# President Cyril Ramaphosa has honored several foreign nationals with the Order of the Companions of OR Tambo for supporting South Africa’s freedom and democracy. Speaking at the award ceremony in Pretoria, Ramaphosa said the award recognises friendship, solidarity and contributions to peace. Recipients include Teresa Hillary Clarke from the US and Professor Cherif Keita […]
# The National Council of SPCAs welcomes a position statement by the South African Veterinary Association opposing the export of live animals by sea for slaughter. NSPCA spokesperson Samanta Stelli says the practice is inherently cruel and cannot be made humane through regulation, citing risks such as heat stress, disease and confinement. She says draft […]
# Die Suider-Afrikaanse Vereniging vir Nywerheids-gasverbruikers waarsku Suid-Afrika kan teen 2030 ‘n groot gasvoorsieningstekort ondervind. Die groep sê dalende voorsiening uit Mosambiek en die einde van Sasol se tydelike gasvoorsiening kan die bedryf ernstig raak. Die vereniging het dringende beleidsmaatreëls voorgestel, insluitend strategiese infrastruktuurbelegging, streeksgasvennootskappe en regeringsgesteunde befondsingsondersteuning. Hy sê onmiddellike optrede is nodig om […]
# Die Amerikaanse president, Donald Trump, se administrasie beplan volgens berigte om die vlugtelingtoelatingsperk vir wit Afrikaners van Suid-Afrika tot 17-duisend-500 vir die 2026-boekjaar te verhoog. Trump het herhaaldelik gesê meer Afrikaners kan vlugtelingstatus verkry omdat ‘n volksmoord na bewering in Suid-Afrika plaasvind. Hy het ook beweer wit boere word wreedaardig vermoor en hul grond […]
# Human Settlements minister Thembi Simelane says countries worldwide are facing similar disasters linked to global warming and extreme weather. Speaking at the World Urban Forum 13 in Baku, Azerbaijan, Simelane joined global leaders discussing affordable housing. She says unpredictable weather continue disrupting cities globally. She highlighted the importance of collaboration through the UN-Habitat, for […]
# Airlink will launch the first direct flights between Cape Town and Zanzibar in October. The new weekly Saturday service follows the launch of Airlink’s Johannesburg-Zanzibar route in June. The new schedule shortens the journey for passengers travelling between the Western Cape and the East African island. Previously, most scheduled trips from Cape Town to […]
# US president Donald Trump’s administration is reportedly planning to increase the refugee admissions ceiling for white Afrikaner South Africans to 17-thousand-500 for the fiscal year 2026. Trump has repeatedly justified allowing more Afrikaners to obtain refugee status by claiming a genocide is happening in South Africa. He also alleged that white farmers are being […]
# Die liggame is gevind van vier Italiaanse duikers wat verlede week vermis geraak het tydens ʼn skubaduik-ongeluk in die Maldives. Amptenare het bevestig ʼn span hoogs opgeleide Finse en plaaslike duikers het hulle gevind in ʼn grot van 60-meter diep in die Vaavu-atol. Die liggaam van die vyfde duiker in die groep is reeds […]
# Die African People’s Convention steun die omsigtigheid waarmee die bekende Suid-Afrikaanse epidemioloog, Salim Abdool Karim, die Ebola-uitbreking in die Demokratiese Republiek die Kongo en Uganda beskou. Karim waarsku dat Suid-Afrika waaksaam en gereed moet wees om op die uitbreking te reageer. Minstens 100 sterftes in die DRK word aan Ebola toegeskryf. APC se woordvoerder, […]
