# Brazil has requested support from the European Union in establishing the Tropical Forests Forever Fund to protect tropical forests. The main goal of the fund is to provide annual payments to countries with tropical forests as a reward for maintaining or increasing forest cover. Tropical forests cover about 12-percent of Earth’s land surface. Brazilian minister […]
# Die Verenigde Koninkryk se binnelandse veiligheidsdiens, MI5, waarsku dat Brittanje ‘n toenemende bedreiging van vyandige lande, insluitend Iran, Rusland en China, ondervind, terwyl die risiko vir terrorisme enorm bly. Die VK het verlede jaar ‘n toename van 35-persent ondervind in die aantal verdagtes wat vir moontlike werk vir ‘n vyandige buitelandse regering ondersoek is. […]
# Die adjunkminister van Finansies, David Masondo, sê hoë staatskuld en fiskale druk, maak dit belangrik om groei-georiënteerde makro-ekonomiese beleid na te volg om langtermyn-groeimoontlikhede te bevorder. G20-lande se ministers van Finansies en sentrale banke se presidente het hierdie week in Washington hul toewyding bevestig om globale groei te stabiliseer, skuldkwessies te hanteer en Afrika […]
# Mineral and Petroleum Resources minister, Gwede Mantashe, says the trade tariffs imposed by the US will not affect South Africa’s fuel security. US president Donald Trump imposed a 30-percent tariff hike on South African exports to America, which took effect in August. Mantashe says since the country does not export any fuel to the US, […]
# The UK’s domestic security service, MI5, is warning that Britain faces an escalating threat from hostile countries including Iran, Russia and China, while the terrorism risk remains huge. This as the UK has seen a 35-percent rise last year in the number of suspects investigated for possibly working for a hostile foreign government. MI5 […]
# Deputy Finance Minister, David Masondo, says given the challenges of high public debt and fiscal pressures, it is important to pursue growth-oriented macroeconomic policies to enhance long-term growth potential. G20 finance ministers and central bank governors have reaffirmed their commitment to stabilising global growth, tackling debt vulnerabilities, and enhancing Africa’s voice in global financial […]
# Die Durbanse Universiteit vir Tegnologie se Innobiz-sentrum vir Entrepreneurskap en Innovasie het as deel van ‘n sterk Suid-Afrikaanse afvaardiging onlangs aan die Agro-interskole-kompetisie in Rusland deelgeneem. Die geleentheid het studente van Rusland en vennootlande insluitend Suid-Afrika, Zimbabwe, Ethiopië, Belarus, Kazakstan, China en Indië, byeengebring. Span Suid-Afrika, bestaande uit Ntwenhle Malinga, Kusas’elihle Ndawonde en Anitha […]
# Die Amerikaanse Departement van Justisie het president Donald Trump se voormalige raadgewer oor nasionale sekuriteit, John Bolton, strafregtelik aangekla. Volgens die klagstaat, staar die 76-jarige Bolton agt aanklagte dat hy inligting oor nasionale verdediging versprei en tien aanklagte dat hy inligting oor nasionale verdediging verswyg het, in die gesig. Aanklaers beskuldig hom dat hy […]
# The Durban University of Technology Innobiz DUT Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, formed part of a strong South African delegation which recently participated in the Agro Inter Schools competition in Russia. The global event brought together students from the host nation, Russia and partner countries, including South Africa, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, China, and […]
