# The death toll from Hurricane Melissa continues to rise as the storm left a trail of destruction across the Caribbean. Hurricane Melissa, now a Category 1 storm, is crossing through the Bahamas, bringing heavy rain and damaging winds. Authorities in Jamaica have recovered four bodies, and at least 23 people have died in Haiti, […]
# The Government of National Unity Clearing House Mechanism has adopted its terms of reference following a meeting chaired by deputy president Paul Mashatile. In 2024, president Cyril Ramaphosa announced the establishment of the Clearing House Mechanism to resolve policy disagreements within the ten-member GNU. The Presidency says the Clearing House Mechanism agreed that sufficient […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê Suid-Afrika en Switserland kan bewys ekonomiese groei en voogdyskap oor die omgewing is bondgenote en nie vyande nie. Switserland is een van Suid-Afrika se hoof-handelsvennote en ʼn belangrike bron van regstreekse buitelandse belegging. Ramaphosa het gister as deel van sy staatsbesoek aan Switserland die Parlement toegespreek. Hy sê die twee […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê die 30-persent tariewe wat Amerika op Suid-Afrikaanse uitvoere gehef het, het die land genoop om sy handelsomvang te diversifiseer. Die president is op ʼn tweedaagse staatsbesoek aan Switserland. Die land is een van Suid-Afrika se belangrikste Europese handelsvennote met ʼn handelsvolume van 18,2-miljard-rand in 2024. Ramaphosa sê die regering hoop […]
# The SABC says it needs a viable funding model to keep it financially stable. In the 2024/2025 financial year, the public broadcaster reported a net loss of 253.3-million-rand, up 28-percent from 197.8-million-rand the year before. At the heart of the problem is the SABC’s funding model, which relies heavily on TV licence fees and […]
# Krieket: Kaptein Laura Wolvaardt het ‘n meesterlike kolfvertoning gelewer toe Suid-Afrika Engeland in Guwahati met 125 lopies geklop het om hul eerste eindstryd van ‘n eendag-Wêreldbekertoernooi te haal. Wolvaardt het 169 lopies gemoker, die hoogste telling ooit vir ‘n Suid-Afrikaner in ‘n Wêreldbekertoernooi, en die Proteas het ‘n indrukwekkende 319 vir sewe aangeteken. Marizanne […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Inkomstediens het die Nasionale Tesourie vir 7,6-miljard-rand oor die volgende drie jaar gevra. Dit is buiten die bykomende 3,5-miljard-rand wat dit vir die huidige boekjaar ontvang het. Die diens se finansiële hoof, Schalk Human, het aan die Parlement se staande komitee oor Finansies gesê die 7,6-miljard-rand is om die tekort in sy […]
# The Paris prosecutor’s office says the two suspects arrested in connection with the theft of crown jewels from the Louvre’s Apollo Gallery have admitted involvement in the heist. Eight precious pieces worth an estimated 1.2-billion-rand were taken from the world’s most-visited museum two weeks ago, when four thieves wielding power tools broke into the building […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa and Switzerland can prove that economic growth and environmental stewardship are not adversaries but allies. Switzerland is one of South Africa’s main trading partners and a leading source of foreign direct investment. Addressing the House Parliament on Wednesday, as part of his state visit to Switzerland, Ramaphosa said […]
