# Adjunkpresident Paul Mashatile het die sterk politieke vertroue en solidariteit van die verlede herbevestig wat steeds die verhouding tussen Suid-Afrika en China rugsteun, binne die raamwerk van omvattende strategiese samewerking. Hy het vandag ‘n bilaterale gesprek met China se visepresident, Han Zheng, gehad as deel van sy werksbesoek aan die land. Mashatile sê Suid-Afrika […]
# Soccer: English giants Manchester United has secured a massive 10-hectare piece of land, equal to about 14 standard soccer pitches, clearing the path to build a state-of-the-art 100-thousand-seater stadium. The club purchased the site from industrial firm Indurent, owned by real estate giant Blackstone. The historic project is estimated to cost around 43.5-billion-rand and […]
# A non-profit company, Missing in Southern Africa, launched a regional initiative to strengthen cooperation in tracing missing persons and supporting affected families across Southern Africa. Founded by missing persons activist Wendy Pascoe, the organisation says it will focus on South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, and Zambia. Pascoe says the initiative aims to improve cross-border information […]
# Namibia’s Communications Regulatory Authority has dismissed an appeal by trillionaire Elon Musk’s Starlink against the rejection of its license applications. The application to provide fixed satellite services was rejected in March for failing to comply with local ownership rules. Namibian law bars telecommunications licensees from being controlled by foreign individuals or companies, limiting ownership to 49-percent, […]
# Deputy president Paul Mashatile has reaffirmed the strong political trust and historic solidarity that continues to underpin South Africa-China relations, within the framework of all-round strategic cooperation. He had a bilateral meeting with China’s vice president Han Zheng today as part of his working visit to the country. Mashatile says South Africa is committed […]
# Die voormalige voorsitter van die Amerikaanse Federale Reserwe, Alan Greenspan, is op 100-jarige leeftyd dood. Sy vrou van 29 jaar, Andrea Mitchell, sê hy het tuis gesterf weens komplikasies van Parkinson-siekte. Greenspan het een van die invloedrykste ekonomiese beleidmakers van sy tyd geword nadat president Ronald Reagan hom in 1987 aangestel het. Hy het […]
# The longtime chairperson of the US Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan, has died at the age of 100. His wife of 29 years, Andrea Mitchell, says he died at their home from complications of Parkinson’s Disease. Greenspan became one of the most influential economic policymakers of his era after being appointed chairperson by president Ronald […]
# Die Verenigde Nasies se Kinderfonds sê kinders verteenwoordig 15-persent van die bevestigde gevalle en meer as 25-persent van die sterftes sedert Ebola in April in die Demokratiese Republiek die Kongo uitgebreek het. Kinders het ‘n byna twee keer groter kans om te sterf as volwassenes. Die DRK het nou meer as eenduisend Ebola-gevalle en […]
# The United Nations Children’s Fund says children, making up 15-percent of confirmed cases and over 25-percent of deaths since the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo in April, are almost twice as likely to die as adults. The DRC has surpassed one-thousand Ebola cases and 254 confirmed deaths. UNICEF chief, Catherine Russell, […]
