# President Donald Trump het sy dreigement om ‘n 20-persent-fooi te hef op skepe wat deur die Straat van Hormoes vaar, teruggetrek. Hy het gesê as Iran wil wins maak uit die belangrike olieskeepsroete, moet Amerika ook vergoed word vir die versekering van internasionale handel in die Golf. In ‘n plasing op Truth Social sê […]
# Prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu has warned that Israel will strike powerfully against Iran if it attacks his country. His remarks come after a military confrontation last month, when Israel struck petrochemical facilities in southwestern Tehran in retaliation for a large Iranian missile barrage. Meanwhile, in recent days, there has been a major escalation in […]
# The Department of Home Affairs says over 70-thousand people have been repatriated at the Musina Repatriation Centre in Limpopo. The centre is enabling the faster processing and verification of undocumented foreign nationals, as well as facilitating efficient clearance through the Beitbridge port of entry. Most of the people being repatriated are Malawians, Zimbabweans, and […]
# US president Donald Trump has reversed his threat of charging a 20-percent fee on ships moving through the Strait of Hormuz. He had argued that if Iran sought to profit from the key oil shipping route, America should also be compensated for securing international trade in the Gulf. In a post on Truth Social, […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse rand het tot sy laagste vlak in byna drie weke verswak namate stygende spanning in die Midde-Ooste die Amerikaanse dollar versterk en verwagtinge van hoër Amerikaanse rentekoerse verhoog het. Die rand het gister net onder 16-rand-50-sent teenoor die dollar verhandel voor die vrystelling van Suid-Afrika se mynbouproduksiesyfers en belangrike Amerikaanse inflasiedata. Hoër […]
# The South African rand has weakened to its lowest level in almost three weeks as rising tensions in the Middle East boosted the US dollar and increased expectations of higher American interest rates. The local currency yesterday at one stage traded just below 16-rand-50-cents to the dollar ahead of the release of South Africa’s […]
# Professor Aqiel Dalvie van die Universiteit van Kaapstad neem deel aan ‘n nuwe dokumentêr in die Verenigde Koninkryk wat die impak van omgewingschemikalieë op vrugbaarheid ondersoek. Sy navorsing in Suid-Afrika het wydverspreide blootstelling aan plaagdoders in kwesbare gemeenskappe gevind, met studies wat ‘n moontlike verband tussen vrugbaarheidsprobleme by volwassenes en kinders aandui. Die dokumentêr […]
# University of Cape Town professor Aqiel Dalvie is featured in a new United Kingdom documentary examining the impact of environmental chemicals on fertility. His research in South Africa has found widespread pesticide exposure in vulnerable communities, with studies indicating possible links to fertility problems in adults and children. The documentary aims to raise awareness […]
# Die Wêreldgesondheidsorganisasie het minder as die helfte van die befondsing ontvang wat nodig is om die Ebola-uitbreking in die oostelike Demokratiese Republiek die Kongo te beveg. Die organisasie het aan Reuters gesê hy het sowat 40-persent van sy aanvraag vir 1,9-miljard-rand ontvang om die Bundibugyo-uitbreking te bekamp, waarvoor daar geen bewese behandeling of entstof […]
