# A Mexican crewmember of a super yacht was denied bail after he was charged with the murder of a South African colleague in the Bahamas. The body of 20-year-old Paige Bell from Johannesburg was found on the vessel on a tiny island a week ago. The 39-year-old accused, Brigido Munoz, was found nearby with […]
# US President Donald Trump praised Liberian President Joseph Boakai for his strong grasp of the English language. Trump met with the leaders of Liberia, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, and Senegal, praising their countries as “all very vibrant places with very valuable land, great minerals, great oil deposits, and wonderful people”. However, Liberians and other Africans […]
# Die VN-organisasie vir Handel en Ontwikkeling sê Afrika was die enigste ontwikkelende vasteland wat ‘n handelstoename in die eerste helfte van 2025 getoon het. Uitvoere het met vyf-persent gestyg en binne-Afrika handel het met 16-persent opgeskiet. Daarenteen het wêreldwye suid-tot-suid, wat handel tussen ontwikkelende lande is, dieselfde gebly en invoere het met twee-persent gedaal. […]
# Ten crew members have been rescued and at least three others killed after a cargo ship was attacked by Yemen’s Houthis and sank in the Red Sea. According to the UK Maritime Trade Operations agency the Eternity C was carrying 25 crew when it was hit by rocket-propelled grenades fired from small boats. The […]
# The UN Trade and Development organisation says Africa was the only developing continent to record trade growth in the first half of 2025. Exports rose by five-percent and intra-African trade jumped by 16-percent. In contrast, global South-to-South trade, which is trade among developing countries, stagnated, and imports dropped by two-percent. While global trade grew […]
# Pakistanse polisie het 149 mense, insluitende 71 buitelanders, in ‘n swendel-oproepsentrum arresteer. Wetstoepassers sê hulle het opgetree na ’n wenk oor die netwerk wat uit die stad Faisalabad werk. Die klopjag was by die woning van die voormalige hoof van die stad se kragnetwerk, Tasheen Awan. Die aangehoudenes sluit 78 Pakistani’s en 48 Chinese […]
# Pakistan police arrested 149 people, including 71 foreigners, in a raid on a scam call centre. Law enforcement authorities say they were acting on a tip-off about the network, operating in the city of Faisalabad. It said the raid was at the residence of Tasheen Awan, the former head of the city’s power grid. […]
# Atletiek: Die dubbele Suid-Afrikaanse Olimpiese kampioen, Caster Semenya, sal vandag uitvind of sy haar testosteroonvlakke sal moet verlaag om as vrou deel te neem. Daar word verwag dat die Europese Hof vir Menseregte ‘n belangrike beslissing gaan lewer na jarelange regsgedinge. Semenya, wat wettig as vrou geïdentifiseer word, het al sedert 2018 geweier om […]
# Die Departement van Landbou het ná agt weke amptelik die verbod op Brasiliaanse meganies-ontbeende vleis en hoender opgehef. Die verbod is ingestel nadat voëlgriep op ‘n plaas in Rio Grande do Sul ontdek is, wat veroorsaak het dat 95-persent van Suid-Afrika se meganies-ontbeende vleisvoorraad afgesny is. Georg Southey van Merlog Foods verwelkom die ooreenkoms […]
