or stationary low pressure system that develops in the upper atmosphere, which can remain over an area for several days, and can often bring severe weather.”The weather service has issued a yellow…
30 April 2026 Nico StrydomHow would you like to share the article?(Photo: Du Preez de Villiers)The Nketoana municipality in the Free State has indicated that it wants to enter into an agreement with Eskom to keep the lights on.Eskom earlier said it had entered into distribution agency agreements with other Free State municipalities regarding the non-payment of their bulk bills, but that Nketoana had not taken similar steps to achieve a solution.However, Stefanie Jansen van Rensburg, spokesperson for Eskom, confirmed later on Wednesday that the power giant received a council decision, which was already taken on 9 April, from the…
The Pinetown District Court yesterday sentenced a popular police officer in KwaZulu-Natal, Khephu Ndlovu, to 17 years in prison.Apart from Ndlovu, there are four others who received the same sentence, including the former police officer, Bonginkosi Dlamini. Among the five convicted are Khephu Ndlovu, Bonginkosi Dlamini, Sibongile Ndlovu, her husband Felokwakhe Ndlovu and their son Lindokuhle Mbonambi.They were convicted and sentenced for corruption and bribery of R120 000 in the case of the killing of the leader of the ANC Kwa Ndengezi branch, Mr. Thulani Nxumalo, in 2018.It is said that Sibongile wanted her husband, Felokwakhe, to escape from the…