# The US special envoy Steve Witkoff says a ceasefire-hostage deal for Gaza is currently on the table with a pathway to end the war. This comes as Israel has intensified its military action in Gaza, killing at least 54 Palestinians, most of them in a school building sheltering displaced families, over the weekend. Witkoff […]
# Die hoof van die Gaza Humanitarian Foundation wat hulp in Gaza moet versprei as deel van ‘n omstrede Israel-gesteunde plan, het bedank. Die voormalige Amerikaanse vlootlid Jake Wood sê die stigting sou nie kon voldoen aan die beginsels van “menslikheid, neutraliteit, onpartydigheid en onafhanklikheid” nie. Die organisasie het in reaksie hierop gesê hy is […]
# The head of an organisation set up to distribute aid in Gaza as part of a controversial Israel-backed plan has resigned. The former US Marine, Jake Wood, quit the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, saying it would not be able to fulfil the principles of “humanity, neutrality, impartiality, and independence”. In response, the Foundation said it […]
# Die minister van Water en Sanitasie, Pemmy Majodina, lei vandag ‘n afvaardiging na die derde Pan-Afrikaanse Instellings- en Vennootskapskonferensie oor Water in Lusaka, Zambië. Die driedaagse byeenkoms, aangebied deur die Afrika-Unie, fokus op klimaatsveerkragtige watersekerheid. Die departement se woordvoerder, Wisane Mavasa, sê Majodina se deelname beklemtoon Suid-Afrika se verbintenis tot watergeregtigheid, Afrika-eenheid en volhoubare […]
# South Africa’s Water and Sanitation minister, Pemmy Majodina, will lead a delegation to the Third Pan-African Implementation and Partnership Conference on Water in Lusaka, Zambia today. The three-day conference, hosted under the African Union, focuses on climate-resilient water security. The department’s spokesperson, Wisane Mavasa says Majodina’s participation underscores South Africa’s commitment to water justice, […]
# Die beroemde skrywer Salman Rushdie is tevrede met die maksimum-vonnis van 25-jaar tronkstraf wat opgelê is aan ‘n man wat hom in 2022 met ‘n mes aangeval het by ‘n New Yorkse kultuursentrum. Hadi Matar is vroeër skuldig bevind aan poging tot moord en aanranding. Videomateriaal het gewys hoe hy op die verhoog storm […]
# Famous author Salman Rushdie is pleased with the maximum 25-year jail sentence handed to a man who tried to kill him with a knife at a New York cultural centre in 2022. Hadi Matar was sentenced after being convicted of attempted murder and assault. Video footage played during the trial showed Matar rushing onto […]
# Die Afrika-Ontwikkelingsbank se 2025 jaarvergaderings begin vandag in Abidjan, Ivoorkus, teen ‘n agtergrond van wêreldwye handelskonflikte. Daar is 47 Afrika-lande wat nuwe Amerikaanse heffings in die gesig staar, met 22 lande wat met tot 50-persent getref is. Meer as ses-duisend afgevaardigdes sal fokus op die versterking van interne markte en waardekettings in die streke. […]
# Voormalige president van die Demokratiese Republiek die Kongo, Joseph Kabila, het na bewering in ‘n gebied aangekom wat deur rebelle van die M23 en die Geallieerde Revolusionêre Koalisie beheer word. Dit kom dae nadat die senaat sy immuniteit opgehef het in verband met aanklagte van hoogverraad en oorlogsmisdade. Die rebelle het Kabila as ‘n […]
