# Rescuers in Indonesia are searching for victims trapped beneath collapsed buildings after a powerful earthquake killed at least 68 people. More than 200 people have been injured, while thousands have been evacuated. Nearly one-thousand-600 aftershocks have rattled the island nation, with many residents sheltering in tents, afraid to return home. The earthquake triggered landslides […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says strengthening agricultural value chains and building climate-resilient food systems should be priorities to improve food security and support sustainable economic growth. Addressing the 46th Southern African Development Community Summit in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, Ramaphosa called for increased agricultural productivity, stronger regional food reserves and greater support for smallholder and emerging farmers. […]
# Die TV-persoonlikheid en prokureur wat van die rol geskrap is, Peet Viljoen, is borgtog geweier in ‘n bedrogsaak van miljoene rand. Hy het vanoggend in die Pretoriase Handelsmisdaadhof verskyn, waar besluit is hy word as ‘n vlugrisiko beskou. Viljoen staan tereg op meer as 400 aanklagte, insluitend bedrog en korrupsie wat verband hou met […]
# African mobility company Moove has become one of the most valuable private tech enterprises worth about 34-billion-rand. The Nigeria-founded company provides vehicle financing and financial services to mobility entrepreneurs. Its new four-billion-rand funding round has more than doubled its valuation from about 12.5-billion-rand in 2024. Endeavor South Africa, an NGO who facilitates private enterprise […]
# Iran announced two French embassy employees involved in a diplomatic dispute last month would not be allowed to return to the country. Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei says the two had violated the Vienna Convention, which defines the rules and privileges of diplomatic missions, by engaging in activities supporting Iranian civil society. French Foreign […]
# TV personality and disbarred attorney Peet Viljoen has been denied bail in a multi-million-rand fraud case. Viljoen appeared in the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court this morning, where he was deemed a flight risk. He faces more than 400 charges, including fraud and corruption linked to the 2010 sale of municipal property worth about […]
# Suid-Afrika worstel teen regshindernisse in sy poging om ongeveer 299-miljoen-rand te verhaal wat bestee is aan die repatriasie van buitelandse burgers na Malawi, Nigerië en Ethiopië. Die Departement van Binnelandse Sake sê hy het die regerings gevra om die terugbetalings te doen. ‘n Kenner van Internasionale betrekkinge, Kingsley Makhubela, sê egter Suid-Afrika kan sukkel […]
# Die Zimbabwiese polisie sê die dodetal ná verlede week se bootongeluk op die Karibameer het tot 80 gestyg nadat nog agt liggame gevind is. Die staatsbeheerde passasier-veerboot het omgeslaan in sterk wind. Die boot is goedgekeur vir 90 passasiers, maar was volgens berigte erg oorlaai, met tussen 120 tot 153 mense aan boord, insluitend […]
# Zimbabwe’s national Police Service says the death toll from last week’s boat accident on Lake Kariba had risen to 80 after eight more bodies were found. The government-operated passenger ferry capsized in rough waters caused by heavy winds. It was licensed to hold only 90 passengers but reports indicate it was severely overloaded, carrying […]
