# Suid-Afrika het meer tyd gevra om ‘n handelsooreenkoms met Amerika te onderhandel voor tariefverhogings van 31-persent volgende Woensdag van krag word. President Donald Trump se administrasie het die verhoging vir 90-dae uitgestel. Dit bedreig sleutel-uitvoere soos voertuie, staal en sitrus. Die minister van Handel en Nywerheid, Parks Tau, sê in ‘n verklaring Suid-Afrika probeer […]
# Die Organisasie vir Ekonomiese Samewerking en Ontwikkeling is bekommerd oor Suid-Afrika se tariefverhoging van tien-persent op ingevoerde sonkragtoerusting en waarsku dit kan die ontwikkeling van hernubare energie vertraag. Die organisasie sê hierdie stap kan projek-onkoste verhoog, beleggers afskrik en onsekerheid skep. Die tariefverhoging het ten doel om plaaslike vervaardiging te ondersteun, maar die organisasie […]
# Meer as 130 liefdadigheidsorganisasies en nie-regeringsorganisasies vra dat die Israels-Amerikaans-ondersteunde Humanitêre Stigting in Gaza gesluit moet word. Oxfam, Save the Children, Amnestie Internasionaal en ander sê meer as 500 Palestyne wat hulp probeer ontvang het is dood sedert die stigting einde Mei met sy werksaamhede begin het, met amper vier-duisend wat beseer is. Die […]
# South Africa has requested more time to negotiate a trade deal with the US before a 31-percent tariff hike takes effect on Wednesday next week. The tariff, paused for 90-days by president Donald Trump’s administration, threatens key exports like autos, steel, and citrus. In a statement, Trade minister Parks Tau says South Africa aims […]
# More than 130 charities and other non-governmental organisations are calling for the controversial Israeli and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation to be shut down. The organisations, including Oxfam, Save the Children and Amnesty International, say more than 500 Palestinians have been killed while seeking aid since the foundation started operating in late May. Almost four-thousand […]
# Vier werknemers van ‘n satiriese tydskrif in Turkye is in hegtenis geneem vir die publikasie van ‘n spotprent wat moontlik die profeet Mohammed uitbeeld. Die uitbeelding van die heilige godsdiensfiguur is verbode in Islam. Die minister van Binnelandse Sake, Ali Yerlikaya, veroordeel LeMan se spotprent as skaamteloos, en het aangekondig dat die hoofredakteur, grafiese […]
# Four employees of a satirical magazine in Turkey have been arrested for publishing a cartoon that appears to show the Prophet Muhammad. The sacred religious figure’s depiction is forbidden in Islam. Interior minister Ali Yerlikaya condemned LeMan magazine’s drawing as shameless, announcing that its editor-in-chief, graphic designer, institutional director and cartoonist had been detained. […]
# The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has raised concerns over South Africa’s ten-percent tariff hike on imported solar equipment, warning it could slow renewable energy development. The organisation states that the move may raise project costs, deter investment, and create uncertainty among investors. While aimed at supporting local manufacturing, OECD says the tariff […]
# Tientalle mense is dood in ‘n reuse-ontploffing en brand in ‘n farmaseutiese fabriek in die suidelike Indiese staat Telangana. Nuusagentskappe berig die voorval het tydens werksure by Sigachi Industries plaasgevind en verskeie mense is beseer. Van hulle is in ‘n bedenklike toestand. ‘n Senior polisiebeampte het aan Press Trust of India gesê 31 liggame […]
