# Jamaica’s prime minister, Andrew Holness, has warned that Hurricane Melissa, which is set to make landfall today, could have a significant impact on the region. The rare Category 5 storm was packing maximum winds nearing 260 kilometres per hour, making it the strongest storm on earth this year. At least three people are known […]
# Oudpresident Joe Biden van Amerika het sy landgenote aangemoedig om optimisties te bly oor wat hy die donker dae onder Donald Trump se streng presidentskap noem. Die 82-jarige Biden het in Boston gepraat nadat hy die Lewensprestasietoekenning van die Edward M. Kennedy-instituut ontvang het. Hy het die eerste keer in die openbaar gepraat sedert […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê Suid-Afrika se verwydering van die Finansiële Aksietaakmag se gryslys is ‘n goeie teken vir die integriteit en reputasie van die land se finansiële stelsel. In 2023 is Suid-Afrika op die gryslys geplaas omdat hy nie aan sekere internasionale standaarde voldoen het nie. In sy weeklikse nuusbrief sê Ramaphosa die land […]
# Former US president Joe Biden has urged Americans to stay optimistic about what he calls the dark days under Donald Trump’s hardline presidency. The 82-year-old was speaking in Boston after receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Edward M. Kennedy Institute. He was speaking publicly for the first time since completing a round of […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa’s exit from the Financial Action Task Force grey list bodes well for the integrity and reputation of the country’s financial system. In 2023, South Africa was placed on the grey list for failing to meet certain international standards. In his weekly newsletter, Ramaphosa says the country’s exit from […]
# Israel het die noodtoestand vir gebiede naby die grens met Gaza opgehef – die eerste keer sedert Hamas se aanvalle in Oktober 2023. Die minister van Verdediging, Israel Katz, sê die besluit weerspieël die nuwe veiligheidsituasie in die suide van die land en volg terwyl die wapenstilstand wat op 10 Oktober in werking getree […]
# Die vakbondfederasie Cosatu het sy steun aan die Zimbabwiese Vakbondkongres beloof teen pogings om president Emmerson Mnangagwa se ampstermyn te verleng. Die federasie sê pogings om die Grondwet te verander is ‘n bedreiging vir demokrasie, goeie regering en die oppergesag van die reg. Zanele Sabela van Cosatu sê die stryd van Zimbabwiese werkers word […]
# Israel has lifted the state of emergency for areas near the border with Gaza for the first time since Hamas’s October 2023 attacks. Defence minister Israel Katz says the decision reflects the new security reality in the south of the country and came as a ceasefire that began on 10 October largely continued to […]
# Union federation Cosatu has pledged its support for the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions in rejecting attempts to extend president Emmerson Mnangagwa’s term in office. The federation says attempts to alter the constitution threaten democracy, good governance, and the rule of law. Cosatu’s Zanele Sabela says the struggle of Zimbabwean workers is linked to […]
