# The death toll from the Lake Kariba ferry disaster in Zimbabwe has risen to 44. An overcrowded ferry carrying about 120 people, including children and five crew members, capsized after it hit large waves. According to Zimbabwe’s Civil Protection Unit, the boat had a capacity of 90 people. So far, 77 people have been […]
# The International Energy Agency has warned that world oil supply is set to fall further than previously expected this year, as a result of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. The vital waterway has effectively been closed by Iran since the US-Israeli war with Tehran began in late February. The IEA forecast that […]
# Singapoer en Suid-Korea het die Amerikaanse kruidenierswinkel Trader Joe se gewilde Everything But the Bagel-geurmiddels van aanlynplatforms verwyder omdat dit papawersaad bevat. Die sade kan gedurende die oes met opiate besmet word. Albei lande het ‘n streng beleid oor beheerde dwelms. Suid-Koreaanse toetse het glo morfien en kodeïen in die produk gevind. Singapoer het […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says the new electronic travel authorisation system has initially been introduced in four key markets, China, India, Indonesia and Mexico. In his keynote address at the launch of the digital system at OR Tambo International Airport in Gauteng, Ramaphosa said the system will be expanded to more countries over time as […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê die nuwe elektroniese reismagtigingstelsel is aanvanklik in vier sleutelmarkte bekendgestel, naamlik China, Indië, Indonesië en Mexiko. In sy toespraak by die bekendstelling van die digitale stelsel by OR Tambo Internasionale Lughawe in Gauteng, het Ramaphosa gesê die stelsel sal mettertyd na meer lande uitgebrei word as deel van die regering […]
# ‘n Twee-en-dertigjarige vrou is na 36 uur lewend uit die puin gered na ‘n aardbewing van 7,4 in die weste van Colombia. Daniela Largo is na ‘n tien-uur lange reddingspoging uit ‘n ineengestorte gebou in Pereira gehaal. Brandbestryders het twee tonnels gegrawe en een gebruik om suurstof te verskaf voordat hulle haar deur die […]
# Die SKA-sterrewag het ‘n nuwe boek vrygestel waarin wetenskaplike navorsing uiteengesit word oor wat verwag word van die Square Kilometer Array soos konstruksie vorder. Die boek met die titel Advancing Astrophysics II bevat 221 artikels wat deur portuurgroepe beoordeel is, deur meer as een-duisend-500 wetenskaplikes uit 51 lande. Die SKA-Mid-teleskoop, wat uit 197 skottels […]
# Die minister van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking, Ronald Lamola, het amptelik die leisels as voorsitter van die Suider-Afrikaanse Ontwikkelingsgemeenskap se raad van Ministers oorgeneem. Hy volg Zimbabwe se minister van Buitelandse Sake, Amon Murwira, op. Lamola het in Durban gesê terwyl die streek se bevolking groei en aan veranderende ekonomiese realiteite onderwerp word, sal […]
# International Relations and Cooperation minister Ronald Lamola has officially taken over as chairperson of the Southern African Development Community Council of Ministers. He succeeds Zimbabwe’s Foreign Affairs minister Amon Murwira. Speaking in Durban, Lamola says as the region confronts population growth and changing economic realities, South Africa’s chairship will prioritise economic growth, job creation, […]
