# Two out of three famine thresholds have been reached in Gaza, plummeting food consumption and acute malnutrition. This is according to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, a United Nations-backed initiative. According to the IPC, at least 16 children under five have died from hunger-related causes since mid-July in Gaza, World Food Programme’s Ross […]
# Die Britse eerste minister Keir Starmer sê die Verenigde Koninkryk sal Palestina in September as ʼn staat erken tensy Israel stappe doen om die situasie in Gaza te beëindig en ʼn skietstilstand bereik. Ongeveer 140 lande erken amptelik ʼn Palestynse staat en verlede week het Frankryk beloof om in September tydens ʼn vergadering van […]
# The International Monetary Fund’s growth forecasts for South Africa remain unchanged, while projections for global growth have lifted. In April, the IMF reduced the country’s forecast from the 1.5-percent projection in January to just 1.0-percent. In its latest World Economic Outlook, the IMF maintains that South Africa will only see an increase of one-percent […]
# British prime minister Keir Starmer says the UK will recognise Palestine as a state in September, unless Israel takes substantive steps to end the appalling situation in Gaza, and to reach a ceasefire. Around 140 countries formally recognise a Palestinian state, and last week, France pledged to do so at the United Nations meeting […]
# Aanhangers van die musieklegende Ozzy Osbourne sal hulde aan hom kan betoon wanneer sy stoet later vandag deur sy tuisstad Birmingham beweeg. Osbourne is op 22 Julie in die ouderdom van 76 dood, minder as drie weke nadat hy en Black Sabbath ‘n afskeidskonsert gehou het. Die Birmingham-stadsraad sê die geleentheid, wat deur ‘n […]
# Die minister van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking, Ronald Lamola het bevestig dat Suid-Afrika dringende wêreldwye optrede ondersteun vir ‘n twee-staat oplossing vir Palestina en Israel. Lamola het by ‘n Verenigde Nasies-vergadering in New York die vernietiging van Gaza veroordeel en gevra vir erkenning van Palestina se staatskap. Lamola sê vrede hang af van die […]
# Die direkteur-generaal van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking, Zane Dangor, sê dit is nie ‘n uitgemaakte saak dat Suid-Afrika teen Vrydag ‘n gunstige handelsooreenkoms met Amerika sal sluit nie. Dangor het tydens ‘n lesing voor die Kgalema Motlanthe Stigting in Sandton gewaarsku dat eise oor binnelandse beleide soos swart ekonomiese bemagtiging die proses bemoeilik. Hy […]
# Nederland het twee Israelse ministers tot ongewenste persone verklaar vir die aanhitsing van geweld en etniese suiwering in Gaza. Nederland het verlede jaar ‘n mislukte voorstel deur Swede ondersteun om Europese Unie-sanksies toe te pas op die minister van Finansies, Bezalel Smotrich, en die minister van Nasionale Sekerheid, Itamar Ben-Gvir. Smotrich het op X […]
# The Department of International Relations and Cooperation director-general, Zane Dangor, says there are no guarantees that South Africa will secure a favourable trade deal with the US by Friday. Dangor spoke at the Kgalema Motlanthe Foundation seminar in Sandton and warned that demands around domestic policies like black economic empowerment are clouding the process. […]
