# South Africa and France are strengthening economic cooperation, focusing on infrastructure, industrialisation and inclusive growth. Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation minister Maropene Ramokgopa says France is now South Africa’s number-one foreign direct investor. More than 480 French companies operate locally, employing over 65-thousand people. Thirty French companies announced 20.7-billion-rand in investment commitments at this year’s […]
# The American state of Tennessee is due to execute a woman for the first time in over 200 years today. Christa Pike is scheduled to die by lethal injection. The 50-year-old was 18 when she was convicted of murdering 19-year-old classmate Colleen Slemmer in 1995. Her lawyers have sought clemency, citing severe childhood trauma […]
# Formal extradition proceedings against Zimbabwean-British fugitive Ndodana Tshuma begin in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court today. The 45-year-old is wanted by British authorities to stand trial for the murders of his wife Nothabo and their daughters, Natalie and Nala, in the United Kingdom in July. Tshuma fled to South Africa shortly before the bodies were […]
# Republican-controlled US Senate has rejected a Democratic-led resolution that would have required the State Department to provide information on violence and alleged human rights abuses in the Middle East’s occupied West Bank. This includes information on nine Americans killed in the area and Israel’s treatment of Palestinian children in military detention. The resolution failed 47-53. […]
# COSATU has condemned what it calls a media event by the United States Embassy aimed at ridiculing and undermining South Africa’s constitutional sovereignty. The federation spokesperson, Matthew Parks says freedom of speech and media are constitutionally protected in South Africa, but should not be abused by diplomatic missions to spread what it describes as […]
# Meta se uitvoerende hoof, Mark Zuckerberg, sê die raamwerk vir kunsmatige intelligensie is ‘n beduidende stap vorentoe. Die Amerikaanse president, Donald Trump, en vooraanstaande tegnologieleiers het in die Withuis ‘n stel vrywillige veiligheidstandaarde onderteken terwyl die druk vir strenger beheermaatreëls toeneem. Dit is nou die ondernemings se verantwoordelikheid om te verseker hul tegnologie is […]
# Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the establishment of an artificial intelligence framework is a significant step forward. US president Donald Trump and top technology executives signed a set of voluntary safety standards at the White House yesterday, while calls mount for tighter guardrails. The companies are now responsible for ensuring the safety of their own […]
# Die Verenigde Nasies veroordeel die militêre lugaanval op ʼn mark in die staat Rakhine in Mianmar. Minstens 50 mense is dood en meer as 60 gewond. Mianmar is in ʼn burgeroorlog gewikkel sedert ʼn staatsgreep in 2021. ʼn Bondgenootskap tussen gewapende groepe veg teen die Weermag. Die VN se woordvoerder oor Menseregte, Jeremy Laurence, […]
# The United Nations has strongly condemned the military airstrike that killed at least 50 people and wounded nearly 60 at a market in Myanmar’s Rakhine state. Myanmar has been locked in a nationwide civil war since a 2021 coup, with an alliance of armed groups, including the Arakan Army, fighting against the military. UN […]
