# Namibian president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has assumed direct control of the ministry of Mines, Energy and Industry, removing deputy prime minister Natangwe Ithete from his dual role. The presidency says the change aims to strengthen coordination in Namibia’s vital resource sectors, including uranium, diamond, and emerging oil industries. Analysts say the move signals a strategic […]
# Cameroon’s president Paul Biya has been re-elected for an eighth term in office, extending his rule that began in 1982. The Constitutional Council officially declared the 92-year-old the winner. Biya, who is now the world’s oldest president, scrapped presidential term limits in 2008 and has consistently secured re-election. His main challenger, Issa Tchiroma Bakary, […]
# Orkaan Melissa het versterk tot ‘n topvlak kategorie 5-storm terwyl dit in die rigting van Jamaika en ander dele van die Karibiese Eilande beweeg. Die Amerikaanse Nasionale Orkaansentrum sê Melissa bereik tans windsterktes van byna 260 kilometer per uur. Reënval van tot ‘n meter word voorspel, met oorstromings wat na verwagting kitsvloede en grondstortings […]
# Die Amerikaanse president, Donald Trump, het in Japan aangekom as deel van sy toer in Asië. Die toer kan lei tot die beëindiging van die vernietende handelsoorlog tussen hom en sy Chinese ampsgenoot, Xi Jinping. Trump het aan boord Air Force One gesê hy is hoopvol dat hy ‘n ooreenkoms met Xi kan bereik […]
# Die Buro vir Ekonomiese Navorsing sê die verpolitisering van ekonomiese data kan ernstige gevolge vir wêreldekonomieë inhou. Hy waarsku wanneer statistieke nie geloofwaardig of onafhanklik is nie, sukkel regerings om doeltreffend te beplan, sakevertroue gaan verlore en burgers word mislei. Die buro noem probleme in Amerika, China en die Verenigde Koninkryk, waar inmenging en […]
# Project Management South Africa has launched its Lesotho chapter, becoming the fourth in the Southern African Development Community after Mozambique, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and South Africa. The launch comes as Lesotho triples its capital budget to boost infrastructure and economic growth. The organisation says the chapter will help improve project success rates, […]
# Hurricane Melissa strengthened as it took aim at Jamaica and other parts of the Caribbean as a top-level Category 5 storm. The US National Hurricane Center said Melissa was packing maximum winds nearing 260 kilometers per hour. Up to a meter of rainfall were forecast, with deluges expected to bring flash flooding and landslides […]
# US President Donald Trump arrived in Japan today, on the next leg of an Asia tour that could see the US president and China’s Xi Jinping end their bruising trade war. Speaking on Air Force One, Trump said he was hopeful of a deal when he sees Xi on Thursday, while also indicating he […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Reguleringsowerheid vir Gesondheidsprodukte het ‘n nuwe MIV-voorkomingsinspuiting bekendgestel, bekend as Lenacapavir. Die sesmaandelikse inspuiting, wat deur Gilead ontwikkel is, kan gebruik word deur volwassenes en tieners wat meer as 35-kilogram weeg, en moet gepaardgaan met veilige seksgebruike soos die gebruik van kondome. Yuven Gounden van SAHPRA sê die reguleerder het die medisyne […]
