# President Donald Trump sê Amerika sal Iranse hawens blokkeer tot Teheran instem tot ʼn ooreenkoms om die oorlog te beëindig. Sedert die blokkade ingestel is, het Amerikaanse magte 27 skepe beveel om terug te draai of na ʼn Iranse hawe te vaar. Hulle het ook ʼn vragskip met ʼn Iranse vlag onderskep en daarop […]
# Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down after 15 years, with senior vice president of hardware engineering, John Ternus, named as his successor. Cook first joined Apple in March 1998 and was named CEO in August 2011, shortly before the death of co-founder Steve Jobs. Cook, who led the company to be valued at […]
# National Assembly speaker, Thoko Didiza, has described South Africa’s participation and impact at the 152nd Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly in Turkey as a resounding success in advancing the country’s international priorities. The country’s delegation supported an emergency item on peacebuilding in the Middle East and secured support for key amendments to draft resolutions. Didiza stressed that […]
# Business Leadership South Africa sê toerisme is ʼn sterk faktor in Suid-Afrika se pogings vir ekonomiese groei en werkskepping. Die sektor het verlede jaar 10,5-miljoen besoekers aangeteken wat nege-persent tot die bruto binnelandse produk bygedra en byna ʼn miljoen werksgeleenthede geskep het. BLSA se uitvoerende hoof, Busiswe Mavuso, sê met die konflik in die […]
# Die Verenigde Koninkryk se eerste minister, Keir Starmer, sê hy sou Peter Mandelson nooit as Britse ambassadeur in Amerika aangestel het as hy geweet het sy keuring-vereistes was onsuksesvol nie. Die 72-jarige Mandelson het volgens berigte mark-sensitiewe regeringsinligting aan die veroordeelde pedofiel, wyle Jeffrey Epstein oorgedra terwyl hy van 2008 tot 2010 ʼn minister […]
# President Donald Trump says the US will not lift its blockade of Iranian ports until Tehran has agreed to a deal to end the war. Since the blockade began, American forces have directed 27 vessels to turn around or return to an Iranian port, and also intercepted and seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship. Iran […]
# Die Iranse president Masoud Pezeshkian sê sy land het ‘n diep geskiedkundige wantroue in die Amerikaanse regering. Die twee weke lange skietstilstand tussen Teheran en Amerika eindig môre, sonder dat dit moontlik verleng word. Pezeshkian kritiseer wat hy destruktiewe en teenstrydige seine van Amerikaanse amptenare genoem, en sê die nakoming van verpligtinge is die […]
# Business Leadership South Africa says the tourism sector is a strength in the country’s efforts to grow the economy and create jobs. The sector recorded 10.5-million visitors last year, contributing nine-percent of gross domestic product and nearly one-million jobs. BLSA CEO Busiswe Mavuso says that with the Middle East conflict, South Africa is well-positioned […]
# UK prime minister Keir Starmer says he would not have appointed Peter Mandelson as Britain’s ambassador to the US, had he known he had failed vetting checks. The 72-year-old is alleged to have passed on market-sensitive government information to the late convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, while he was the Business Secretary from 2008 to […]
