# The Association of Meat Importers and Exporters is urging government to avoid a blanket ban on poultry imports from Brazil after a bird flu outbreak in Rio Grande do Sul. Brazil supplies over 84-percent of South Africa’s poultry imports. The association recommends a regionalised approach, already adopted by countries like Japan and the United […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het die minister van Minerale en Petroleumbronne, Gwede Mantashe, as waarnemende president aangewys tot Donderdag. Ramaphosa en ‘n afvaardiging is op pad na Amerika, waar hy Woensdag met president Donald Trump in die Withuis sal vergader om globale en bilaterale kwessies te bespreek. Dit volg op Trump se bewerings oor grondbesettings […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has designated Mineral and Petroleum Resources minister Gwede Mantashe as acting president until Thursday. Ramaphosa left with a delegation to the US, where he is set to meet president Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday to discuss global and bilateral issues. This follows Trump’s claims about land seizures and […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse kunstenaar, Marlene Dumas het ‘n nuwe wêreldrekord opgestel vir die duurste werk deur ‘n lewende vroulike kunstenaar. Haar skildery uit 1997, Miss January, is vir sowat 245-miljoen-rand op ‘n veiling van Christie’s in New York verkoop. Die skildery van 2,8-meter hoog het die vorige rekord van Jenny Saville se Propped in 2018 […]
# Adjunkpresident Paul Mashatile het vanoggend in Parys aangekom vir ʼn werksbesoek om bande tussen Suid-Afrika en Frankryk te versterk. Die besoek se fokus is op die bevordering van handel en belegging ná onlangse diplomatieke beraadslaging deur die minister van Internasionale Betrekkinge, Ronald Lamola. Mashatile sal die SA-Frankryk-beleggingskonferensie bywoon en die Franse president Emmanuel Macron […]
# A new AI skills readiness study has revealed that 90-percent of African businesses are experiencing negative impacts from not fully utilising Artificial Intelligence. The impact includes project delays and missed growth opportunities. The study also indicates that 60-percent of companies consider AI skills extremely important for success in the coming year. However, software company […]
# Die Amerikaanse president, Donald Trump, het sy hartseer uitgespreek oor sy voorganger, Joe Biden, se kankerdiagnose en hom ‘n spoedige herstel toegewens. Die 82-jarige is gediagnoseer met aggresiewe prostaatkanker wat na sy bene versprei het. Biden se adjunk, Kamala Harris, sê sy vertrou hy sal dié uitdaging met dieselfde veerkragtigheid en optimisme hanteer as […]
# Deputy president Paul Mashatile has landed in Paris this morning for a working visit to strengthen South Africa-France ties. The visit will focus on boosting trade and investment, following recent diplomatic talks by International Relations minister Ronald Lamola. Mashatile will attend the SA-France Investment Conference and meet French president Emmanuel Macron. France has committed […]
# South African artist Marlene Dumas has set a new world record for the most expensive work sold by a living female artist. Her 1997 painting, Miss January, sold for approximately 245-million-rand at Christie’s New York auction. The 280-centimetre-tall portrait surpassed the previous record held by Jenny Saville’s Propped in 2018. Dumas, who began her […]
