# The International Trade Administration Commission has recommended increasing customs duties on imported peanut butter from 99-cents-per-kilogram to 25-percent according to value. The move follows an investigation that found rising imports, mainly from India, were hurting local manufacturers. ITAC says domestic production, sales and factory capacity have declined amid rising production costs. The commission has […]
# Johnson and Johnson het sowat 92,3-miljard-rand aangebied om dagvaardings te skik in verband met sy babapoeier en ander produkte wat talk-poeier bevat. Dit veroorsaak na bewering ovariumkanker. Die skikking dek ongeveer 76-duisend eise. Die maatskappy sal volgende jaar tot 50,25-miljard-rand betaal en meer in 2028. Die visepresident vir litigasie, Erik Haas, sê hulle glo […]
# The Southern African Development Community is committed to making cross-border transactions cheaper and faster. The Angolan kwanza has become the second settlement currency on a regional payment system that had operated exclusively in rand for 13-years, mainly to leverage South Africa’s advanced financial infrastructure. Botswana and Mozambique are next in line to join the […]
# Suid-Afrika en Nigerië het ooreengekom om samewerking ten opsigte van migrasie, misdaad en streeksveiligheid te versterk. Die minister van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking, Ronald Lamola, het met die Nigeriese president, Bola Tinubu, vergader tydens ‘n diplomatieke sending na Abuja namens president Cyril Ramaphosa. Sy woordvoerder, Chrispin Phiri, sê kommer is uitgespreek oor die betrokkenheid […]
# Johnson and Johnson has offered to pay roughly 92.3-billion-rand to resolve lawsuits alleging its baby powder and other products containing talcum cause ovarian cancer. The settlement covers around 76-thousand claims, with the company paying up to 50.25-billion-rand next year, with further payments in 2028. J&J’s vice president of litigation, Erik Haas, says while they are […]
# Meer as 170 burgerlikes is volgens berigte sedert 9 Julie in Oekraïne dood en een-duisend-28 beseer te midde van verskerpte Russiese aanvalle. Minstens 16-duisend-431 burgerlikes is in Oekraïne dood sedert Moskou die oorlog in Februarie 2022 begin het. Dit sluit 803 kinders in. Indrika Ratwatte van die Verenigde Nasies sê die voortgesette vyandelikhede in […]
# South Africa and Nigeria have agreed to strengthen cooperation on migration, crime and regional security. Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, met with Nigerian president Bola Tinubu during a diplomatic mission to Abuja on behalf of president Cyril Ramaphosa. Dirco’s spokesperson, Chrispin Phiri, says concerns were raised regarding the involvement of certain […]
# More than 170 civilians have reportedly been killed and one-thousand-and-28 injured in Ukraine since 9 July, amid intensified Russian attacks. At least 16-thousand-431 civilians have been killed in Kyiv since Moscow’s war started in February 2022, including 803 children. The United Nations’ Indrika Ratwatte says continued hostilities in Ukraine are inflicting mounting harm on […]
# Die minister van Wetenskap, Tegnologie en Innovasie, Blade Nzimande, sê die veredeling van minerale moet die middelpunt van Afrika se ekonomiese gesprek wees. Die vasteland beskik oor 30-persent van die wêreld se mees kritieke mineraal-afsettings wat kobalt, litium, koper, seldsame aardmetale, en metale uit die platinum-groep insluit. Nzimande het gister tydens ʼn bespreking by […]
