Cape Town is getting more international flights going into 2027, with two airlines adding frequencies ahead of the peak travel season. British Airways is increasing its number of international flights between London Heathrow and Cape Town for the upcoming summer season. The airline will increase the frequency on the route from seven flights per week…
Jaco Kleynhans I was in the Netherlands again last week, my twenty-fifth visit in twenty years. It remains one of my most beloved countries. I adore the Dutch people and the historical ties between my country and the Netherlands. Each time, I observe the vast cultural differences between the Dutch and Afrikaners, and the extent…
Israeli Security Chiefs are increasingly treating a mid-air crisis aboard a Flydubai flight to Tel Aviv as a terrorist attack, following a joint high-level situation assessment between the heads of the IDF, Shin Bet, and Mossad. [1, 2] The aircraft, which was intercepted by scrambled Israeli Air Force fighter jets, underwent a terrifying ordeal after…
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has vowed to remain in office and push forward with economic reforms following historic electoral defeats for his center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in state elections held on September 20, 2026. The CDU suffered severe losses in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Berlin, with exit polls showing the party falling to just 5% in…
The City of Cape Town has issued an urgent call for residents in several southern and western suburbs to reduce their water consumption while emergency repairs are underway on a major pipeline in Claremont, Cape {town} Etc reports. The City’s Water and Sanitation team began attending to repairs on an 810mm-diameter pipeline on Tuesday, 29 September…
South Africa’s economy is not growing because the national budget is structured against growth. For every R100 the government spends, the bulk goes to salaries, debt interest, day-to-day costs and grants — leaving only a thin slice for the investments that expand the productive base of the economy. According to recent National Treasury consolidated expenditure…
Some of you might have already realised this, as your interactions with this new technology have increased. It was brought home to me forcibly last night when I wanted information on an organisation called Voice of Wales, who were taking part in an episode of the Lotus Eaters podcast. https://youtu.be/Y53hwEw30gY I did the mandatory search,…
DA strategist Ryan Coetzee has launched an attack on the United States’ top leaders, which has, in turn, sparked a backlash from respected political commentators. The issue started after Coetzee criticised a speech by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio from Pnyx Hill near the Acropolis in Athens, Greece. In his speech, Rubio praised Western…
Western Cape exports to the United States fell by R2.8 billion in 2025, and by nearly R7 billion on the latest rolling twelve-month figures, as tariffs and a diplomatic freeze hit the province’s farmers, wine makers and boat builders. The slump has landed hardest on the agricultural and agro-processing lines that the Democratic Alliance’s provincial…
