# South Africa is hosting the third G20 Sherpa Meeting at Sun City, North West, chaired by International Relations director-general, Zane Dangor. Delegates from G20 nations are advancing negotiations ahead of the November summit. Dangor stressed the need for practical solutions and acknowledged the importance of addressing geopolitical tensions. He urged Sherpas to guide discussions […]
# Protests in Kenya have escalated in Nairobi as today marks the first anniversary of the deadly anti-tax demonstrations which resulted in over 60 deaths. Police have sealed off all access to Parliament as tensions have also intensified following the death of political blogger, Albert Ojwang. He was arrested and killed in police custody after […]
# China se hoofaanklaer het ‘n seldsame erkenning uitgereik dat marteling en onwettige aanhouding wel in die land se regstelsel gebeur, en belowe om onwettige praktyke deur wetstoepassers te beëindig. China se ondeursigtige regstelsel word al lankal gekritiseer met beskuldigdes wat verdwyn, die teiken van andersdenkendes en die verkryging van skulderkennings deur marteling. President Xi […]
# ‘n Amerikaanse kommersiële sending met bemanning vanaf Indië, Pole en Hongarye is vandag op pad na die Internasionale Ruimtestasie. Dit is die eerste keer in dekades dat mense van hierdie lande na die ruimte gestuur word. Die vorige keer wat ruimtevaarders van hierdie land in die ruimte was, was die huidige span nog nie […]
# Namibia’s ministry of Agriculture has lifted the temporary ban on importing and transporting maize seeds from South Africa. The ban was imposed after the detection of Goss’s wilt, caused by a bacterial pathogen, in previous imports. The ministry’s spokesperson, Simon Nghipandulwa says new phytosanitary guidelines have been introduced to prevent plant diseases. Importers must now follow […]
# Several Eurostar trains between London and Paris were cancelled today after more than 600 metres of cables were vandalised or stolen in northern France. The impact is essentially on high-speed train traffic. The Eurostar website showed that six trips between London and Paris, three in each direction, were cancelled. Several trains between London and […]
# Die Israelse Weermag sê dis nog te vroeg om die skade aan kernterreine in Iran te bepaal nadat ‘n wapenstilstand die konflik van 12 dae beëindig het. Militêre woordvoerder Effie Defrin sê hy glo Iran se kernprogram is ‘n beduidende hou toegedien en sal etlike jare neem om te herstel. Iranse wetgewers het intussen […]
# China’s top prosecutor has issued a rare admission that torture and unlawful detention takes place in the country’s justice system, vowing to crack down on illegal practices by law enforcement officials. China’s opaque justice system has long been criticised over the disappearance of defendants, the targeting of dissidents and regularly forcing confessions through torture. […]
# Die voormalige Zambiese president Edgar Lungu sal na verwagting vandag in Suid-Afrika ter ruste gelê word, maar daar heers onsekerheid oor die seremonie. Zambië se prokureur-generaal, Mulilo Kabesha, het dringende hofstukke ingedien by die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria om die begrafnis te stop, en verklaar dat Lungu se begrafnis nasionale protokolle moet volg en nie […]
