# President Cyril Ramaphosa will visit the White House next week, accompanied by four Cabinet ministers. The Presidency confirmed that International Relations minister Ronald Lamola, minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, Trade, Industries and Competition minister Parks Tau, and Agriculture minister John Steenhuisen will join the trip. Ramaphosa is set to meet US president Donald […]
# Rusland en Oekraïne het vir die eerste keer in drie jaar direkte samesprekings gevoer waartydens ’n moontlike wapenstilstand bespreek is sonder ‘n duidelike deurbraak. ’n Oekraïnse bron het aan CNN gesê die Russiese afvaardiging eis dat Kyiv grondgebied onder sy beheer prysgee. Die Oekraïnse president Volodymyr Zelensky en die Russiese president Vladimir Putin was […]
# The man convicted of stabbing Salman Rushdie on a New York lecture stage in 2022, leaving the prizewinning author blind in one eye, was sentenced on Friday to serve 25 years in prison. A jury found the 27-year-old Hadi Matar guilty of attempted murder and assault in February. Authorities said Matar was attempting to […]
# Die man wat skuldig bevind is nadat hy Salman Rushdie in New York in 2022, op ‘n lesings-verhoog met ‘n skerp voorwerp gesteek het, is Vrydag tot 25 jaar tronkstraf gevonnis. ‘n Jurie het die 27-jarige Hadi Matar in Februarie skuldig bevind aan poging tot moord en aanranding. Owerhede sê Matar het probeer om […]
# The International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia is commemorating the World Health Organisation’s decision to declassify homosexuality as a mental disorder, 35 years on. Today, on 17th May, policymakers, media, and the public are urged to fight violence and discrimination against LGBTQ persons. Running under the theme “The Power of Communities,” it seeks […]
# Die Internasionale Dag teen Homofobie, Transfobie en Bifobie herdenk die Wêreldgesondheidsorganisasie se besluit om homoseksualiteit na 35 jaar as geestesversteuring te deklassifiseer. Vandag op 17 Mei, word ’n beroep op beleidmakers, die media en die publiek gedoen om geweld en diskriminasie teen LGBTQ-persone te beveg. Onder die tema “Die Krag van Gemeenskappe” word gefokus […]
# Russia and Ukraine have held their first direct talks in three years, where they discussed a ceasefire and talks between the two countries’ leaders. However, there have been no signs of a major breakthrough. A Ukrainian source told CNN the Russian delegation demanded that Kyiv give up land under its control. Neither Ukrainian President […]
# Die raadsvoorsitter van die Nelson Mandela-stigting, Naledi Pandor, het versekeringsinstellings wêreldwyd versoek om saam te werk met wêreldleiers om toenemende wêreldrisiko’s hok te slaan. Sy het gepraat op die konferensie van die Internasionale Forum van Terrorisme-risikoversekerings-groepe in Kaapstad. Pandor het die behoefte aan gesamentlike optrede beklemtoon te midde van toenemende geweld, ekstremisme en klimaatbedreigings. […]
# Nelson Mandela Foundation board chairperson Naledi Pandor has called on insurance bodies worldwide to engage with global leaders to address escalating global risks. Speaking at the International Forum of Terrorism Risk Insurance Pools Conference in Cape Town, she emphasised the need for collective action amid rising violence, extremism, and climate threats. Pandor stressed that […]
