# President Vladimir Putin says Russia will respond in kind if European countries seize his country’s merchant vessels. TASS state news agency reports this comes as the European Union intensifies pressure on Russia’s so-called shadow fleet, expanding sanctions against hundreds of vessels and detaining some ships and their crews for checks. Some European governments have […]
# Suid-Korea het ‘n omvattende tegnologiestrategie onthul wat op sewe sleutelprojekte fokus en wissel van kernenergie en kwantumrekenaars tot ruimtevaart en biotegnologie. Die land wil nuwe dryfkragte vir ekonomiese groei ontwikkel wat verder strek as halfgeleiers en kunsmatige intelligensie. President Lee Jae-myung het tydens die bekendstelling gesê die strategie verenig doelwitte. Dit sluit in die […]
# Die vakbondfederasie SAFTU sê duisende verlate, vervalle en onbeveiligde myne het doodstrikke, omgewingsgevare en ‘n teelaarde vir georganiseerde misdaadsindikate geword. Veertien onwettige mynwerkers is gister dood in ‘n rotstorting in ‘n myn in Nkaneng naby Rustenburg in Noordwes. Die meeste van hulle was van Lesotho. Asive Dyani van SAFTU sê die tragedie toon opnuut […]
# Die Grensbestuursowerheid sê die onlangse massa-uitsettings het nie daarin geslaag om buitelanders te ontmoedig om die land weer binne te kom nie. Altesaam 89-duisend-936 mense is teen 7 Augustus uit die land gerepatrieer, teen ‘n koste van byna 293-miljoen-rand. Die owerheid het vier-duisend-229 individue vanaf Zimbabwe, Lesotho en Mosambiek onderskep wat tussen 1 April […]
# Agriculture experts have revealed that near-record food inventories, improved farming technology and stronger exporters are expected to cushion the global food systems against potential severe El Niño. In addition, advances in drought-tolerant crops, irrigation, precision agriculture and weather forecasting have strengthened resilience. However, experts warn that drought, fertilizer shortages and geopolitical disruptions could still […]
# Union federation SAFTU says thousands of abandoned, derelict and inadequately secured mines have become death traps, environmental hazards and breeding grounds for organised criminal syndicates. A rockfall at a mine at Nkaneng near Rustenburg in North West killed 14 illegal miners yesterday, most of them from Lesotho. SAFTU’s Asive Dyani says this tragedy once […]
# South Korea has unveiled an ambitious technology strategy centred on seven projects ranging from nuclear energy and quantum computing to space and biotechnology. The country also seeks to secure new growth engines beyond semiconductors and artificial intelligence. At the launch of the initiative named Seven Major Seed, president Lee Jae-myung stated that it brings […]
# The Border Management Authority says the recent mass repatriations have not deterred foreign nationals from trying to re-enter South Africa. A total of 89-thousand-936 people had been repatriated through the country’s ports of entry by August 7, at a cost of almost 293-million-rand. The BMA has intercepted four-thousand-229 individuals who have tried to enter […]
# President Donald Trump sê hy vertrou Iran nie en Amerika het algehele beheer oor die Seestraat van Hormoes. Teheran het verklaar hy sal nie die strategiese waterweg oopmaak nie, tensy Washington instem om oorlogsvergoeding te betaal en sanksies te beëindig. Sowat ‘n vyfde van die wêreld se olie en vloeibare gas beweeg normaalweg daardeur. […]
