# Die Amerikaanse president, Donald Trump, het aangedui dat hy moontlik invoertariewe op Chinese goedere kan verlaag. Die twee supermoondhede berei voor vir handelsonderhandelinge oor die naweek. Trump het op sy Truth Social-platform geskryf dat 80-persent reg klink. Dit sou die tariewe van 145-persent verminder, met heffings op sekere produkte wat tans ’n verstommende 245-persent […]
# The DA has welcomed news that a board of inquiry could soon investigate the South African National Defence Force’s troubled mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This was revealed in Parliament by Defence deputy minister Bantu Holomisa, while minister Angie Motshekga missed the meeting to attend a military event in Russia. The DA’s […]
# A rose has been named after Catherine, Princess of Wales to highlight the healing power of nature. The Royal Horticultural Society said it called the flower ‘Catherine’s Rose’ to raise awareness of the role that spending time outdoors plays in supporting people’s mental, physical and spiritual wellbeing. The floribunda rose has coral-pink blooms with […]
# AfriForum has dismissed the Hawks’ ongoing investigation into alleged treason as an attempt to intimidate and silence those who oppose the ANC. The probe follows charges laid earlier this year, linked to AfriForum and Solidarity’s international engagements. They vowed to keep opposing the ANC’s policies and human rights violations. AfriForum’s Kallie Kriel says working […]
# Forestry, Fisheries and Environment minister Dion George has emphasised South Africa’s dedication to a low-carbon economy at the Copenhagen Climate Ministerial in Denmark. George emphasised the nation’s dedication to advocate for increased climate finance, adaptation measures, and a just transition that safeguards both workers and biodiversity. These discussions serve as a precursor to COP30 […]
# India has ordered X to block more than eight-thousand accounts. The platform says that it was reluctantly complying with what it described as government-imposed “censorship”. The move appears to be part of India’s sweeping crackdown targeting social media accounts of Pakistani politicians, celebrities and media organisations amid heightened tensions and deadly confrontations between the […]
# Twee Britse mans, Daniel Graham en Adam Carruthers, is skuldig bevind aan strafregtelike skade nadat hulle doelbewus ‘n beroemde plataanboom in Noord-Engeland afgekap het. Die boom het op Sycamore Gap gestaan, wat geleë is op die geskiedkundige UNESCO-wêrelderfenisgebied Hadrian’s Wall. Die erfenisgebied is byna twee-duisend jaar gelede gebou om die verste noordwestelike grens van […]
# Two British men, Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers, have been found guilty of criminal damage for deliberately felling a landmark sycamore tree in northern England. The tree, at a spot known as Sycamore Gap, was located on the historic UNESCO World Heritage listed Hadrian’s Wall, which was constructed almost two-thousand years ago to guard […]
# Die minister van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking, Ronald Lamola, sê vrede en ontwikkeling in Afrika is diep verweef. Hy sê die toenemende konflik in Suid-Soedan, Soedan, die ooste van die Demokratiese Republiek die Kongo, en die onopgeloste kwessie oor selfbeskikking in Wes-Sahara, bly kritieke elemente op die vasteland se veiligheidsagenda. Lamola sê die Suid-Afrikaanse […]
