# President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for increased and more balanced trade between South Africa and Zimbabwe. He was speaking at the fourth session of the South Africa-Zimbabwe bi-national commission in Pretoria. Ramaphosa says bilateral trade has almost doubled over the past four years, but remains heavily weighted towards South African exports. He urges both […]
# Vyf mense word vermis nadat ‘n brand ‘n gebou verwoes het in die dorp Thusis in die Switserse Alpe. Dit het kort na middernag uitgebreek in ‘n gebou wat ‘n restaurant en woonstelle huisves. Agt mense is beseer, terwyl 14 mense ontsnap het. Ongeveer 100 brandbestryders is ontplooi en reddingspanne deursoek steeds die gebou. […]
# Die voormalige Pakistanse premier, Imran Khan, is terug tronk toe geneem nadat hy etlike ure in die hospitaal deurgebring het. Dokters het hom medies gesond verklaar. Khan se party sê die stap skend ‘n bevel van die Hooggeregshof dat hy tot minstens middel-September onder mediese toesig moet bly. Owerhede sê hy is om veiligheidsredes […]
# Five people are missing after a fire destroyed a building in the Swiss Alpine town of Thusis overnight. The blaze broke out shortly after midnight in a building housing a restaurant and apartments. Eight people were injured, including two who are in serious condition, while 14 others managed to escape. Around 100 firefighters were […]
# Zambian police have summoned opposition leader Brian Mundubile for questioning over an alleged plot threatening national security. Mundubile, who finished second in the August 13 election, has rejected president Hakainde Hichilema’s victory, alleging the vote was rigged, and says he will challenge the result in court. Police say Mundubile and his running mate Makebi […]
# Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan has been taken back to prison after spending several hours in hospital. Doctors declared him medically fit and he was returned to prison. Khan’s party says the move violates a Supreme Court order that he remain under medical supervision until at least mid-September. Authorities say he was taken […]
# Die Amerikaanse Departement van Finansies het sanksies ingestel teen tien mense wat na bewering deel is van ‘n netwerk verantwoordelik vir die oordrag van kontant aan Hisbollah. Dis na bewering gedoen deur koeriers wat op handelsvlugte tussen Libanon, Turkye en die Verenigde Arabiese Emirate gereis het. Die Kantoor van Buitelandse Batebeheer sê die netwerk […]
# Twee pro-demokrasie-aktiviste wat jaarliks ‘n nagwaak gereël het om China se dodelike Tiananmen-onderdrukking te herdenk, is in ‘n Hongkongse hof skuldig bevind aan aanhitsing tot ondermyning. Die regerende Chinese Kommunistiese Party het in 1989 oorlogtenks ingestuur om vreedsame, studente-geleide demokrasie-betogings te onderdruk op die Tiananmen-plein in Beijing. Tien-duisend mense is na raming dood. Die […]
# The US Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on ten individuals alleged to be part of a network responsible for transferring cash to Hezbollah. This was allegedly done by couriers travelling on commercial flights between Lebanon, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates. The Office of Foreign Assets Control says the network allowed the Iranian-backed Lebanese […]
