# Delegates at the African Union-AIP Water Investment Summit in Cape Town, have been urged to prioritise water investment in climate and finance discussions. Delivering the keynote address, president Cyril Ramaphosa called for financing, tracking, and championing water initiatives. Ramaphosa also encouraged attendees to leave with concrete deals, partnerships, and a permanent global mechanism. He […]
# Die Amerikaanse president, Donald Trump, se administrasie neem beheer oor van museumuitstallings. ‘n Omvattende hersiening van sekere Smithsonian-museums is gelas om te verseker uitstallings prys Amerikaanse uitsonderlikheid en verdelende of partydige vertellings word verwyder. Trump het sedert die begin van sy tweede termyn in Januarie beheer begin uitoefen oor groot Amerikaanse kulturele instellings en […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has welcomed the launch of the Global Outlook Council on Water Investments at the African Union–AIP Water Investment Summit in Cape Town. The initiative will scale up Africa’s Water Investment Programme into a Global Water Investment Platform, mobilising leadership, finance and innovation. He stressed that the council will track progress across […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has hailed the African Union–AIP Water Investment Summit in Cape Town as a pivotal moment for Africa and the global movement for safe water access. Ramaphosa says the event aims to mobilise 535-billion-rand annually by 2030 to close Africa’s water investment gap. He also emphasised that the summit will facilitate investment […]
# Namibia has welcomed a delegation of South African Police Service women as part of Women’s Month celebrations. The visit, set to end on Friday, highlights strong Namibia–South Africa security ties and honours the 1956 women’s march against apartheid pass laws. Namibia’s police commissioner, Johanna Ngondo, says the programme includes station visits, a Women’s Month […]
# Die Amerikaanse Departement van Buitelandse Sake het sy jaarverslag vrygestel met ‘n lys van kommerwekkende menseregte-kwessies wêreldwyd, wat ook verwys na die verswakkende omstandighede verlede jaar in Suid-Afrika. Die verslag noem die ondertekening van die Onteieningswet wat grondbesettings sonder vergoeding toelaat, polisiebrutaliteit, geweld teen Afrikaner-boere en die mishandeling van plaaswerkers. Daar is ook verwysings […]
# Europese leiers en die Oekraïense president, Volodimir Zelensky, gaan vandag aanlyn gesprekke met die Amerikaanse president, Donald Trump, voer. Hulle sal hom probeer oortuig om Kiëf se belange in ag te neem wanneer hy Vrydag in Alaska die oorlog met sy Russiese ampsgenoot, Vladimir Putin, bespreek. Zelensky sal na Berlyn reis om die videokonferensie […]
# The US Department of State has released its annual report cataloguing human rights concerns worldwide, citing South Africa’s human rights situation worsened last year. The report highlights the signing of the Expropriation Act, allowing land seizures without compensation, unlawful killings, police brutality, violence against Afrikaner farmers and abuse of farm workers. It also notes […]
# US President Donald Trump’s administration is taking control of museum exhibitions. It ordered a sweeping review of some Smithsonian museums to ensure their exhibitions laud American exceptionalism and “remove divisive or partisan narratives.” Trump has moved to assert control over major American cultural institutions since starting his second term in January, while also slashing […]
