# President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa is undergoing major economic transformation, with wide-ranging reforms in the energy, telecommunications, logistics and water sectors. Speaking at the India-South Africa Business Leadership Roundtable during the 18th BRICS Leaders’ Summit in New Delhi, Ramaphosa said the country had moved beyond more than a decade of electricity shortages and […]
# Government says it has assisted with the repatriation of Zimbabwean migrants who gathered at the Zimbabwean Consulate in Johannesburg. Deputy government spokesperson William Baloyi says 194 Zimbabwean nationals — 35 adult males, 58 adult females and 101 minors — were processed and have departed for Zimbabwe. Baloyi says, in a separate process, 56 Nigerian […]
# Die Indiese eerste minister, Narendra Modi, en die Russiese president, Vladimir Putin, het ooreengekom om bestaande bande tussen hul lande te versterk. Putin sê die BRICS-groepering moet ‘n nuwe platform vir wêreldwye groei bou wat nie deur Westerse reëls bepaal word nie. Modi en Putin het gesprekke in die Indiese hoofstad gevoer op die […]
# Students in several Asian education systems are leading the world in reading, mathematics and science, according to the latest International Student Assessment rankings. The strongest results came from four Chinese regions and Singapore, while Japan, South Korea, Chinese Taipei and Macao also ranked among the global top performers. Estonia and the United Kingdom were […]
# Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to deepen their countries’ longstanding ties, with Putin saying the BRICS grouping should build a new platform for global growth free from Western rules. Modi and Putin held talks in the Indian capital on the eve of a BRICS summit, which Chinese President Xi Jinping and […]
# Die Russiese president Vladimir Putin het Westerse sanksies die skuld gegee vir industriële agteruitgang en toenemende ekonomiese druk. Tydens die dialoog vir leiers by die BRICS-sakeforum in Nieu-Delhi, Indië, het Putin met behup van ‘n tolk gesê sanksies het bygedra tot ‘n afname in industriële produksie, toenemende staatskuld en begrotingsprobleme. Hy het ‘n beroep […]
# Russian president Vladimir Putin has blamed Western sanctions for industrial decline and growing economic pressure. Speaking via an interpreter at the BRICS business forum leaders’ dialogue in New Delhi, India, Putin said sanctions had contributed to falling industrial output, growing public debt and budget problems. He called on BRICS countries to strengthen trade, investment […]
# Twee bekende demokrasie-aktiviste in Hongkong is tot meer as sewe jaar tronkstraf gevonnis op aanklagte van ondermyning ingevolge Hongkong se nasionale veiligheidswet. Lee Cheuk-yan is tot sewe jaar tronkstraf gevonnis, en die menseregte-prokureur, Chow Hang-tung, is sewe jaar en drie maande opgelê. Albei was leiers van die ontbinde Hong Kong Alliance, wat jaarlikse herdenkingsgeleenthede […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê die BRICS-lande moet ekonomiese samewerking versterk en verder gaan as om bloot net handel te dryf met onverwerkte grondstowwe. Ramaphosa het tydens die dialoog tussen leiers by die BRICS-sakeforum in Nieu-Delhi, Indië, gevra vir meer belegging in vervaardiging en plaaslike produksie, die veredeling van minerale, energie, infrastruktuur en logistiek. Hy […]
