# US president Donald Trump says they will take care of Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi rebels if they follow through on their threatened blockade of Saudi ports. The crucial shipping lanes of the Red Sea run along Yemen’s coast. A full closure of Bab el-Mandeb could cut global oil supply by seven-percent. The Houthis’ armed forces have imposed a […]
# National Treasury says the 24.78-billion-rand World Bank loan, together with financing secured from other multilateral development partners, has enabled the government to meet its 52.6-billion-rand foreign currency borrowing requirement for the 2026/2027 financial year. The latest World Bank Development Policy Loan to South Africa is aimed at supporting infrastructure reforms and boosting inclusive economic […]
# Die Gautengse Departement van Gesondheid sê openbare hospitale het reeds 687 operasies en kliniese prosedures afgehandel en daarmee die helfte van die een-duisend-326 prosedures wat in vanjaar se program belowe is, verbysteek. Die Chris Hani Baragwanath Akademiese Hospitaal is die voorste instelling in vanjaar se Mandela-maand Chirurgie-marathon en het tot dusver 156 prosedures afgehandel. […]
# Die Universiteit van die Wes-Kaap het bevind aie vroue bly vasgevang in gewelddadige verhoudings weens emosionele gehegtheid, finansiële afhanklikheid, vrees, sosiale verwagtinge en instellings wat hulle nie beskerm nie. Die studie is gegrond op die ervarings van 262 ma’s, oumas, tieners en praktisyns in vier gemeenskappe en ‘n universiteitstudentegroep. ‘n Navorser, professor Robert Balfour, […]
# Sokker: ‘n Geraamde twee-miljoen mense het die nuutgekroonde wêreldkampioen, Spanje, se vierings in Madrid bygewoon. Die spelers het die trofee en hulle goue medaljes vanaf ‘n oopdak-bus vertoon aan ‘n see van rooi- en geel-geklede ondersteuners onderweg na Cibeles-plein. Daar is hulle en hoofafrigter Luis de la Fuentes een vir een voorgestel, elk met […]
# Die minister van Hoër Onderwys, Buti Manamela, het die raad van die Universiteit van Venda in Limpopo ingelig hy gaan ‘n onafhanklike assessor aanstel weens toenemende kommer oor bestuur. Dit volg op onopgeloste bewerings teen die visekanselier en die bedryfshoof, en verslae rakende hul voorlopige skorsing. Woordvoerder Matshepo Seedat sê die assessor sal ondersoek […]
# Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have expressed concerns about the renewed hostilities between the US and Iran. Asian countries have been the hardest hit by Iran’s effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a critical route for about 60-percent of the region’s energy supply. In a joint statement, ASEAN says […]
# An Indonesian court has found 19 people guilty of trafficking 34 babies through an illegal adoption network operating between Indonesia and Singapore between 2023 and 2025. The trafficking ring illegally bought babies, some as young as three months, in the Indonesian province of West Java and sold them for adoption between the two countries. The […]
# Cricket: Australian bowling trio Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Nathan Lyon have been named in a strong 13-player squad for next month’s two-match home World Test Championship series against Bangladesh. They have been plagued by injuries over the past 12 months, with captain Cummins not having played since December last year. Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan […]
