# President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa has successfully reset its trade relationship with the US following a high-level visit to Washington last week. In response to a parliamentary question, he confirmed that discussions on tariffs and investments have resumed and that US participation in the upcoming G20 summit in November is crucial. Ramaphosa described […]
# Die VN se Ekonomiese Kommissie vir Afrika vra die hervorming van soewereine kredietgraderingstelsels wat Afrika-lande se toegang tot bekostigbare kapitaal onregverdig beperk. Zuzana Schwidrowski van die kommissie het in Kaapstad verouderde, bevooroordeelde metodologieë gekritiseer wat Afrika se hervormings en veerkragtigheid ignoreer. Met slegs twee Afrika-lande wat as beleggingsgraad gegradeer is, het sy sterker plaaslike […]
# Ghana het sy Amerikaanse ambassade in Washington, DC, tydelik gesluit nadat ‘n beweerde visumbedrogspul ontbloot is. Die minister van Buitelandse Sake, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, sê die sluiting volg na verdoemende ouditbevindings. ‘n Personeellid en medewerkers het na bewering visumaansoekers na ‘n privaat onderneming herlei, niegoedgekeurde fooie gehef en die fondse in hul sakke gesteek. […]
# France has arrested more than 20 people over kidnapping plots targeting crypto traders. The arrests are part of an investigation by France’s organised crime office into the abduction of a Paris crypto-millionaire’s father who was later rescued by French police; the attempted kidnapping this month of a French cryptocurrency entrepreneur’s daughter and grandson; and […]
# The UN Economic Commission for Africa is calling for reforms to sovereign credit rating systems that unfairly limit African nations’ access to affordable capital. Speaking in Cape Town, the commission’s Zuzana Schwidrowski criticised outdated, biased methodologies that ignore Africa’s reforms and resilience. With only two African countries rated investment-grade, she urged stronger local credit […]
# Ghana has temporarily closed its US embassy in Washington, DC, after an alleged visa scam was uncovered. Foreign minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa said the closure follows damning audit findings. A staff member and collaborators reportedly redirected visa applicants to a private firm, charging unapproved fees and pocketing the funds. All local staff have been […]
# Motorverkope van Elon Musk se onderneming, Tesla, het in April met meer as die helfte gedaal terwyl Chinese elektriese motorvervaardigers se aandeel gestyg het. Verkope van elektriese motors het oor die algemeen gestyg in die 27 Europese Unie-lande, maar Tesla se aandeel het skerp gedaal te midde van die kollig op Musk se betrokkenheid […]
# Franse parlementslede stem vandag oor ‘n omstrede wetsontwerp oor die reg om te sterf. Dis die eerste stap in ‘n lang parlementêre proses om wettig mediese hulp te verleen aan pasiënte om hulle eie lewens te beëindig in duidelik-gedefinieerde omstandighede. President Emmanuel Macron dring daarop aan dat dit beperk moet word tot mense met […]
# Sales of cars made by Elon Musk’s Tesla slumped by more than half in April as Chinese electric carmakers saw their share surge. While sales of electric cars rose overall in the 27 European Union nations, Tesla’s share fell dramatically amid the spotlight on Musk’s work with US President Donald Trump and the US […]
