# The owner of social media platforms such as Facebook and WhatsApp, Meta has started its latest round of layoffs this week, cutting ten-percent of its workforce, roughly eight-thousand staff. Workers affected so far include those in cybersecurity, integrity, and content design. Meta says the job cuts are all part of its continued effort for […]
# NATO’s Secretary General Mark Rutte says US troop reductions in Europe will be structured and not harm defences. His comments come after US president Donald Trump’s most recent attack on the alliance, sparked by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s criticism of the US-Israeli war in Iran. Rutte says Trump’s proposed withdrawal of four to five-thousand […]
# The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has welcomed South Africa’s 41.2-million-rand pledge to the Africa Epidemics Fund to support the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda’s response to the Ebola outbreak. Over 600 suspected cases were reported in the two countries so far, with 139 deaths. Africa CDC says South Africa’s leadership […]
# Die Amerikaanse president, Donald Trump, het Iran gewaarsku dat hy twee keuses het: sluit ‘n ooreenkoms of Amerika beëindig die oorlog. Trump het Dinsdag hernude aanvalle op Teheran gestaap op versoek van sy bondgenote in die Golf, insluitend Katar en Saoedi-Arabië. Iran waarsku intussen ‘n hervatting van aanvalle sal verrassings en bedreigings vir Amerika […]
# US president Donald Trump has warned Iran that it has two options: sign a deal, or America “finishes” the war. Trump halted renewed strikes on Tehran on Tuesday at the request of allies in the Gulf, including Qatar and Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile, Iran has warned that a return to war will feature surprises and threats […]
# Die MK-party het ‘n beroep op die regering gedoen om dringend in te gryp nadat Israelse magte ses Suid-Afrikaners wat aan boord van die Global Sumud Flotilla was, aangehou het. Hulle was deel van ‘n groep van sowat 100 aktiviste wat probeer het om van Turkye na Gaza te vaar om die Israelse blokkade […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse tak van die Anti-Apartheid Movement for Palestine veroordeel Israel se aanvalle op bote wat deel is van die Global Sumud-flottielje. Ses Suid-Afrikaners is Maandag deur Israelse magte aangekeer nadat die flottielje in internasionale water voorgekeer is terwyl hulle probeer het om deur die Gaza-blokkade te breek en hulp te verleen. Die beweging […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê Botswana kan op Suid-Afrika reken as betroubare buurman, vriend en vennoot op sy pad van modernisering en na ‘n toekoms van volgehoue ontwikkeling en voorspoed. Hy het die opmerkings gisteraand by ‘n staatsbanket in Gaborone gemaak. Die president is op ‘n tweedaglange staatsbesoek aan die land waar hy medevoorsitter is […]
# The MK Party is calling on government to urgently intervene following the detention by Israeli forces of six South Africans who were on board the Global Sumud Flotilla. They were part of a group of around 100 activists who attempted to sail from Turkey to Gaza, to break the crippling Israeli blockade on the coastal territory and […]
