# Chinese president Xi Jinping told Russia’s top diplomat that their countries should “strengthen mutual support”, as Foreign ministers gathered in Beijing for Shanghai Cooperation Organisation talks. Beijing has long sought to present the SCO as a counterweight to Western-led power blocs such as NATO and has pushed for greater collaboration between its 10 members. […]
# Action Society says president Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement of a judicial commission of inquiry into allegations of deep-rooted criminal collusion within the police is not a decisive intervention. Action Society’s Kaylynn Palm says this followed explosive allegations of corruption and criminal activities made by KwaZulu-Natal provincial police commissioner, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. Palm says they are deeply concerned that the […]
# Entrepreneurship to the Point het in die lig van die komende 30-persent Amerikaanse invoerheffing, dringende beskerming vir klein, medium en mikro-ondernemings gevra. President Cyril Ramaphosa voer aan die wedersydse tarief is nie ‘n akkurate voorstelling van beskikbare handelsdata nie. To the Point-stigter, Shawn Theunissen, sê die heffings kan lei tot die ontsporing van ondernemings […]
# ‘n Agt-en-veertig-jarige verdagte verskyn vandag in die hof vir die verkoop van wild in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga. Die Valke se Ondersoekeenheid vir Ernstige Georganiseerde Misdaad in Nelspruit het die man betrap toe hy sonder ‘n permit vier kerkuile vir een-duisend-rand elk by ‘n plaaslike winkelsentrum wou verkoop. Die verdagte word aangekla ingevolge die Natuurbewaringswet in […]
# A veteran labour lawyer, Michael Bagraim is urging workers to not access their retirement monies until retirement. He says Parliament passed the Two Pot System into law in September last year and 57-billion-rand had been paid to more than 3.5-million workers. Bargraim says the two system meant people could take a certain amount of […]
# Krieket: Australië het 3-0 skoonskip gemaak in die toetsreeks teen die Windies toe hulle die gashere in die laaste wedstryd in Kingston, Jamaika, vir slegs 27 uitgeboul het. Dit is slegs een lopie meer as Nieu-Seeland se rekord in 1955. Mitchell Starc het die meeste verwoesting aangerig en ‘n wêreldrekord opgestel vir die vinnigste […]
# The 12th Manufacturing Indaba Conference and Exhibition is underway at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, spotlighting Made in Africa goods. Despite housing 15-percent of the global population and abundant resources, Africa contributes only three-percent to global manufacturing. The two day event promotes reindustrialisation, local production, and economic self-sufficiency. The indaba gathers leaders, businesses, […]
# Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment minister Dion George says the G20 Environment and Climate Sustainability Working Group meeting at the Kruger National Park has identified key priorities to tackle environmental challenges. This includes reviewing technical papers on biodiversity, drought, land degradation, chemicals, climate change, air quality, and oceans. George says these align with Africa’s […]
# A 48-year-old suspect is expected to appear in court today for selling wildlife in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga. The Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation unit in Nelspruit caught the man selling four Barn Owls for one-thousand-rand each at a local shopping complex without a permit. The suspect is facing charges under the Mpumalanga Nature Conservation Act.
