# The North Korean government is increasingly implementing the death penalty, including for people caught watching and sharing foreign films and TV dramas. The dictatorship is also subjecting its people to more forced labour while further restricting their freedoms. The UN Human Rights Office found that the North Korean state had tightened control over “all […]
# US president Donald Trump says a suspect in the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk is likely in custody. The conservative activist was assassinated at Utah Valley University on Wednesday. Trump told Fox News the 22-year old Tyler Robinson’s father convinced him to surrender to police. Kirk was shot in the neck during a debate […]
# Europese Unie-lande het ingestem om sankies te verleng teen meer as twee-duisend-500 Russiese individue en instellings, insluitend president Vladimir Putin, oor die oorlog teen Oekraïne. Ambassadeurs van die 27 lidlande het voor Maandag se sperdatum die besluit onderteken nadat Hongarye en Slowakye eise laat vaar het om ‘n aantal persone van die swartlys af […]
# Adjunkpresident Paul Mashatile sê die regering sal sterker ondersteuning vir boere bied en voedselsekerheid versterk. Mashatile het tydens NAMPO Kaap 2025 in die Overberg in die Wes-Kaap, uitdagings soos watertekorte, die gebrek aan befondsing en onvoldoende ondersteuning vir opkomende boere uitgelig. Hy het ook voortgesette gesprekke met die VSA oor tariewe op Suid-Afrikaanse uitvoere […]
# European Union countries agreed to prolong sanctions for another six months on more than two-thousand-500 Russian individuals and entities, including president Vladimir Putin, over the war in Ukraine. Ambassadors from the 27 member states signed off on the move ahead of Monday’s deadline after Hungary and Slovakia dropped demands to take a number of […]
# Deputy president Paul Mashatile says the government will provide stronger support for farmers and strengthen food security. Speaking at the NAMPO Cape 2025 in the Overberg in the Western Cape, Mashatile highlighted challenges such as water shortages, lack of funding and inadequate support for emerging farmers. He also confirmed ongoing talks with the US […]
# Johannesburg en Tshwane is medevoorsitters van die 2025 Urban 20-burgemeestersberaad in Johannesburg, ‘n globale diplomatieke projek wat stedelike prioriteite binne die G20-agenda versterk. Die beraad is byeengeroep deur C40 Cities, en United Cities and Local Governments. Die medevoorsittersrol plaas Afrika-stede aan die voorpunt van globale stedelike bestuur en volhoubare transformasie. Die beraad sal fokus […]
# ‘n Nadoktorale student van die Durban Universiteit van Tegnologie, doktor Kehinde Christopher Adewumi, is vereer met die gesogte toekenning vir opkomende vakkundiges van die Common Ground Research Networks in Amerika. Ontvangers word gekies op grond van die impak en potensiaal van hul navorsing, publikasies en betrokkenheid by die gemeenskap. Adewumi is ‘n nadoktorale genoot […]
# Johannesburg and Tshwane is co-chairing the 2025 Urban 20 Mayoral Summit in Johannesburg, a global diplomatic initiative that amplifies urban priorities within the G20 agenda. The summit is co-convened by C40 Cities, United Cities and Local Governments. The co-chairing role positions African cities at the forefront of global urban governance and sustainable transformation. The […]
