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The Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint for about a fifth of the world’s oil, has again become the chaotic centre of the United States-Israel war on Iran, as a standoff between Washington and Tehran is complicating efforts to end the war.Iran on Saturday reversed its decision on reopening the strait, and its military opened fire at a ship trying to pass through the waterway after US President Donald Trump said Washington will continue its blockade on Iranian ports.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listTrump has refused to end the blockade until a deal is finalised. On Saturday, he said…
“I am a proud South African and a proud African,” Danie Strooh said before a major athletic event. The 22-year-old discus thrower from Limpopo has already won a series of competitions in the colors of the Texas State University in the USA.
Dr. Ben Moodie, a plastic and reconstructive surgeon attached to the Cintocare hospital in Pretoria. (Photo: Jhua-Nine Wyrley-Birch/Maroela Media) Dr. Ben Moodie, a plastic and reconstructive surgeon attached to the Cintocare hospital in Pretoria, recently made history with an experimental operation that may offer new hope for patients with dementia. However, without the support of medical funds, this breakthrough may remain out of reach for most South Africans. This operation, which was carried out earlier in April, focuses on the lymphatic system, the body’s natural “cleaning system”, and is, according to Moodie, a relatively new concept in brain research. Where…
ALMOST all football fans agree that the team that will go home with full points in the English Premier League (PL) match between Manchester City and Arsenal this weekend will be the one that will walk away with the title of this league.Pep Guardiola’s Man City will welcome his best friend Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal in a much-anticipated match on Sunday at 5.30pm at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester.Since the start of the season, Arsenal have shown signs of strength compared to the past, it is clear that they have learned from their mistakes.Because of this, hopes have grown stronger that the…
Archive photo (Photo: / Freepik)Matric learners will have to properly put on their school socks by now to prepare for the June exams.Dr. Alucia Mabunda, education expert and campus head of the IIE Rosebank College, cautions that matric is not a school year where good performance suddenly only starts to matter in September.Learners who do well in the June exam also build self-confidence for the final exam and broaden their university choices.”The June exam deals with the first half of the year’s work and is one of the first major control points in your final overall mark at the end…
Jean “Panjaro” Kruger successfully defended his title at the Red Bull Shay’iMoto competition held at Suncoast Casino, Durban, on Saturday night.This competition was coming back to Durban for the second year in a row as it was held for the first time last year.This is where Panjaro, who lives in Mahikeng, took the title from Boksie from Cape Town.Drivers are given two and a half minutes to hit bumps, jump in gaps, and do other stunts with the car.Others get out of the car while it is moving and then get back in and continue driving.Panjaro attracted the audience by…
By Jacques Malherbe, GroundUpA red cat near Cape Point. (Photo: Oscar Barnes/Urban Caracal Project)Post-mortem examinations by the University of Cape Town’s Urban Caracal Project found that most dead red cats had internal bleeding caused by rat poison.Red cats are poisoned indirectly by eating rats and other animals that have themselves ingested poison.The City of Cape Town says toxins with a lower risk are used in environmentally sensitive areas, but Dr. Gabriella Leighton, the lead researcher, says she sees no improvement at ground level.Leighton has carried out numerous post-mortem examinations on Cape Town’s red cats and is used to the effects…
EFF supporters chanted “Kill the boer, Kill the farmer” in front of the magistrate’s court in KuGompo city (formerly East London). (Photo: Elisma van der Watt/ Maroela Media)”2026 the year of victory or death.”Thousands of posters from the EFF with these words and a photo of their leader on them, this week adorned lampposts right across KuGompo city (formerly East London) in the run-up to sentencing in the firearms case against Julius Malema.Malema was sentenced Thursday in the magistrate’s court in this city to five years in prison for the illegal possession of a firearm. He will appeal against the…
IN RURAL SCHOOLS there is a problem of children struggling in certain subjects, not because they do not understand what is being taught – but because they do not understand certain words in the questions as to what they mean in Zulu.That’s what Mr. Nhlanzeko Ngwenya from Masundwini, KwaNongoma, says about his idea of a book of English words translated into Heaven entitled ALL Action Assessment Verbs: for English First Additional Language and Mathematical Terminology Lists.In his interview withOf this country with this volume he started compiling in 2017, until 2018 – he said that the idea came to him…
Mukalla, Yemen – The Yemeni government’s measures to curb the devaluation of the Yemeni riyal have finally borne fruit, but they have created another problem: A severe liquidity crunch.The government’s central bank, based in the southern city of Aden, has shut down unauthorised exchange firms it says were involved in currency speculation, centralised internal remittances under a controlled system, and formed a committee to oversee imports and provide traders with hard currency.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThese measures have helped curb the riyal’s freefall, from about 2,900 to the United States dollar months ago to about 1,500 today,…