# US President Donald Trump has waived key sanctions and tariffs targeting Russia, just days before they were due to take effect under a law he signed last month. The measures were intended to increase pressure on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine. They included tariffs of up to 100 percent on goods from major […]
# South Africa will prioritise climate adaptation finance, unemployment, inequality and poverty at the COP31 conference. Speaking in Sandton, climate change negotiator Maesela Kekana says the country will push for practical solutions, in just energy transition, and increased funding for developing nations. He called for clearer measures to track climate resilience, the urgent transition of […]
# Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, David Maynier, says South Africa will push for fair climate financing at the COP31 climate conference in Antalya, Turkey, in November. Maynier says developing countries need greater support to adapt to climate change, reduce emissions and protect vulnerable communities. He says climate action must support industrialisation, job […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het Rwanda gelukgewens met ʼn tienjaar-ooreenkoms om die Formule Een Afrika Grand Prix vroeg in die 2030’s aan te bied. Suid-Afrika gaan intussen voort met sy poging om reeds teen 2028 of 2029 ʼn wedren aan te bied. Die minister van Sport, Gayton McKenzie, sê die land se bod bly staan. […]
# Elf restaurante in Suid-Australië het geskiedenis gemaak deur die eerste in Australië te word wat Michelin-sterre ontvang. Die gids word internasionaal erken vir sy graderings van restaurante. Magill Estate-restaurant in Adelaide het twee sterre ontvang, terwyl tien ander restaurante elk met een ster bekroon is. Die gids het die staat se diverse eetkultuur, wat […]
# President Volodymyr Zelensky van Oekraïne het ʼn Amerikaanse ooreenkoms om diesel van Rusland te koop, veroordeel en sê dit dra finansieel by tot die Kremlin se oorlogspoging. Hy het by ʼn Europese Unie-beraad in Brussel gesê president Vladimir Putin van Rusland stel nie regtig in vredesonderhandelinge belang nie. Zelensky verwelkom Europese leiers se groter […]
# South African Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago says the rand has remained relatively resilient despite economic uncertainty caused by the Iran war. Speaking to Bloomberg TV during International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings in Bangkok, Thailand, he said the currency’s reduced volatility reflected greater confidence in South Africa’s economic outlook. He emphasised that […]
# President Donald Trump se nuwe perssekretaris, Katie Zacharia, is na minder as ʼn week afgedank ná kritiek oor haar prestasie en vrae oor haar regskwalifikasies. Zacharia se eerste perskonferensie het sowat 14 minute geduur met vrae deur slegs drie joernaliste. Sy het ook erken dat sy nie die balie-eksamen geslaag het nie, al het […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has congratulated Rwanda on securing a ten-year agreement to host a Formula One Grand Prix in the early 2030s. South Africa, meanwhile, is still pursuing its own bid to host a race as early as 2028 or 2029. Sport minister Gayton McKenzie says the country’s bid remains alive. The president says […]
