Twee bote met meer as 500 mense aan boord het moontlik die afgelope dae aan die kus van Mianmar omgeslaan. Dit is volgens die Internasionale Organisasie vir Migrasie en die Verenigde Nasies se Vlugteling-agentskap. Die vaartuie het Mianmar se Rakhine-staat verlede maand verlaat met passasiers van die etniese minderheid, Rohingya, en etlike mense uit vlugtelingkampe […]
# National Assembly speaker, Thoko Didiza, and National Council of Provinces chairperson, Refilwe Mtshweni-Tsipane, say they have noted the concerns raised by some political parties regarding the parliamentary delegation currently undertaking an official bilateral working visit to Russia. Except for one Al Jama‑ah MP, the five‑member delegation is composed entirely of ANC MPs, a decision […]
# Two boats carrying more than 500 people may have capsized off the coast of Myanmar in recent days. This is according to the International Organisation for Migration and the United Nations Refugee Agency. The vessels left Myanmar’s Rakhine State last month carrying mostly ethnic minority Rohingya passengers, reportedly including some from refugee camps in Bangladesh. The UN agencies say […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa vra mense wêreldwyd om deernis, diens en aktiewe burgerskap te omarm en armoede en ongelykheid te beveg. Môre is dit Internasionale Nelson Mandela-dag, met die tema: “Dis steeds in ons hande om armoede en ongelykheid te bekamp”, met ʼn oproep tot aksie: “Dis nou in jou hande.” Mandela-dag moedig mense aan […]
# Iran se ministerie van Buitelandse Sake beskuldig Amerika van oorlogsmisdade en sê hy teiken burgerlike strukture en infrastruktuur. Amerika se leër het die afgelope week talle aanvalle in Iran uitgevoer, onder meer op bevelsentrums, lugafweer-terreine en waarnemingsfasiliteite langs die kus. Dit het ook die land se vermoë om skepe in die Straat van Hormoes […]
# ‘n Italiaanse hof het die land se voormalige snelwegbestuurders tot tronkstraf gevonnis, insluitend die voormalige bestuurshoof, Giovanni Castellucci, wat 12 jaar tronkstraf opgelê is oor die Genua-brugramp. Drie-en-veertig mense is dood toe die snelwegbrug in Augustus 2018 in ‘n reënstorm met voertuie daarop ineengestort het. Castellucci, wat reeds ‘n ses jaar uitdien vir ‘n […]
# Iran’s Foreign Affairs Ministry has accused the US of committing numerous war crimes, particularly by targeting civilian facilities and infrastructure. The US military has carried out several strikes in Iran this week, targeting command centres, air defence sites, and coastal surveillance facilities, and also degrading the country’s ability to threaten ships transiting the Strait of […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa is encouraging people globally to embrace the values of compassion, service, and active citizenship to help combat poverty and inequity. Tomorrow is Nelson Mandela International Day, observed under the theme, “It is still in our hands to combat poverty and inequity,” with the call to action, “It is in your hands […]
# An Italian court has sentenced the country’s former motorway executives to prison, including former CEO Giovanni Castellucci, who received 12 years, over the Genoa bridge disaster. Forty-three people died when the motorway bridge came down in a rainstorm in August 2018, sending vehicles plummeting to the ground. Castellucci, who is already serving a six-year […]
