# International Relations and Cooperation minister Ronald Lamola says his upcoming US trip coincides with the United Nations General Assembly, where engagements will focus on trade and tariffs. Speaking to SABC News on the sidelines at the Thabo Mbeki Foundation dialogue, Lamola stressed that while talks with US stakeholders continue, South Africa must prepare for […]
# Minstens 29 mense is dood in die noordelike staat Niger in Nigerië toe ‘n boot met ongeveer 100 mense aan boord in ‘n rivier gesink het. ‘n Plaaslike amptenaar het egter aan Reuters gesê die dodetal het tot 60 gestyg. Amptenare sê die boot, wat glo oorlaai was, het ‘n boomstomp getref. Bootongelukke is […]
# A federal judge gave Harvard University a landmark victory in its fight against the Trump administration, siding with the Ivy League school in its effort to restore almost 36-billion-rand in federal funding for research frozen by the White House. The decision rejects the administration’s argument that it was targeting the university due to antisemitism […]
# Die Thabo Mbeki-stigting bied hierdie week sy tweede Afrika Vrede en Sekuriteitsdialoog in Magaliesburg, Gauteng aan. Die organiseerders sê vertragings met visums van bykans helfte van die die een-honderd-75 genooide gaste kan bywoning ontwrig, maar die dialoog sal voortgaan. Die uitvoerende hoof van die stiging, Max Boqwana, het aan SABC News gesê die vier-dagforum […]
# The United Kingdom and its allies stand ready to support Ukraine before negotiations to end the war as well as to secure an eventual peace deal. UK Defence secretary John Healey told the BBC Ukraine’s allies would “help to make the skies safe, to make the seas safe, and to secure the land”, once […]
# At least 29 people have died in Nigeria’s northern Niger state after a boat carrying about 100 people sank in a river. However, a local official told the Reuters news agency that the death toll had risen to 60. Officials say the reportedly overloaded boat, carrying passengers including children, capsized when it struck a […]
# The Thabo Mbeki Foundation is hosting its second African Peace and Security Dialogue in Magaliesburg, Gauteng, this week. Organisers say visa delays for nearly half of the 175 invited delegates could disrupt attendance, however the dialogue will proceed. The foundation’s CEO Max Boqwana told SABC News the four-day forum brings together African leaders and […]
# Die bekroonde Suid-Afrikaanse rolprent Carissa word nou landwyd in teaters vrygestel. Die prent, geregisseer deur Jason Jacobs en Devon Delmar, het verlede jaar sy wêreldpremière op die Venesiese Rolprentfees gehad. Dit vertel die verhaal van ‘n jong vrou, gespeel deur Gretchen Ramsden, en haar gemeenskap in die hartjie van die Sederberge in die Wes-Kaap. […]
# The award-winning South African feature film Carissa will now be released in cinemas nationwide. The film, directed by Jason Jacobs and Devon Delmar, had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival last year. It tells the story of a young woman, played by Gretchen Ramsden, and her community in the heart of the Western Cape’s […]