# US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has defended the Trump administration’s decision to give refugee status to white Afrikaners. President Donald Trump has falsely asserted that white farmers in South Africa are undergoing genocide and deserve special status. This is despite him suspending the US’s refugee resettlement programme in January. Appearing before the Senate Foreign […]
# Makashule Gana van RISE Mzansi sê politieke skenkings moet beskou word as ‘n hoeksteen van demokrasie, nie as geheimsinnige ooreenkomste nie. Gana het in die Parlement tydens ‘n debat oor die Wet op Politieke Befondsing, Suid-Afrikaners aangespoor om politieke skenkings met trots te aanvaar, net soos om liefdadigheidsorganisasies of goeie sake te ondersteun. Hy […]
# RISE Mzansi’s Makashule Gana says political donations should be viewed as a pillar of democracy, not shady backroom deals. Speaking in Parliament during a debate on the Political Funding Act, Gana urged South Africans to embrace political giving with pride just like supporting charities or causes. He stressed that democracy was built through contributions […]
# Die miljardêr Elon Musk het Suid-Afrika se wette oor swart ekonomiese bemagtiging gekritiseer. Hy sê die Starlink-internetdiens word nie in die land toegelaat nie omdat hy wit is. Om in Suid-Afrika gebruik te word, moet Starlink netwerk- en dienslisensies kry, wat albei 30-persent eienaarskap deur voorheen benadeelde groepe vereis. Die regering wil volgens berigte […]
# Renowned businessman Johann Rupert says golfer Ernie Els was the person who, over the past month, talked US president Donald Trump into agreeing to a meeting with president Cyril Ramaphosa. Rupert and Els will reportedly join Ramaphosa’s delegation when he meets Trump in the White House today. News24 reports that in an interview, Rupert […]
# Die minister van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging, Parks Tau, en die minister van Landbou, John Steenhuisen het met die Amerikaanse handelsverteenwoordiger-ambassadeur Jamieson Lee Greer, in Washington vergader. Amerika is Suid-Afrika se tweede grootste handelsvennoot ná China. Steenhuisen sê die vergadering het gefokus op die versekering van oop en wedersyds voordelige toegang vir landbouprodukte wat […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê hy sien uit na ‘n baie goeie en positiewe ontmoeting vandag met die Amerikaanse president Donald Trump. Hy het gister die Suid-Afrikaanse ambassade in Washington besoek, waar hy ‘n strategiese inligtingsessie deur sy ministers bygewoon het. Die regering het die langverwagte gesprekke as ‘n geleentheid bestempel om verhoudings te herstel. […]
# The EFF has condemned reports that the government is set to offer regulatory assurances to Elon Musk’s Starlink, saying this move is unconstitutional. The government is reportedly planning to offer Musk a workaround of local black ownership laws for his Starlink internet service to operate in South Africa. The EFF says they are not […]
# Tech billionaire Elon Musk has criticised South Africa’s Black Economic Empowerment laws. He claims the Starlink internet service was barred from operating in the country because he is not black. To operate in South Africa, Starlink needs to obtain network and service licences, which both require 30-percent ownership by historically disadvantaged groups. Government is […]
