# US Ambassador to South Africa Leo Brent Bozell believes former president Thabo Mbeki is the best person to break the US-SA diplomatic impasse, citing his experience as a veteran statesman and negotiator. This comes as the US government has imposed new visa restrictions on unnamed South Africans involved in race-based discrimination. Bozell told Business […]
# Die Amerikaanse ambassadeur in Suid-Afrika, Leo Brent Bozell, sê die Amerikaanse Departement van Buitelandse Sake sal nie die name bekend maak van Suid-Afrikaners wat deur die onlangs aangekondigde visumbeperkings geraak word nie. Die beperkings, wat verlede week aangekondig is, is gemik op individue wat deur die VSA beskuldig word van betrokkenheid by rassediskriminasie. Dit […]
# Die groot Amerikaanse televisienetwerke NBC, ABC, CBS en Fox News steun CNN deur hul gesamentlike mediadekking van die Withuis te staak. Hulle sal nie verslag doen oor president Donald Trump se geleenthede nie. Dit volg nadat Trump CNN, Politico en MS NOW toegang tot die Withuis geweier het, na beweringe dat die organisasies “fiksie […]
# UK prosecutors have brought the first-ever charges against a person for their alleged role in the 1994 Rwanda genocide against the Tutsi. Sixty-five-year-old doctor Vincent Brown, formerly Vincent Bajinya, has been charged with one offence of conduct ancillary to genocide and six offences of conduct ancillary to murder as a crime against humanity. The Crown […]
# South African Ambassador to the United States Roelf Meyer says the bilateral relationship between the two countries needs to be restored through dialogue. Diplomatic tensions have intensified following the new visa restrictions targeting certain South Africans who are complicit in enacting or enforcing policies that allow for uncompensated land seizures, race-based discrimination, and the […]
# United States Ambassador to South Africa Leo Brent Bozell says the State Department will not disclose the names of South Africans who will be affected by the recently announced visa restrictions. The restrictions announced last week target individuals the US accuses of involvement in race‑based discrimination. They stem from policies such as Black Economic […]
# Major US television networks NBC, ABC, CBS, and Fox News are standing with CNN by pulling their White House pool coverage and will not cover president Donald Trump’s events designated for pool coverage. This comes after Trump barred CNN, Politico, and MS NOW from the White House, accusing the organisations of writing “fiction or lies” about […]
# SA Canegrowers says retailers and food manufacturers are failing to honour a commitment to buy South African-produced sugar. According to the organisation, local sugar sales have fallen by 20-percent over the past three seasons, despite enough locally produced sugar to meet demand. SA Canegrowers’ spokesperson Higgins Mdluli says some retailers are selling sugar from […]
# The SOS Support Public Broadcasting Coalition is calling for stronger advocacy to support public service media across Southern Africa. The call follows its third annual public service media symposium in Johannesburg, which brought together media stakeholders from South Africa, Botswana, Malawi, Namibia and Zimbabwe. The meeting adopted a five-point plan to improve public service […]
