# Britain will deploy RAF Typhoon jets to Saudi Arabia to help protect the country from attacks by the Iran-backed Houthis, marking an escalation in the country’s involvement in the regional conflict. This follows Houthi attacks on the Saudi capital Riyadh, as well as on energy sites on the country’s coast. British Defence Secretary Wes Streeting […]
# Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ronald Lamola has emphasised the need to translate bilateral commitments into tangible economic benefits. He participated in the Third Session of the South Africa–Uganda Joint Commission for Cooperation in Pretoria yesterday. Lamola said the two countries had significant opportunities to expand cooperation in transport, mining, energy, agriculture, agro-processing, […]
# US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has rejected accusations that Ukrainians were dying because America was withholding intelligence from Kyiv. The US has reportedly choked off much of its shared intelligence as well as blocking weapons sold via the Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List initiative. Last week, Starshield restricted the speed at which mobile units […]
# Cricket: Captain Temba Bavuma powered the Proteas to a position where they can push for a series-levelling victory on the third day of the rain-affected second Test against Australia in Gqeberha. Bavuma scored an impressive 179 off 334, sharing a 132-run partnership with Marco Jansen, and a South African eighth-wicket record partnership of 183 runs […]
# Die staat se regeringsopleidingsinrigting nooi staatsdepartemente uit om staatsamptenare in te skryf in tien verpligte programme wat die kabinet goedgekeur het. Die programme is deel van pogings om die openbare sektor beroepsgerig te maak en dienslewering te versterk. Die kursusse dek gebiede soos inlywing vir uitvoerende beamptes, etiek en teen-korrupsie, opleiding vir senior bestuur, […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa plans to lead a delegation to Silicon Valley in the US next month to engage with senior artificial intelligence industry executives. The delegation will include government representatives, academics, business leaders, researchers and students. Ramaphosa says countries worldwide are grappling with A-I’s rapid advancement and its growing influence on society, the economy […]
# Die GOOD-party vra die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, om môre brandstofprys-verligting aan te kondig in sy mediumtermyn-begrotingsverklaring. Die party sê dit sal die uitwerking van die wêreldwye brandstofkrisis versag, inflasie in toom hou en druk op rentekoerse verminder. GOOD se sekretaris-generaal, Brett Herron, sê die geopolitieke onbestendigheid wat brandstofpryse skerp laat styg het, […]
# Motorsport: Italian Kimi Antonelli can win his first Formula One drivers’ championship title as early as this weekend at the United States Grand Prix. The Mercedes driver has increased his lead at the top of the championship to 102 points, with his British teammate George Russell second and Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton, also from Britain, […]
# The oil-rich province of Alberta will remain part of Canada after residents rejected an independence referendum. In the non-binding referendum, residents were asked whether they wanted to maintain the province’s current status or begin the legal process required to hold a binding vote on independence. Seventy-six-percent voted in favour of remaining in Canada while […]
