# 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 […]
# American feminist, journalist, and political activist Gloria Steinem has passed away at the age of 92. She became the face of second-wave feminism in the late 1960s and early 1970s and co-founded the Women’s Action Alliance, a group dedicated to fighting sexism, more than 50 years ago. In 2013, then-president Barack Obama awarded her […]
# Trade union Solidarity has welcomed the extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act until the end of 2028. However, the union is concerned that South Africa could be excluded from the programme. It warns losing AGOA access could hurt the car and farming industries and cost thousands of jobs. Solidarity’s Jaco Kleynhans urged […]
# Die vakbond Solidariteit het die verlenging van die Wet op Groei en Geleenthede in Afrika tot die einde van 2028 verwelkom. Die vakbond is egter bekommerd Suid-Afrika kan van die program uitgesluit word. Hy waarsku die verlies van AGOA-toegang kan die motor- en landboubedrywe benadeel en duisende werksgeleenthede kos. Jaco Kleynhans van Solidariteit het […]
# Minstens vyf migrante is dood aangetref op ‘n boot wat reddingspanne naby die Kanariese Eilande opgespoor het. Oorlewendes sê nog tot 83 mense is moontlik tydens die reis dood. Die organisasie vir migranteregte, Walking Borders, sê die boot was 27 dae op see ná sy vertrek uit Gambië. Een-en-veertig oorlewendes is in Gran Canaria […]
# Die Vryheidsfront Plus sê hulle sal Amerikaanse owerhede nader oor Amazon Webdienste se vereiste dat besighede wat aan hul Suid-Afrikaanse beleggingsprogram deelneem, 100-persent in swart besit moet wees. Die party soek duidelikheid of die vereistes regeringsregulasies is of van Amazon self kom. Jaco Mulder van die VF Plus sê ras moet nie bepaal wie […]
# ‘n Digte rookwolk as gevolg van veldbrande in Indonesië versprei tans oor Suidoos-Asië terwyl ‘n sterk El Niño warmer en droër toestande veroorsaak. Miljoene mense in Indonesië, Maleisië en naburige lande is blootgestel aan moontlike gevaarlike lug. Byna 95-duisend hektaar grond in Indonesië het in Julie gebrand, terwyl owerhede duisende brandpunte opgespoor het. Die […]
# At least five migrants have been found dead on a boat rescued near Spain’s Canary Islands, while survivors say up to 83 others may have died during the journey. Migrant rights group Walking Borders says the boat had spent 27 days at sea after leaving Gambia. Forty-one survivors were brought ashore in Gran Canaria, […]
# The Freedom Front Plus says it will approach US authorities over Amazon Web Services’ requirement that businesses participating in its South African investment programme be 100-percent black-owned. The party is seeking clarity on whether the criterion comes from government regulations or Amazon itself. The FF Plus’s Jaco Mulder says race should not decide who […]
