# Union federation COSATU has urged the Foschini Group to earnestly consider the impact of store closures on its staff and find an alternative solution. The company plans to close about 280 stores in Africa through 2029, as the retailer hones in on online sales, which are outpacing the performance of its physical operations. COSATU’s […]
# Israel se minister van Verdediging, Israel Katz, sê terwyl die nuwe Amerikaanse ekonomiese sanksies teen Iran blykbaar doeltreffend is, kan toenemende druk Iran tot uiterste maatreëls dwing. Amerika se Tesourie het verlede maand ʼn reeks nuwe sanksies teen Iran se ekonomie aangekondig. Die Amerikaanse leër het ook aanvalle teen Teheran hervat. Iran het vergeldingsaanvalle […]
# Die regering het konsessie-lening-finansiering van ongeveer 5,6-miljard-rand bekom om Nasionale Tesourie se Handelsdiens-hervormingsprogram vir metro’s te ondersteun. Die befondsing kom van die Duitse en Franse Ontwikkelingskorporasie deur KfW-ontwikkelingsbank en die Franse Ontwikkelingsagentskap. Die program se doelwit is om elektrisiteit, water en sanitasie, en vaste-afvalbestuur in Suid-Afrika se agt metropolitaanse munisipaliteite om te keer. Die […]
# US deputy president JD Vance says they won’t set a timeline for the Iran war to end, suggesting instead it was up to Tehran to conclude the conflict that started six months ago. The two sides have returned to a cycle of back-and-forth strikes as Iran seeks to maintain control of the Strait of […]
# Die minister van Maatskaplike Ontwikkeling, Dina Pule, sê haar departement sal voortgaan om nou saam met Interpol Suid-Afrika en ander relevante wetstoepassingsagentskappe te werk om gevalle van kinderhandel aan te spreek. Dit volg nadat twee Suid-Afrikaanse meisies van onderskeidelik 9 en 15 jaar oud, wat in 2024 in Malawi verkoop is, veilig gerepatrieer is. […]
# Die Amerikaanse feminis, joernalis en politieke aktivis, Gloria Steinem, is op 92-jarige ouderdom oorlede. Sy het in die laat 1960’s en vroeë 1970’s die gesig van die tweede fase van vroueregte geword en was meer as 50 jaar gelede medestigter van die Women’s Action Alliance, ‘n groep wat toegewy is aan die stryd teen […]
# Israel’s Defence minister, Israel Katz, says that while the new US economic sanctions against Iran appear to be effective, the increased pressure could lead Tehran into extreme measures. Last month, the US Treasury announced a new series of sanctions to suffocate the Iranian economy. The US military has also resumed strikes against Tehran. In […]
# Government has secured around 5.6-billion-rand in concessional loan financing to support National Treasury’s Metro Trading Services Reform programme. The funding comes from the German and French Development Cooperation via KfW Development Bank and the French Development Agency. The programme is aimed at turning around electricity, water and sanitation, and solid waste management in South […]
# Minister of Social Development Dina Pule says her department will continue to work closely with Interpol South Africa and other relevant law enforcement agencies in addressing cases of trafficking in children. This comes after two South African girls, aged 9 and 15, who were trafficked to Malawi in 2024, were safely repatriated. Minister Pule says the alleged trafficking involved a couple comprising a […]
