# Suid-Afrika het ‘n lening van 24,78-miljard-rand van die Wêreldbank bekom om hervormings in die land se water-, elektrisiteits- en vragvervoersektor te ondersteun. Dit sal gebruik word om waterinfrastruktuur te versterk, groter beleggings vanuit die privaat sektor aan te moedig en dienslewering aan miljoene huishoudings te verbeter. Dit sal ook ‘n mededingende elektrisiteitsmark ondersteun, en […]
# ‘n Indonesiese hof het 19 mense skuldig bevind aan die handel in 34 babas deur ‘n onwettige aannemingsnetwerk wat tussen 2023 en 2025 tussen Indonesië en Singapoer bedryf is. Die sindikaat het babas, sommige van slegs drie-maande-oud, onwettig gekoop in die Indonesiese provinsie Wes-Java en tussen die twee lande verkoop. Die sindikaat se leier, […]
# South Africa has secured a 24.78-billion-rand loan from the World Bank to support reforms in the country’s water, electricity and freight transport sectors. The funding will strengthen water infrastructure, expand private investment and improve service delivery to millions of households. It will also support a competitive electricity market and reforms in rail and ports. […]
# Anglo American het die Global Diamond Consortium as sy voorkeurbieër vir sy De Beers-diamantonderneming aangewys. Die konsortium sal onder leiding van die voormalige uitvoerende hoof van De Beers, Gareth Penny, eksklusiewe onderhandelings voer om die transaksie af te handel. Hy sê dit vorm deel van Anglo se plan om op koper en ystererts te […]
# Die ministers van Buitelandse Sake in die Vereniging van Suidoos-Asiatiese Nasies is bekommerd oor hernude vyandelikhede tussen Amerika en Iran. Asiatiese lande is die swaarste getref deur Iran se sluiting van die Seestraat van Hormoes, ‘n belangrike seevaartroete vir die vervoer van sowat 60-persent van die streek se energievoorrade. Die vereniging sê die hernude […]
# Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have expressed concerns about the renewed hostilities between the US and Iran. Asian countries have been the hardest hit by Iran’s effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a critical route for about 60-percent of the region’s energy supply. In a joint statement, ASEAN says […]
# An Indonesian court has found 19 people guilty of trafficking 34 babies through an illegal adoption network operating between Indonesia and Singapore between 2023 and 2025. The trafficking ring illegally bought babies, some as young as three months, in the Indonesian province of West Java and sold them for adoption between the two countries. The […]
# Kanada se eerste minister, Mark Carney, sê sy regering is gereed om in die komende weke handelsamesprekings met Amerika te verskerp. President Donald Trump het ʼn tarief van 50-persent ingestel op ʼn wye reeks produkte wat van Kanada ingevoer word uit vergelding vir wat hy noem ongelyke behandeling van Amerikaanse voertuig-, suiwel- en alkohol-produkte. […]
# Anglo American has named the Global Diamond Consortium its preferred bidder for its De Beers diamond business. Led by former De Beers CEO Gareth Penny, the consortium will enter exclusive negotiations to finalise the transaction. He says the sale forms part of Anglo’s plan to focus on copper and iron ore. Penny says Botswana, […]
