# Die minister van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking, Ronald Lamola, sê Suid-Afrika volg ʼn onafhanklike buitelandse beleid wat stewig gevestig is in die beginsel van onverbondenheid, en sal nie van buite voorgeskryf word nie. Hy het gereageer op opmerkings van die Amerikaanse ambassadeur in Pretoria, Leo Brent Bozell, wat gesê het adjunkpresident Paul Mashatile se […]
# The death toll from two powerful earthquakes that struck Venezuela near the capital Caracas has risen to 188, with more than one-thousand-500 people injured. The first 7.2-magnitude quake was followed seconds later by an even stronger 7.5-magnitude one, making it the country’s most powerful in more than a century. Many people are missing or […]
# Die Amerikaanse Hooggeregshof het beslis dat president Donald Trump se regering die wetlike beskerming vir migrante wat van geweld en natuurrampe in Haïti en Sirië vlug, kan beëindig. Die beëindiging van die tydelike beskermde status sal soveel as 350-duisend Haïtiane en ses-duisend Siriërs in Amerika raak. Intussen het die hof in ‘n afsonderlke uitspraak […]
# Outgoing British prime minister Keir Starmer says he will ensure an orderly transition of power. He announced his resignation on Monday, with Andy Burnham his likely replacement as both prime minister and leader of the Labour Party. Burnham is the only candidate to have emerged so far, and if he does not face a challenger, […]
# Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, says South Africa pursues an independent foreign policy firmly anchored in the principle of non-alignment, and will not be dictated by external pressure. He was responding to comments made by the US ambassador to Pretoria, Leo Brent Bozell, who claimed that deputy president Paul Mashatile’s visit […]
# The US Supreme Court has ruled that president Donald Trump’s administration can end legal protections for migrants fleeing violence and natural disaster in Haiti and Syria. The termination of the Temporary Protected Status will affect as many as 350-thousand Haitians and six-thousand Syrians in America. Meanwhile, in a separate ruling, the court has revived a […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Correctional Services says prison overcrowding remains a serious challenge, with foreign national inmates making up about 12-percent of sentenced prisoners. Committee chairperson Anthea Ramolobeng told the media delays in deportation processes are adding pressure to already strained facilities and resources. Ramolobeng welcomed a prisoner transfer agreement between South Africa and […]
# Die Parlementêre Portefeuljekomitee oor Korrektiewe Dienste sê die oorbevolking van korrektiewe instellings bly ‘n ernstige uitdaging, met buitelandse gevangenes wat sowat 12-persent van gevonnisde gevangenes uitmaak. Die komiteevoorsitter, Anthea Ramolobeng het aan die media gesê vertragings in deportasieprosesse plaas druk op fasiliteite en hulpbronne wat reeds onder druk is. Ramolobeng het ‘n gevangene-oordragooreenkoms tussen […]
# Verlede nag se twee opeenvolgende aardbewings in Venezuela het die lewens van minstens 164 mense geëis en sowat ‘n duisend beseer. Reddingswerkers soek steeds deur die puin van verwoeste geboue in die hoofstad, Caracas, terwyl oorlewendes om hulp roep. Waarnemende president Delcy Rodríguez het ‘n noodtoestand afgekondig en sê daar was reeds 30 naskokke. […]
