# Noorweë se koning, Harald die Vyfde, het in die ouderdom van 89 gesterf in die Oslo Universiteitshospitaal, waar hy behandeling ontvang het vir ‘n bakteriële besmetting en ‘n bloedafwyking. Sy seun, kroonprins Haakon, volg hom op en is nou koning Haakon die Agtste. Harald was 35 jaar lank koning, die langsdienende monarg in Noorweë […]
# A cheesy trade dispute is proving a stumbling block in US-Mexican negotiations. The argument centres on names such as feta, manchego and Parmigiano Reggiano. The United States says those names are generic and should be available to American cheese producers exporting to Mexico. But a trade agreement between Mexico and the European Union would […]
# Norway’s King Harald the Fifth has died at the age of 89 at Oslo University Hospital, where he had been receiving treatment for a bacterial infection and a blood disorder. His son, Crown Prince Haakon, has automatically succeeded him and is now King Haakon the Eight. Harald had reigned for 35 years and was […]
# Die Reserwebank het twee herdenkingsmuntstukke bekendgestel ter ere van die nalatenskap van Charlotte Maxeke en die vroue-optog na die Uniegebou in 1956. Die een twee-rand-muntstuk vier 125 jaar sedert Maxeke die eerste swart Suid-Afrikaanse vrou geword het om ‘n universiteitsgraad te bekom. Die tweede herdenk 70 jaar sedert die geskiedkundige optog teen apartheids-paswette. President […]
# Soil of Africa vra sterker nasionale finansiële opvoedingsprogramme en verbruikersbeskerming, veral in townships en landelike gebiede. Dit is tans Geldslimweek met die tema: “Geldslim: Die krag van Moontlikheid”. Woordvoerder Luzuko Sofute sê finansiële opvoeding moet na gemeenskappe geneem word in ‘n taal wat hul verstaan. Hy meen ‘n dieper kennis van geldsake kan persone […]
# The Reserve Bank has launched two commemorative circulation coins to celebrate the legacy of Charlotte Maxeke and the 1956 women’s march to the Union Buildings. The first two-rand coin marks 125-years since Maxeke became the first black South African woman to obtain a university degree. The second commemorates 70 years since the historic march […]
# Soil of Africa Civic Movement is calling for stronger national financial literacy and consumer protection programmes, especially in townships and rural communities. Money Smart Week South Africa’s theme is “Money Smart: The Power of Possible”. The movement’s Luzuko Sofute says government must take financial education to communities using language they understand. He says financial […]
# Die akteur Tim Curry, veral bekend vir sy vertolkings in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Clue en die TV-minireeks It, is op 80-jarige ouderdom oorlede by sy huis in Toluca Lake, Los Angeles. Hy het ook in flieks soos Annie, The Hunt for Red October, Home Alone 2 en Scary Movie 2 verskyn. Curry […]
# Actor Tim Curry, best known for his performances in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Clue, and the TV miniseries It, has died at the age of 80. He passed away at his home in Toluca Lake, Los Angeles. His other films included Annie, The Hunt for Red October, Home Alone 2, and Scary Movie […]
