# Die Argentynse president, Javier Milei, dreig met ekonomiese sanksies teen ondernemings wat olie-verkenningswerk rondom die Brits-besette Falkland-eilande doen. Die eilandgroep in die suidwestelike Atlantiese Oseaan bly die onderwerp van ‘n soewereiniteitsgeskil tussen Brittanje en Argentinië, meer as 40 jaar ná ‘n oorlog oor die gebied. Milei beweer Brittanje gee nie gehoor aan die Verenigde […]
# Agriculture minister Willie Aucamp has announced a breakthrough in export negotiations with Egypt, which could provide a significant boost to South Africa’s red meat industry. He says the agreement is a major milestone for the agricultural sector, which has been battling one of the country’s worst foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks in decades. Aucamp says South […]
# Die minister van Justisie en Grondwetlike Ontwikkeling, Mmamoloko Kubayi, sê die stryd teen korrupsie lewer beduidende finansiële invorderings. Die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag se Batebeslagleggingseenheid het reeds 8,3-miljard-rand se onregmatige winste verhaal, waarvan 3,68-miljard-rand aan slagoffers uitbetaal is en 4,6-miljard-rand aan die Bate-herwinningsrekening. Die Spesiale Ondersoekeenheid het die afgelope boekjaar bates en kontant van 936-miljoen-rand ingevorder. […]
# Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi, says the fight against corruption is yielding significant financial recoveries. The National Prosecuting Authority’s Asset Forfeiture Unit has recovered 8.3-billion-rand in unlawfully obtained gains. Of this, 3.68-billion-rand was paid to victims, and 4.6-billion-rand went to the Criminal Assets Recovery Account. The Special Investigating Unit has recovered assets […]
# Die motorvervaardiger Volkswagen het ‘n verreikende kostebesparingsplan goedgekeur wat 50-duisend poste sal besnoei, die onderneming se modelreeks met die helfte verminder en voertuigvervaardiging in vier aanlegte in Duitsland sal beëindig. Volkswagen het ‘n oormaat produksievermoë van 500-duisend voertuie in Europa. ‘n Mededingende toekomstige produksietoewysing vir sy aanlegte in Emden, Zwickau, Hanover en Neckarsulm is […]
# Argentina’s president, Javier Milei, has threatened economic sanctions on any firm involved in oil exploration around the Falkland Islands under the British occupation. The Falklands, in the south-west Atlantic Ocean, remain the subject of a sovereignty dispute between Britain and Argentina, more than 40 years on from an armed conflict over the territory. Milei claims […]
# Die Europese Unie verskerp die afdwinging van sanksies teen Rusland en oorweeg groter steun aan Oekraïne. Die EU het sedert 2022 reeds 21 stelle sankies teen Moskou ingestel, gemik op die finansiële, die energie- en die handelsektor. Die visepresident van die Europese Kommissie, Kaja Kallas, sê die EU-ministers van Buitelandse Sake oorweeg dit om […]
# The European Union is tightening the enforcement of sanctions against Russia, while further ramping up pressure on the country and increasing support for Ukraine. It has implemented 21 packages of restrictive measures against Moscow since 2022, targeting financial, energy, and trade sectors. European Commission vice president Kaja Kallas says EU Foreign Affairs ministers are […]
# Automaker Volkswagen has approved a sweeping cost-cutting plan that would cut 50-thousand jobs, slim the company’s model line by half and end car production at four German plants. The company says it has excess production capacity of 500-thousand vehicles in Europe, and that a competitive future production allocation cannot be secured for plants in […]