# Soccer: A group of international lawyers filed a complaint against world governing body FIFA, claiming it failed to uphold its human rights policy when it awarded the 2034 World Cup to Saudi Arabia. The complaint was filed using FIFA’s own online grievance portal. It highlights concerns about FIFA’s lack of due diligence and stakeholder consultation […]
# Die kabinet het ‘n gefaseerde onttrekking van Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Weermaglede uit die Demokratiese Republiek die Kongo bevestig. Dit volg op die beëindiging van die Suider-Afrikaanse Ontwikkelingsgemeenskap-sending se mandaat. Die ontplooiing was deel van pogings om die oostelike deel van die DRK bestendig te maak, waar gewapende konflik duisende mense ontwortel het. Die minister in […]
# Cabinet has confirmed a phased withdrawal of South African National Defence Force soldiers from the Democratic Republic of Congo. This follows the end of the Southern African Development Community mission’s mandate. The deployment was part of efforts to stabilise the east of the DRC, where armed conflict has displaced thousands of people. Minister in […]
# Die Russiese president, Vladimir Putin, het afgevaardigdes en adjunkministers na Turkye gestuur vir vredesonderhandelings met Oekraïne en daarmee Kiëf se uitdaging verwerp om president Volodimir Zelensky te ontmoet. Putin het vroeër regstreekse onderhandelinge met Oekraïne in Istanboel voorgestel, en Zelensky het beloof om hom in te wag. Reuters berig Putin het die wêreld lank […]
# Russian president Vladimir Putin sent aides and deputy ministers for peace talks with Ukraine in Turkey today, spurning Kyiv’s challenge to go there in person to meet president Volodymyr Zelensky. Putin earlier proposed direct negotiations with Ukraine in Istanbul, and Zelensky promised to be waiting for him. Reuters reports Putin kept the world guessing about his plans […]
# ’n Regter van Wisconsin verskyn vandag in ’n federale hof op aanklagte dat sy ’n migrant gehelp het om arrestasie in haar hof te ontduik. Dit volg te midde van President Donald Trump se streng optrede teen immigrasie. Volgens Reuters word Hannah Dugan, ’n verkose regter in die Milwaukee-distrik, aangekla van regsverydeling en die […]
# Die kabinet kritiseer Amerika se besluit om vlugtelingstatus aan sommige Afrikaners toe te ken en noem bewerings van vervolging ongegrond en misleidend. Die kabinet is van mening hierdie besluit ondermyn Suid-Afrika se grondwetlike demokrasie en is ‘n wanvoorstelling van die land se menseregterekord. Die minister in die Presidensie, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, het op ‘n nuuskonferensie […]
# A Wisconsin judge is due in federal court today, accused of helping a migrant evade immigration arrest in her courtroom. This comes as president Donald Trump implements a major crackdown on immigration. Reuters reports an elected judge on the Milwaukee County Circuit Court, Hannah Dugan, stands accused of obstruction and concealing a person wanted for arrest. Prosecutors allege she […]
# Cabinet has slammed the decision by the US to grant refugee status to some Afrikaners, calling claims of persecution unfounded and misleading. According to the cabinet, the decision undermines South Africa’s constitutional democracy and misrepresents the country’s human rights record. Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni told the media the government will engage diplomatic […]
