# Die nywerheidsvakbond GIWUSA sê hy is uiters bekommerd oor die jongste verslag rakende die inflasiesyfer van 3,5-persent – die hoogste in tien maande. GIWUSA se president, Mametlwe Sebei, sê hierdie styging is ‘n grafiese voorbeeld van hoe inflasie ‘n simptoom is van die diepgewortelde strukturele mislukkings van die rasgedrewe, monopolistiese neokoloniale kapitalistiese stelsel in […]
# Uganda has agreed to receive migrants who do not qualify to remain in the United States, in Washington’s latest attempt to speed up deportations. US President Donald Trump’s administration has negotiated arrangements to send people to third countries, among them El Salvador and Eswatini. At roughly 1.7-million Uganda already hosts the largest refugee population […]
# Iran publicly hanged a convicted murderer at the scene of his crime. Most executions in Iran are carried out inside prisons. Public executions are generally reserved for offences that caused particular outrage. The condemned man had been convicted of killing a couple and a young woman with a hunting rifle late last year in […]
# Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he could meet Russia’s Vladimir Putin but only after his country had received security guarantees. He mentioned Switzerland, Austria or Turkey as possible venues. Zelensky says they want an understanding of the security guarantees architecture within 7 to 10 days. And based on that understanding, they aim to hold […]
# Die Polisiekommissaris in KwaZulu-Natal, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, sê stygende misdaad word vererger deur beperkte personeel, wat te midde van bevolkingsgroei, steeds tans op ongeveer 19-duisend staan. Mkhwanazi verbind begrotingsbeperkings en arbeidswette met minder werknemers en vra alternatiewe maatreëls, soos kameras en patrollievoertuie om die veiligheid te handhaaf. Hy vra gemeenskappe om beamptes aanspreeklik te hou, […]
# Die laaste klompie een-pond muntstukke met die gesig van wyle koningin Elizabeth die Tweede kom in sirkulasie in Brittanje, met meer as 23-miljoen daarvan bestem vir kasregisters en mense se beursies. Die Koninklike Munt sê die vrystelling van die laaste Elizabeth die Tweede-muntstukke, wat 2021 en 2022 gedateer is, verteenwoordig ‘n deurslaggewende oomblik in […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse kleinhandelreus Shoprite gaan na 25 jaar aan Malawi onttrek en soek na plaaslike kopers om sy belange oor te neem. Dit volg na die onlangse sluiting van winkels in Blantyre en Llongwe oor skendings van higiëne-reëls en verstrykte goedere. Die onttrekking is deel van Shoprite se strategie om sy nie-kernmarkte in Afrika […]
# Cricket: Proteas off-spinner Prenelan Subrayen has been reported for a suspect bowling action in Tuesday’s first one-day match against Australia in Cairns and will miss the rest of the series. The International Cricket Council says the match officials’ report specified concerns about the legality of Subrayen’s action. The first match was Subrayen’s debut in […]
# Israel approved a major settlement project in an area of the occupied West Bank that the international community has warned threatens the viability of a future Palestinian state. Israel has long had ambitions to build on the roughly 12-square-kilometre parcel known as E1 just east of Jerusalem, but the plan had been stalled for […]
