# Nelson Mandela se kleinseun, Mandla Mandela, lei Suid-Afrika se afvaardiging in die grootste burgerlike maritieme sending om Israel se blokkade van Gaza uit te daag. Die vloot, wat met 50 vaartuie vanaf 44 nasies vanuit Barcelona in Spanje vaar, vervoer voedsel, mediese voorraad en baba-poeiermelk. Internasionale figure soos die Sweedse politieke aktivis Greta Thunberg […]
# The South African National Defence Force will go ahead with joint naval exercises with Russia and China in November, at the same time as the G20 summit. According to News24, the drills will take place in the Western Cape and are likely to raise more tension with the US, which recently cancelled its last […]
# The United Nations says growing restrictions in Cameroon raised fears about whether voters can freely choose their candidate in upcoming presidential elections. Cameroon’s veteran President Paul Biya, the world’s oldest head of state at 92, is seeking a new seven-year term to extend his nearly 43 years in power in elections on 12 October. […]
# Nelson Mandela’s grandson, Mandla Mandela, is leading South Africa’s delegation in the Global Sumud Flotilla, the largest civilian maritime mission challenging Israel’s blockade of Gaza. The fleet, launched from Barcelona in Spain with 50 vessels from 44 nations, carries food, medical supplies, and baby formula. International figures like Swedish political activist Greta Thunberg and […]
# The agriculture organisation TLU SA says president Cyril Ramaphosa’s comments on Friday during the opening of the 115th Zimbabwe Agricultural Show drew a clear line. The organisation’s Bennie Van Zyl says Ramaphosa described the country’s efforts to dismantle historical land ownership patterns, which previously favoured the white minority, and to promote black Zimbabweans in […]
# Die Verenigde Nasies se Klimaatsweek word in die Ethiopiese hoofstad, Addis Abeba, aangebied. Dit word bygewoon deur regeringsamptenare, finansiers soos ontwikkelingsbanke, sakeondernemings, die burgerlike samelewing en inheemse bevolking. Die doel is om die lewering van waarborge en klimaatsoptrede op grondvlak te versnel. Die VN-klimaatsverandering se adjunk- uitvoerende sekretaris, Noura Hamladji, sê klimaatsweke word gehou […]
# The Ethiopian capital of Addis-Ababa is hosting the United Nations Climate Week. It brings together government officials, financiers, including development banks, businesses, civil society, and Indigenous Peoples, to help speed up delivery of pledges and climate actions on the ground. UN Climate Change deputy executive secretary, Noura Hamladji, says Climate Weeks aim to connect […]
# Die Verenigde Koninkryk het volgens die Weerkantoor vanjaar sy warmste somer ooit beleef en moes deur vier hittegolwe worstel. Brittanje het in Junie, Julie en Augustus ʼn gemiddelde temperatuur van 16,1-grade Celsius beleef wat meer is as 2018 se rekord van 15,76-grade Celsius. Mark McCarthy van die Weerkantoor sê hierdie rekord-somertemperature kan 70-keer meer […]
# This year saw the UK’s hottest summer ever, which included four heatwaves. This is according to the Met Office. Britain’s summer months of June, July, and August saw a mean temperature this year of 16.10 degrees Celsius, which beats the record set in 2018 of 15.76 degrees Celsius. The Met Office’s Mark McCarthy says […]
