# Ursula von der Leyen says she will seek sanctions and a partial trade suspension against Israel over its war in Gaza. The European Union Commission president said in the European Parliament, what is happening in Gaza has shaken the conscience of the world. She plans to freeze support to Israel given by the EU’s […]
# Tourism minister Patricia de Lille says South Africa is ready for infrastructure projects. Speaking at the launch of the Tourism Investment Summit in Cape Town, she noted that local startups attracted over 682-million-rand in venture capital between 2019 and 2024, over half of Africa’s total in tourism solutions. De Lille pledged commitment to the […]
# A vaccine to treat chlamydia in Australia’s koala population has been approved in a world-first project. Researchers developed the vaccine to protect the famed marsupial. Chlamydia is responsible for half of koala deaths in the country’s wild populations, which are predominantly found in the eucalyptus forests along the east coast. Often used as an […]
# The Activists and Citizens Forum has urged the Departments of Employment and Labour and Home Affairs to increase inspections at businesses and clamp down on illegal operations. This after the High Court in Johannesburg yesterday sentenced seven Chinese nationals to 20-years each in prison for human trafficking and child labour. The forum’s Dennis Bloem […]
# Die Verenigde State belowe om by NAVO te staan nadat Rusland oornag in Pole se lugruim ingedring het. Die Amerikaanse ambassadeur by NAVO, Matthew Whitaker, belowe dat die Withuis elke sentimeter van NAVO-grondgebied sal verdedig. Duitsland het instussen ‘n waarskuwing aan Rusand gerig dat hy teen die indringing sal optree. Die minister van Verdediging […]
# COSATU het die 20-jaar tronkstraf verwelkom wat aan sewe Chinese burgers opgelê is nadat hulle in die Hooggeregshof in Johannesburg skuldig bevind is aan menshandel en kinderarbeid. Die sewe Chinese burgers, wat in 2019 gearresteer is, het 91 Malawiese burgers, insluitend kinders, gedwing om lang ure onder gewapende bewaking te werk. Zanele Sabela van […]
# Pole het sy NAVO-bondgenote byeengeroep vir dringende samesprekings nadat Russiese hommeltuie die Poolse lugruim binnegedring het tydens ’n oornagaanval op Oekraïne. Die eerste minister van Pole, Donald Tusk het die “grootskaalse uittarting” veroordeel en gesê Pole het 19 skendings van sy lugruim geïdentifiseer en ten minste drie hommeltuie afgeskiet nadat hy vliegtuie saam met […]
# The United States has vowed to stand by NATO after Russia’s overnight incursion into Poland. Washington’s ambassador to NATO, Matthew Whitaker, said the White House would defend “every inch of NATO territory”. Germany, meanwhile has warned Russia it will respond to the incursion. Berlin’s defence minister Boris Pistorius told the Bundestag the drones that […]
# Die Verenigde Nasies se sekretaris-generaal vir Toerisme, Zurab Pololikashvili, het aangekondig dat 100 studiebeurse aan Suid-Afrikaners beskikbaar gestel is om onderwys en vaardigheidsontwikkeling in die toerismesektor te verhoog. Hy het op die Toerisme-ontwikkelingsberaad in Kaapstad gesê dis daarop gemik om die jeug te bemagtig om te floreer in ‘n hoogs-mededingende bedryf en inklusiewe groei […]
