# President Cyril Ramaphosa says the group of 49 white Afrikaners who left South Africa for the US were clearly unhappy with efforts to redress the inequities of the apartheid past. President Donald Trump granted them refugee status as victims of what he called a genocide. The president made a surprise visit to the annual […]
# President Donald Trump says the US-Saudi Arabia relationship has been a bedrock of security and prosperity. On Tuesday, he began the first leg of a major diplomatic four-day tour to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. Trump signed several new agreements with Saudi Arabia’s government, including on military cooperation. Speaking at a […]
# Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky says he will be available for direct peace talks with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, during his visit to Turkey on Thursday, where he is set to meet president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Zelensky says the only way to secure a ceasefire and an end to the war is through direct […]
# Die ANC sê die VSA se besluit om vlugtelingstatus toe te ken aan 49 Afrikaners, is gebaseer op vals bewerings van vervolging. Die party verwerp die idee dat enige groep in Suid-Afrika etnies geteiken word en noem die skuif ‘n politieke plan om demokrasie te ondermyn. Die party sê hierdie individue vlug nie vir […]
# The ANC says the US’s decision to grant refugee status to 49 Afrikaners is based on false claims of persecution. It rejects the notion that any group in South Africa is being ethnically targeted, calling the move a political ploy to undermine democracy. The party says these individuals are not fleeing danger but avoiding […]
# Die minister van Verdediging en Militêre Veterane, Angie Motshekga, is in Berlyn, Duitsland, waar sy die Verenigde Nasies se Ministeriële Vergadering oor vredesbewaring bywoon. Die hoëvlakforum, wat gister begin het en vandag afsluit, bring ministers van Verdediging van regoor die wêreld bymekaar om die versterking van vredesmandate te bespreek en steun vir toekomstige vredesoperasies […]
# Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Angie Motshekga, is in Berlin, Germany, attending the United Nations peacekeeping ministerial. The high-level forum, from yesterday and concluding today, brings together defence ministers from across the globe to discuss strengthening peacekeeping mandates and pledging support for future peace operations. Ministry spokesperson Onicca Kwakwa says Motshekga will also […]
# Die Israelse eerste minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, sê die Weermag gaan Gaza in die komende dae met alle mag stormloop. Hy het aan beseerde reserwemag-soldate gesê die optrede is daarop gemik om Hamas uit te roei. Israel het sy militêre optrede op 18 Maart hervat tydens ‘n dooiepunt oor die voortsetting van die skietstaking van […]
# Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the military would enter Gaza with full force in the coming days. He told injured reserve soldiers that completing the operation means destroying Hamas. Israel resumed major operations across Gaza on 18 March amid a deadlock over how to proceed with a 19 January ceasefire that had largely […]
