# A Hamas delegation departed for Cairo to discuss new ideas aimed at securing a ceasefire in Gaza, as Israeli air strikes killed 26 people across the territory today. The renewed effort follows Hamas’s rejection last week of Israel’s latest proposal to secure the release of hostages still held in Gaza. Talks have so far […]
# Die Vatikaan het aangekondig dat pous Franciskus Saterdag begrawe sal word, terwyl wêreldleiers soos die Amerikaanse en die Oekraïnse president, Donald Trump en Volodimir Zelensky, dit gaan bywoon om die Katolieke leier te vereer. Die diens, wat na verwagting groot skares sal lok, sal plaasvind op die plein voor die Sint Petrus-basilika in die […]
# Die vakverbondfederasie Cosatu sê Franciskus se pousdom was hervormend en dat sy oproepe om seksuele misbruike binne die Katolieke Kerk aan te pak, voortgesit moet word. Die 88-jarige was die hoof van die Katolieke Kerk vanaf 2013 tot sy dood gister. Cosatu se woordvoerder, Zanele Sabela, sê Franciskus, as die eerste nie-Europese pous in […]
# Nedbank Korporatiewe en Beleggingsbankdienste het drie prestige-pryse ontvang op vanjaar se Globale Bank-en Markte: Afrika-toekennings. Die toekennings is vir Plaaslike Geldeenheid-Leningstransaksie van die Jaar vir die finansiering van Kaapstad se infrastruktuur, die ESG-Verbandstransaksie van die Jaar vir die Volhoubaarheidsvlak 2-verband van 2,1-miljard-rand wat vrouebemagtiging ondersteun; en Eiendomsfinansieringstransaksie van die Jaar vir die hervorming van […]
# More than hundred US universities and colleges, including Ivy League institutions Princeton and Brown, issued a joint letter today condemning president Donald Trump’s political interference in the education system. This comes a day after Harvard University sued the Trump administration, which has threatened to cut funding and impose outside political supervision. Trump has sought […]
# The Vatican has announced Pope Francis’s funeral will be held on Saturday, as world leaders, from US president Donald Trump to Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky said they would attend to honour the Catholic leader. His funeral, which is expected to draw huge crowds, will take place in the square in front of St Peter’s Basilica […]
# Cosatu says Pope Francis’ papacy was transformative and his calls to tackle sexual abuse within the Catholic Church must continue to be carried through. The 88-year-old was the head of the Catholic Church since 2013 until his death yesterday. Cosatu’s spokesperson, Zanele Sabela says the first non-European Pope in more than a millennium and […]
# Die afgetrede biskop van die Ethiopiese Episkopale Kerk, Malusi Mpumlwana, het die dood van pous Franciskus as ‘n groot verlies vir die mensdom beskryf. Die 88-jarige Pous is gister in sy Vatikaanse woning dood ná ‘n beroerte en hartversaking. Mpumlwana het teenoor SABC News die pous geprys oor sy toeganklikheid en onwrikbare verbintenis tot […]
# Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking has won three prestigious awards at the 2025 Global Banking and Markets: Africa Awards. The accolades are Local Currency Loan Deal of the Year for financing Cape Town’s infrastructure, ESG Bond Deal of the Year for its 2.1-billion-rand Sustainability Tier 2 Bond supporting women’s empowerment, and Real Estate Finance […]
