# Die VSA het Kanadese invoere ter waarde van bykans 16,4-miljard-rand, insluitend alkoholiese drank, suiwelprodukte en motorfietse, verbied. Dit dien as vergelding vir Kanada se instelling van tariewe op ‘n reeks Amerikaanse goedere vroeër vandeesmaand, ná ‘n mislukking in handelsamesprekings. Ongeveer 93-persent van alle Kanadese drankuitvoere in 2025 was na die VSA. President Donald Trump […]
# The World Health Organisation says health workers fighting the country’s largest-ever Ebola outbreak are struggling to overcome critical challenges to patient care. With eight-thousand-and-67 confirmed cases and three-thousand-901 deaths, the case fatality rate is more than 48-percent in 63 affected health zones in seven out of DRC’s 26 provinces. World Health Organisation doctor Janet […]
# The US has banned nearly 16.4-billion-rand worth of Canadian imports, including alcoholic beverages, dairy products and motorcycles. This is in retaliation for Canada’s implementation of tariffs on a range of American goods earlier this month following a breakdown in trade talks. About 93-percent of all Canadian liquor exports in 2025 were sold to the […]
# Scientists are calling for the urgent protection and restoration of Africa’s seagrass meadows, which support coastal communities by providing food, medicine and raw materials. A Stellenbosch University-led review found major gaps in knowledge about the extent and condition of these ecosystems, with restoration trials conducted in only six African countries. Researchers are urging better […]
# British explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes has not been seen in public for nearly two years, after he earlier revealed that he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. The 82-year-old is living at a care facility in England, but relatives have told the BBC it is “very painful” that they have been unable to visit him […]
# Die Britse ontdekkingsreisiger, sir Ranulph Fiennes, is al byna twee jaar laas in die openbaar gesien, nadat hy vroeër bekend gemaak het hy is met Parkinsons gediagnoseer. Die 82-jarige woon tans in ‘n versorgingsoord in Engeland, maar familielede het aan die BBC gesê hulle vind dit baie moeilik omdat hulle hom langer as ‘n […]
# Wetenskaplikes vra vir die dringende beskerming en herstel van Afrika se graslande langs die see, wat kusgemeenskappe ondersteun deur voedsel, medisyne en grondstowwe te verskaf. ‘n Oorsig deur die Universiteit Stellenbosch het beduidende leemtes in kennis oor die omvang en toestand van hierdie ekosisteme aan die lig gebring, met hersteltoetse wat in slegs ses […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê ‘n verkiesing alleen kan nie vrede en demokrasie in Suid-Soedan waarborg nie. Ramaphosa het tydens ‘n virtuele beraad van die Afrika-unie gesê geloofwaardige verkiesings moet ondersteun word deur ‘n inklusiewe politieke proses, behoorlike veiligheidsmaatreëls en sterk instellings. Hy het ‘n beroep op Suid-Soedanese leiers gedoen om hul verskille opsy te […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het ‘n beroep op Suid-Soedanese leiers gedoen om saam te werk aan blywende vrede en bestendigheid in die aanloop tot die land se eerste algemene verkiesing sedert onafhanklikwording. Ramaphosa het tydens ‘n virtuele beraad van die Afrika-unie oor Suid-Soedan gesê geloofwaardige verkiesings moet gerugsteun word deur ‘n inklusiewe politieke proses, voldoende […]
