# United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has warned critical food systems and the lives and livelihoods they sustain are under attack amidst several conflicts. 2025 saw not only the highest number of armed conflicts since World War Two, but also among the highest levels of acute hunger on record, with at least 266-million people facing […]
# Die Mining Affected Communities United in Action, en verskeie ander organisasies sê beraadslaging met die parlementêre portefeuljekomitee oor Minerale en Petroleum Hulpbronne kan ʼn nuwe begin wees vir Suid-Afrika se myngemeenskappe. Tydens gister se vergadering het die organisasies hul kommer gelug oor die maatskaplik-ekonomiese en omgewingsgevolge van mynbedrywighede en -sluitings, korporatiewe aanspreeklikheid, rehabilitasie-verpligtinge en […]
# The Mining Affected Communities United in Action, together with several other organisations, say the engagement with Parliament’s portfolio committee on Mineral and Petroleum Resources could open a new chapter for South Africa’s mining communities. During the engagement yesterday, the organisations outlined concerns relating to the socio-economic and environmental consequences of mining operations and closures, […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse E-taxivereniging en Operasie Ubuntu vra die Suid-Afrikaanse Lughawensmaatskappy en die polisie om dringend op te tree teen die voortgesette aanslag op e-taxibestuurders op die Kaapstadse Internasionale Lughawe. Volgens berigte intimideer en val mans met klapmusse e-taxibestuurders aan. Operasie Ubuntu se woordvoerder, July Eccles, sê ACSA en die polisie se gebrek aan optrede […]
# The Western Cape E-Hailing Association and Operation Ubuntu are calling on Airports Company South Africa and the police to urgently address the ongoing assault of e-hailing drivers at Cape Town International Airport. Allegedly, men wearing balaclavas are intimidating and attacking e-hailing drivers at the airport. Operation Ubuntu’s spokesperson, July Eccles, says the inaction by […]
# Kanada gaan van 8 September af vergeldingstariewe instel op ʼn wye reeks Amerikaanse produkte ter waarde van sowat 322,47-miljard-rand. Die tariewe van 15- tot 50-persent sal meer as 700 Amerikaanse produkte raak, insluitend staal en aluminium, meubels, klere en vis. Dit is in reaksie op tariewe van 50-persent wat president Donald Trump se administrasie […]
# Canada will impose retaliatory tariffs on a wide range of US goods to the value of about 322.47-billion-rand, effective from the eighth of September. The tariffs, ranging from 15-to-50-percent will hit over 700 US products, including steel and aluminium, furniture, clothing, and fish. This is in response to 50-percent tariffs imposed by president Donald […]
# Tourism minister Patricia de Lille and Public Works and Infrastructure minister Dean Macpherson have signed a three-year agreement to speed up investment in tourism infrastructure. The partnership aims to turn tourism plans into viable projects that can create jobs and boost economic growth. De Lille says Infrastructure South Africa will provide specialist support to […]
# Die minister van Toerisme, Patricia de Lille, en die minister van Openbare Werke en Infrastruktuur, Dean Macpherson, het ‘n driejaar-ooreenkoms onderteken om belegging in toerisme-infrastruktuur te bespoedig. Die vennootskap beoog om toerismeplanne in lewensvatbare projekte te omskep wat werk kan skep en ekonomiese groei bevorder. De Lille sê Infrastruktuur Suid-Afrika sal deskundige ondersteuning verskaf […]
