# Die DA het ‘n beroep op die Minister van Water en Sanitasie, Penny Majodina, gedoen vir ’n onmiddellike ondersoek deur die Ouditeur-Generaal oor die toename van elf-miljard-rand in die koste van Fase 2 van die Lesotho Hooglandwaterprojek. Die projek is in 2008 begroot op agt-miljard-rand, maar volgens Stephen Moore van die DA het die […]
# Senior Hamas official Bassem Naim says that the militant group insisted on a “comprehensive agreement” to end the war with Israel in Gaza, now in its 19th month. Israel announced plans on Monday to expand its military campaign in the war-ravaged territory, which an Israeli official said would entail its “conquest”. The plan has […]
# Valerie, die worshond, en haar eienaars is uiteindelik herenig nadat sy 540 dae alleen oorleef het op Kangaroo-eiland in Suid-Australië. Valerie het in November 2023 vermis geraak tydens ‘n kampeeruitstappie na die eiland. Vreemdelinge het probeer help, maar sy het gevlug en haar eienaars het moed opgegee en is sonder Valerie huis toe. ‘n […]
# Yemen’s Iran-backed Huthi rebels says that they would continue targeting Israeli ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden despite a ceasefire deal with the United States. Member of the Huthi political bureau, Abdulmalik Alejri, says the waterways are safe for all international ships except Israeli ones. He said Israel is not part […]
# Valerie the dachshund has finally been reunited with her owners after surviving 540 days alone on Kangaroo Island in South Australia. Valerie went missing on a camping trip to the island in November 2023. When strangers tried to help, she fled into the undergrowth, and her owners eventually gave up and returned home to […]
# The DA has urged Water and Sanitation minister, Penny Majodina, to request an immediate Auditor-General investigation into the eleven-billion-rand cost increase of Phase 2 of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project. Budgeted at eight-billion-rand in 2008, the DA’s Stephen Moore says the costs have escalated to 53.3-billion-rand. He warns that these overruns could jeopardise water […]
# China het belowe om “geregtigheid” te verdedig tydens die komende handelsgesprekke met die Verenigde State. Dit is die eerste ontmoeting sedert Donald Trump omvattende tariewe aangekondig het wat wêreldmarkte geskud het. Sedert Trump in Januarie na die Withuis teruggekeer het, het hy tariewe van altesaam 145-persent op goedere uit China ingestel. Beijing het op […]
# Cosatu het sy solidariteit met die mense van Wes-Sahara en hul ononderhandelbare reg op selfbeskikking, onafhanklikheid en vryheid van Marokkaanse besetting herbevestig. Die vakverbond het met die ambassadeur van Wes-Sahara, Beisat Deich, vergader as deel van die voortgesette verbintenis tot internasionale solidariteit en die wêreldwye stryd teen kolonialisme en besetting. Noxolo Bhengu van Cosatu […]
# China has vowed to defend “justice” in upcoming trade talks with the United States, their first since Donald Trump unveiled sweeping tariffs that shook global markets. Since the US president returned to the White House in January, his administration has imposed tariffs totalling 145-percent on goods from China. Beijing has retaliated with 125-percent levies […]
