Uber launches new ‘Uber Safari’ services in Cape Town, Bad news for braai lovers in South Africa, CEOs target eye-watering economic growth by end of 2025, and Switzerland and Italy redraw border due to melting glaciers.
It seems Switzerland has bombs lying around all over the place after the army this week acknowledged that since 2022, there has been a 12% increase in civilians finding explosives in the Swiss countryside. Much of this increase is due to the glaciers receding as a result of climate change.
Germany transforms former Nazi bunker into hip luxury hotel, Fifth of medicines in Africa may be sub-par or fake, and Akani Simbine misses out by 0.01 in Olympic 100m final.
Once famous for its beautiful beaches, luxurious hotels, and vibrant nightlife, Varosha stands frozen in time, with a feeling of abandonment and decay throughout its once-busy streets.
North Korea’s most bizarre provocation against its rival in years included flying hundreds of balloons carrying trash and manure toward South Korea.
Pffft. Have they seen our crime stats? Terrorists should be warned against coming to South Africa.
“The Yemeni armed forces warn all Israeli ships heading to or coming from the ports of occupied Palestine not to pass through the Cape of Good Hope, or they will be a legitimate target for our armed forces.”
“Peace means having a bigger stick than the other guy.”
Since SA has accused Israel of genocide in the International Court of Justice, our Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor kicked up the growing questions about legal consequences for IDF troops who hold other citizenship this week.
Houthis and their issues have been part of the “axis of resistance” since the early 1990s, and they are now part of the fight against Israel, and anyone else who crosses their path.
The Oryx presumably came under fire by the ‘infamous M23 forces’, a rebel group that has previously said they are ready to fight the South African military stationed in DRC.
The entire 1,000-kilometre front line has been under siege by the pests as they are lured by the stench of dead bodies and the limited warmth that the bunkers provide.
Worried about the potential for a global conflict, folks are actively seeking out the safest destinations as a refuge from a prospective war.
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Zara made no mention of the boycott of its products that preceded this move but stated that the change was part of its routine procedure for refreshing content.
The truce will see both sides release hostages captured during the last few bloody weeks.
In a story with Netflix Limited Series written all over it, a network of chess friends helped a Ukrainian chess protege escape from a Russian invasion of her hometown, and bring her to England.
The world woke up to the news of another war on Sunday as militants rained down death on Israel in a coordinated attack by the Hamas militant group.
Social media has been flooded with videos showing a aeroplane, purported to have Prigozhin on board, falling from the sky.
With our myriad of crises down here on the Southern tip of Africa, it’s easy to forget that a senseless war has been raging in the Northern Hemisphere for over a year.
The chaos makes it impossible to guess what led to the incident. Maybe someone had a MAGA hat on, or was called mister when they clearly identifies as a llama. Who knows with the Americans these days.
In many ways, that little brawl is rather symbolic of what is happening on the ground.
Maybe we need to pause a bit and think things over before giving the AI version of Charlie Sheen a U-Boat filled with coke and nukes.
A chilling video has emerged on social media that shows the Russian combatant receiving the statue which would kill him a short while later.
A report has emerged with these women claiming that they are forced into becoming so-called “field wives” or sex slaves for their male officers.
“Obviously there is tension – we’re not friends. We are at war at the moment.”
Putin has an arrest warrant issued against him and since he is due to visit our land later this year in August, SA may have to arrest him.
Maybe this is the perfect place for war-mongers to gather while they argue over who blinked first.
US officials told Russia’s ambassador to the United States that Moscow has to be more careful when flying in international airspace.
Comrade Carl seemed to be a man apart, looking for a new cause, and bank account, to latch his carnie trailer to.