# President Donald Trump sê hy staan voor ‘n groot besluit oor Iran: ‘n ooreenkoms of algehele vernietiging. Hy het gister die Algemene Vergadering van die Verenigde Nasies toegespreek, waar hy sy dank uitgespreek het teenoor die VN-Veiligheidsraad vir sy eenparige steun vir die VSA se 20-punt-vredesplan vir Gaza, en die amptelike goedkeuring van die […]
# South Africa’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Mxolisi Sizo Nkosi, says the country is pushing for greater African representation on the UN Security Council. The council comprises five permanent members and ten non-permanent members elected for two-year terms. Africa currently has representation among the council’s elected members, but no permanent seat. Nkosi […]
# Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says his country will not allow domestic or foreign actors to interfere with what he describes as the people’s democratic choice. This comes amid growing allegations of foreign interference in Brazil’s October elections, in which Lula da Silva is seeking a fourth, non-consecutive presidential term. Addressing the […]
# South African investigative journalist Micah Reddy, who was detained by government authorities in Djibouti, was released unharmed and without charge yesterday. He and his local fixer Kooki Mahmoud, who was also released, disappeared from their hotel in the East African country on Saturday afternoon. Reddy is the Africa Coordinator at the International Consortium of Investigative […]
# US president Donald Trump says he has a big decision to make on Iran: reach a deal or face annihilation. He addressed the United Nations General Assembly yesterday, where he also expressed gratitude to the UN Security Council for its unanimous support of the US 20-point Gaza peace plan and for officially approving the Board […]
# United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has used his final address to the General Assembly to urge world leaders to regulate artificial intelligence and end wars. Speaking in New York yesterday, Guterres called for a global framework to manage AI risks, backed by independent oversight. He also urged an end to fighting in the Middle […]
# Die sekretaris-generaal van die Verenigde Nasies, António Guterres, het sy laaste toespraak voor die Algemene Vergadering gebruik om wêreldleiers aan te spoor om kunsmatige intelligensie te reguleer en om oorloë te beëindig. Guterres het gister in New York ‘n beroep gedoen op ‘n wêreldraamwerk om KI-risiko’s te bestuur, met onafhanklike toesig. Hy het ook […]
# Die Motorbedryf-personeelvereniging kritiseer die strafregstelsel nadat die Zimbabwiese sakeman, Lawrence Mudzinganyama, op waarskuwing vrygelaat is ondanks bewerings dat hy vroue in ‘n restaurant in Sandton, Johannesburg, met die dood gedreig het. Hy sal na verwagting op 1 Oktober in die Randburgse Landdroshof verskyn. Phakamile Hlubi-Majola van MISA sê die besluit wek ernstige kommer oor […]
# Die Amerikaanse president, Donald Trump, het ’n besige dag op die Verenigde Nasies se Algemene Vergadering in New York, met die oorlog tussen Iran en Oekraïne hoog op die agenda. Trump sal die vergadering toespreek voor hy met meer as 11 wêreldleiers vergader, insluitend die Britse eerste minister Andy Burnham en die Oekraïnse president […]
