# Botswana se president Duma Boko sê dis tydig en noodsaaklik dat sy land en Suid-Afrika voortgaan om samewerking in alle sektore te versterk. Hy het gisteraand ʼn staatsbanket aangebied ter ere van president Cyril Ramaphosa wat op ʼn tweedaagse staatsbesoek in Botswana is. Suid-Afrika is Botswana se grootste handelsvennoot en verantwoordelik vir meer as […]
# The South African Chapter of the Anti-Apartheid Movement for Palestine has strongly condemned the illegal Israeli attacks on boats that form part of the Global Sumud Flotilla. Six South Africans were detained on Monday by Israeli forces after the Global Sumud Flotilla was intercepted in international waters while attempting to break the Gaza blockade […]
# Die Amerikaanse regering het die voormalige Kubaanse president, Raúl Castro, en vyf ander aangekla. Dit hou verband met die 94-jarige Castro se vermeende aandeel in die bevel om in 1996 twee burgerlike vliegtuie van die Kubaans-Amerikaanse groep, Brothers to the Rescue, af te skiet. Castro, wat destyds minister van Verdediging was, het volgens berigte […]
# Botswana president Duma Boko says it is both timely and necessary that his country and South Africa continue to deepen cooperation across all sectors. He hosted a state banquet in honour of president Cyril Ramaphosa yesterday evening, who is in Botswana for a two-day state visit. South Africa is Botswana’s largest trading partner, accounting for […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says Botswana can count on South Africa as a reliable neighbour, friend and partner as it continues on a path of modernisation, and towards a future of sustained development and prosperity. He made remarks during a state banquet in Gaborone yesterday evening. The president is on a two-day state visit to […]
# Die Wêreldgesondheidsorganisasie waarsku dit kan tot nege maande duur voordat ‘n entstof teen die Bundibugyo-virus, wat die Ebola-uitbreking in die Demokratiese Republiek die Kongo en Uganda veroorsaak, beskikbaar is. Daar is tot dusver 600 vermeende Ebola-gevalle en 139 vermeende sterftes aangemeld. Die direkteur-generaal van die WGO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, sê die organisasie se noodkomitee […]
# The US government has indicted former Cuban president Raúl Castro and five others. The criminal charges against the 94-year-old relate to his alleged role in ordering the 1996 shoot-down of two civilian aircraft belonging to the Cuban-American group Brothers to the Rescue. Castro, who was Defence minister at the time, is alleged to have […]
# The World Health Organisation warns that it could take up to nine months before a vaccine against the Bundibugyo virus, which is causing an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, is available. There have been 600 suspected cases of Ebola and 139 suspected deaths reported so far. WHO director general, Tedros […]
# Stellenbosch University scientists have joined efforts to help contain the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. The outbreak, caused by the Bundibugyo strain, has been declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organisation. Researchers say there are currently no licensed vaccines or specific treatments for this strain, making […]
