# The International Committee of the Red Cross reports that more than 80-percent of healthcare facilities have exhausted their supplies of essential medicines in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where violence continues unabated. A US-brokered peace deal between the DRC and Rwanda in June is proving slow to take effect on the ground. For 30 […]
# The European Union has told European businesses in critical sectors to ramp up their uptake of artificial intelligence and pushed for the bloc to cut its dependence on foreign AI providers. Although the EU is falling behind the United States and China, Brussels believes the bloc can still compete in the global AI race. […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het ‘n spesiale amptelike begrafnis kategorie twee toegestaan aan die ontslape Suid-Afrikaanse ambassadeur in Frankryk, Nathi Mthethwa. ‘n Gedenkdiens word tans in Parys gehou ná Mthethwa se dood verlede week nadat hy volgens berigte van die 22ste verdieping van die Hyatt Regency Hotel in Parys geval het. Sy liggaam sal na […]
# Die Wêreldhandelsorganisasie het sy voorspelling vir die groei van globale handel in goedere vir 2026 skerp verlaag tot 0,5-persent, teenoor die vorige 1,8-persent. Die organisasie blameer die nagevolge van Amerikaanse president Donald Trump se tariewe. Die hoof van die organisasie, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, waarsku vooruitsigte is somber, maar sê die globale handelstelsel bly veerkragtig. Die […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has granted the late South African ambassador to France, Nathi Mthethwa, a special official funeral category two. A memorial service is underway in Paris following Mthethwa’s death last week after reportedly falling from the 22nd floor of the Hyatt Regency Hotel. His body is expected to leave France tomorrow and arrive […]
# Die minister van Wetenskap, Tegnologie en Innovering, Blade Nzimande, het aanlyn gepraat tydens die negende tweejaarlikse WNNR-konferensie en beklemtoon dat wetenskap, tegnologie en innovering noodsaaklik is vir ‘n volhoubare en regverdige toekoms. Hy vra ‘n soewereine Afrika-navorsingsagenda wat voedselsekerheid, klimaatsveerkragtigheid, KI-ontwikkeling en voorbereiding vir ‘n pandemie sal dek. Die woordvoerder Veli Mbele het gesê […]
# Die minister van Sport, Kuns en Kultuur, Gayton McKenzie, het die Business Networking Nexus tydens Suid-Afrika-Fokusweek 2025 in Singapoer gelei. Die geleentheid het Suid-Afrtikaanse wyne aangebied met vertonings deur Jonathan Rubain en Jodi Jantjies. Met bystand van die adjunkminister van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking, Thandi Moraka, het McKenzie handelsvennootskappe, kulturele diplomasie, en bilaterale betrekkinge […]
# Die minister van Binnelandse Sake, Leon Schreiber, het die Zimbabwiese vrystellingspermit tot 28 Mei 2027 verleng, wat sowat 180-duisend permithouers in Suid-Afrika sal bevoordeel. Die verlenging beskerm permithouers teen deportasie, laat binnekoms en uitgang onder voorwaardes toe, en vereenvoudig visumaansoeke. Dit volg na ‘n uitspraak deur die Hooggeregshof in 2023 wat die vorige permitbeëindiging […]
# Science, Technology and Innovation minister Blade Nzimande, speaking virtually at the Ninth Biennial CSIR Conference, stressed that science, technology, and innovation are essential for a sustainable and just future. He called for a sovereign African research agenda addressing food security, climate resilience, AI development, and pandemic preparedness. Spokesperson Veli Mbele said Nzimande highlighted global […]
