# Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says president Cyril Ramaphosa’s phone call to US counterpart Donald Trump was aimed at bolstering negotiations. Cabinet responded to the 30-percent US tariffs set to take effect at midnight by reaffirming its commitment to securing a sustainable trade deal. Ntshavheni says cabinet aims to diversify exports and strengthen […]
# Russian president Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart, Donald Trump, will meet in the coming days in the first encounter between leaders of the two countries since 2021. The announcement follows a day after Trump’s envoy, Steve Witkoff, held talks with Putin with the aim to try and end the Ukrainian war. Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov says […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa en sy Amerikaanse ampsgenoot, Donald Trump, het hulle verbind tot voortgesette bilaterale handelsooreenkomste. Dit volg op ‘n telefoongesprek waarin die twee leiers belangrike ekonomiese sake bespreek het, insluitend die nuwe Amerikaanse tariewe van 30-persent op sekere Suid-Afrikaanse uitvoere wat van vandag van krag is. Die woordvoerder in die Presidensie, Vincent Magwenya, […]
# Botswana’s president, Duma Boko, has joined the Board of the Global Center on Adaptation. His appointment signals renewed focus on climate justice and sustainable African solutions. With Botswana facing severe droughts and rising temperatures, Boko emphasised that climate adaptation is an urgent economic and political priority. Global Center on Adaptation chairperson, Macky Sall, welcomed […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa and US counterpart Donald Trump have committed to ongoing bilateral trade engagements. This follows a telephone conversation where the two leaders discussed key economic matters, including the new 30-percent US tariffs on certain South African exports, effective from today. Presidency spokesperson Vincent Magwenya says government is working to protect South Africa’s […]
# Brandbestryders worstel ‘n derde agtereenvolgende dag om Frankryk se grootste veldbrand in byna agt dekades te bestry, nadat meer as 16-duisend hektaar reeds verbrand het, een persoon dood is en talle huise vernietig is. Reuters berig rookwolke hang oor die beboste gebied in die Aude gebied in Suid-Frankryk. Plaaslike owerhede het gesê behalwe die […]
# Die Amerikaanse president, Donald Trump, se ingrypende nuwe tariewe op meer as 90 lande het in werking getree. Hy het op sy Truth Social-platform gesê miljarde dollar vloei nou na Amerika. Trump het vroeër ‘n tarief van 50-persent op Indië gehef wat op 27 Augustus in werking sal tree tensy die land ophou om […]
# US president Donald Trump’s sweeping new tariffs on more than 90 countries have come into effect. He posted on his Truth Social platform that billions of dollars were now flowing into the US. Earlier, Trump hit India with a 50-percent tariff, which will take effect on 27 August unless the country stops buying Russian oil. […]
# For a third day in a row, firefighters battled to contain France’s biggest wildfire in nearly eight decades, which has burnt over 16-thousand hectares, killed one person and destroyed dozens of houses. Reuters reports plumes of smoke rising over the forest area in the region of Aude in southern France. Local authorities said one […]
