# China’s Foreign Ministry says the United States ramped up military deployment and targeted blockade of Iran-linked ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz is dangerous and irresponsible. Six merchant ships were turned around and returned to Iranian ports yesterday after encountering the US naval blockade that limits traffic through the Strait. The Ministry says […]
# The International Monetary Fund has cut South Africa’s projected gross domestic product growth for this year to just one-percent, citing the conflict in the Middle East. Before the outbreak of the conflict, the IMF’s forecast for the country was 1.4-percent. South Africa relies heavily on fuel imports, including from countries unable to trade as […]
# The International Monetary Fund has warned that if the US-Israel war with Iran continues, a global recession could be triggered. The IMF’s latest World Economic Outlook projects global growth to slow to 3.1-percent this year, and inflation to increase to 4.4-percent. IMF chief economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas says in a worst-case scenario, where oil, gas, […]
# Wêreldleiers en burgerlike verteenwoordigers vergader vandag in Berlyn, Duitsland, vir die derde internasionale ministeriële konferensie oor Soedan, wat reeds drie jaar van verwoestende konflik beleef. Die spitsberaad beoog om die wêreld se ergste humanitêre krisis aan te pak en probeer om ‘n finansieringstekort van 42,5-miljard-rand te oorbrug om 33-miljoen mense te help. Die vergadering […]
# World leaders and civilian representatives are gathering in Berlin, Germany, today for the third international ministerial conference on Sudan, marking three years of devastating conflict. The summit aims to address the world’s worst humanitarian crisis and seeks to bridge a 42.5-billion-rand funding gap to aid 33-million people. Unlike previous meetings, this session prioritises a […]
# Openbare Beskermer Kholeka Gcaleka het president Cyril Ramaphosa vrygespreek van enige oortreding van die uitvoerende etiese kode. Dit volg op ‘n klagte oor opmerkings tydens sy ontmoeting met die Amerikaanse president, Donald Trump, op 21 Mei verlede jaar in die Withuis se Ovaalkantoor. Dit ondersoek gaan oor die minister van Landbou, John Steenhuisen, se […]
# Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka has cleared president Cyril Ramaphosa of any breach of the executive ethics code following a complaint linked to remarks made during his meeting with US president Donald Trump in the White House’s Oval Office on 21 May last year. The investigation stemmed from comments by Agriculture minister John Steenhuisen regarding […]
# Onderhandelingspanne van Amerika en Iran keer moontlik hierdie week terug na Islamabad in Pakistan om gesprekke oor die beëindiging van die oorlog te hervat. Onderhandelings het verlede naweek platgeval, waarna Washington ‘n blokkade op Iranse hawens ingestel het. Dit het woede van Teheran ontlok, maar tekens dat diplomatieke betrokkenheid kan hervat, het gehelp om […]
# Negotiating teams from the US and Iran could return to Islamabad in Pakistan this week to resume talks to end the war. Negotiations collapsed last weekend, prompting Washington to impose a blockade on Iranian ports. This drew angry rhetoric from Tehran, while signs that diplomatic engagement might continue helped calm oil markets. A source […]
