# A brand-new blue diamond recently mined from the Cullinan mines of South Africa, Mediterranean Blue, has sold for 383-million-rand at a Sotheby’s auction in Geneva, Switzerland. The bidding for the diamond, which weighs 10.3 carats, started at 198-million-rand. Sotheby’s head of jewels, Quig Bruning, says the gem ranks among the top blue diamonds they […]
# Cosatu verwelkom president Cyril Ramaphosa se komende besoek aan Amerika om president Donald Trump te ontmoet. Trump het sedert die begin van sy tweede termyn in Januarie Suid-Afrika beskuldig van volksmoord teen wit Afrikanerboere en dat hulle grond afgevat word. Amerika is Suid-Afrika se tweede grootste handelsvennoot na China. Matthew Parks van Cosatu sê […]
# Die Israelse weermag het sy operasies in Gaza verskerp en meer as 100 mense gedood. Talle van die slagoffers was in Jabalya in die noorde van Gaza en Khan Younis in die suide. Israelse amptenare sê baie van die onlangse aanvalle het senior Hamas bevelvoerders geteiken en die militante groep beskuldig dat hy burgerlikes […]
# Die EFF sê die konteks van president Cyril Ramaphosa se besoek aan die VSA is ‘n duidelike poging deur president Donald Trump om Suid-Afrika te ondermyn en die vorm en tempo van transformasie-inisiatiewe te dikteer. Ramaphosa se besoek aan die VSA volgende week sal ‘n platform bied om die strategiese verhouding tussen die twee […]
# Cosatu welcomes president Cyril Ramaphosa’s pending visit to the US to meet president Donald Trump. Since starting his second term in January, Trump has accused South Africa of orchestrating a genocide against white Afrikaner farmers and seizing their land. The US is South Africa’s largest trading partner after China. Cosatu’s, Matthew Parks, says the visit […]
# Amerika se minister van Buitelandse Sake, Marco Rubio, sê hy verwag geen deurbraak in onderhandelinge oor die oorlog in Oekraïne voor president Donald Trump en sy Russiese eweknie, Vladimir Putin, mekaar nie persoonlik ontmoet nie. Oekraïne se president Volodymyr Zelensky het Rusland gekritiseer wat ʼn laevlak-afvaardiging na Turkye gestuur het vir onderhandelinge oor die […]
# The Israeli military intensified operations across Gaza on Thursday, killing over 100 people. Many of the casualties were in Jabalya in northern Gaza and Khan Younis in the south. Israeli officials have stated that many of the recent strikes targeted senior Hamas commanders, accusing the militant group of using civilians as human shields. These latest […]
# The EFF says the context of president Cyril Ramaphosa’s visit to the US is a clear attempt by president Donald Trump to undermine South Africa, and dictate the form and pace of transformation initiatives. Ramaphosa’s visit to the US next week will provide a platform to reset the strategic relationship between the two countries. […]
# Die Verenigde Koninkryk se eerste minister, Keir Starmer, sê hulle voer samesprekings met ander lande om terugkeersentrums op te rig vir asielsoekers wie se aansoeke afgekeur is. Die voorstelle is slegs van toepassing op mense wie se aansoeke afgekeur is en wat nie verder in die Verenigde Koninkryk kan appelleer nie. Sedert Januarie het […]
