# Africa’s Travel Indaba 2025 has commenced at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli Convention Centre in Durban. The four-day event features over one-thousand-300 exhibitors from 27 African countries and over one-thousand-200 international buyers. The indaba coincides with the second G20 Tourism Working Group Meeting. Tourism minister Patricia de Lille emphasised the theme Unlimited Africa, highlights the […]
# Die Verenigde State en China het ooreengekom om hul omstrede tariewe tydelik te sny, met die VSA se koers wat tot 30-persent verlaag word en Chinese tariewe, tot 10-persent. Die Amerikaanse minister van Finansies, Scott Bessent en die Handelsverteenwoordiger, Jamieson Greer, het ná handelsgesprekke in Genève hierdie naweek, aan verslaggewers gesê die partye het […]
# The United States and China have agreed to temporarily slash their tit-for-tat tariffs, with the US rate down to 30-percent and Chinese duties cut to to 10-percent. Following a weekend of trade talks in Geneva, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told reporters the sides had agreed to temporarily roll […]
# Gevorderde herwinning, wat as ‘n oplossing vir plastiek afval aangemoedig word, word wyd gekritiseer omdat dit nie werklike gevolge toon nie. Dit is ook bekend as chemiese herwinning, wat verwys na talle prosesse vir die afbreek van plastiek in sy samestellende molekules. Die proses is egter duurd en hou meer probleme in. Kenners sê […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê Suid-Afrika se deelname aan die Afrika-forum vir Uitvoerende Hoofde in die Ivoorkus beklemtoon die land se verbintenis tot ‘n leidende rol in Afrika se ekonomiese integrasie. Ramaphosa is vandag en môre by die forum waar uitvoerende hoofde, staatshoofde en beleggers vergader. Hy sê in sy weeklikse nuusbrief die verwikkelinge in […]
# Die Verenigde Nasies se sekretaris-generaal, António Guterres, sê hy hoop die skietstilstands-ooreenkoms tussen Indië en Pakistan sal tot blywende vrede bydra. Die skietstilstand is die naweek bereik ná toenemende botsings waarin albei kante missielaanvalle op mekaar se belangrike militêre basisse uitgevoer het. Guterres sê die ooreenkoms sal hopelik ‘n omgewing skep waar bestaande en […]
# Advanced recycling, promoted as a solution to plastic waste, has been widely criticised for failing to deliver real results. Also known as chemical recycling, it refers to a variety of processes used to break plastics into their constituent molecules. The process has been found to have high costs and technical issues. Experts say this […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa’s participation in the Africa CEO Forum in Ivory Coast underscores the country’s commitment to play a leading role in Africa’s economic integration. He is attending the forum today and tomorrow, which brings together nearly three-thousand CEOs, heads of state, and investors. In his weekly newsletter, Ramaphosa says the upheavals […]
# The United Nations secretary general, António Guterres, says he hopes the ceasefire agreement between India and Pakistan will contribute to lasting peace. After days of escalating clashes that culminated in both sides launching missile strikes on each other’s major military bases, a ceasefire was agreed over the weekend. Guterres says the ceasefire will hopefully […]
