# ’n Australiese egpaar is uiters dankbaar dat hulle gered is nadat ’n potvis hul seiljag naby Nieu-Seeland getref het. Jeremy en Jemma Cooper was saam met twee ander bemanningslede sowat 250 seemyl noord van Norfolk-eiland toe die seiljag begin sink het. Hulle het 17 uur lank op ’n reddingsvlot deurgebring voordat die bemanning van […]
# Die Amerikaanse president, Donald Trump, het planne aangekondig waarvolgens Suid-Korea 3,3-duisend-miljard-rand in Amerikaanse projekte sal belê, insluitend agt kernreaktors en ‘n gasgedrewe kragsentrale in Texas. Seoul sê ‘n voorgestelde pypleiding vir aardgas in Alaska is nog nie bevestig nie en moet eers aan handels- en regs-evaluering voldoen. Die belegging vorm deel van ‘n groter […]
# Die Zimbabwiese sakemagnaat Wicknell Chivayo en sy vrou is in ‘n helikopterongeluk naby Marondera, oos van Harare, dood. Daar was ses mense aan boord en geen oorlewendes nie. Chivayo was bekend vir sy uitspattige leefstyl, noue bande met president Emmerson Mnangagwa en ander Afrika-leiers, asook winsgewende staatskontrakte wat onder die soeklig was. Daar was […]
# Die rand het deur 16-rand-60-sent teenoor die dollar gebreek en sy swakste vlak in byna twee maande bereik. Die dollar versterk namate die opbrengste van Amerikaanse staatseffekte styg, terwyl hoër oliepryse en verwagtinge van Amerikaanse rentekoersverhogings druk verhoog. Die rand ondervind ook ‘n brandstofprysskok, met petrol- en dieselpryse wat na verwagting volgende week met […]
# Zimbabwean businessman and former chairperson and director of Moriel Infrastructure Group, Lawrence Mudzinganyama, has been granted 15-thousand-rand bail by the Randburg Magistrate’s Court in Gauteng. He faces ten charges, including intimidation, assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm, crimen injuria and fraud linked to an incident at a Sandton restaurant in Johannesburg. He […]
# Die regering het bevestig dat 53 gesinne vandag na Angola reis as deel van Suid-Afrika se afvaardiging vir die Angolese projek vir die repatriëring van bannelinge. Die program, wat deur die Suid-Afrikaanse Departement van Sport, Kuns en Kultuur gelei word, het ten doel om die oorskot van sowat vyfduisend bevrydingshelde wat tussen 1976 en […]
An Australian couple is extremely grateful after being rescued when a sperm whale collided with their yacht off New Zealand. Jeremy and Jemma Cooper were sailing with two other crew members about 250 nautical miles north of Norfolk Island when the yacht began sinking. The four sailors spent 17 hours in a life raft before […]
# Zimbabwean business tycoon Wicknell Chivayo and his wife have been killed in a helicopter crash near Marondera, east of Harare. Six people were on board and there were no survivors. Chivayo was known for his lavish lifestyle, close ties to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and African leaders, and lucrative government contracts that attracted scrutiny. His […]
# The rand has crashed through 16-rand-60-cents to the dollar, hitting its weakest level in almost two months. The dollar is strengthening as US Treasury yields rise, while higher oil prices and expectations of US rate hikes add pressure. The rand faces a fuel-price shock, with petrol and diesel expected to rise by about 3-rand […]
