# Die miljardêr Elon Musk het Suid-Afrika se wette oor swart ekonomiese bemagtiging gekritiseer. Hy sê die Starlink-internetdiens word nie in die land toegelaat nie omdat hy wit is. Om in Suid-Afrika gebruik te word, moet Starlink netwerk- en dienslisensies kry, wat albei 30-persent eienaarskap deur voorheen benadeelde groepe vereis. Die regering wil volgens berigte […]
# Renowned businessman Johann Rupert says golfer Ernie Els was the person who, over the past month, talked US president Donald Trump into agreeing to a meeting with president Cyril Ramaphosa. Rupert and Els will reportedly join Ramaphosa’s delegation when he meets Trump in the White House today. News24 reports that in an interview, Rupert […]
# Die minister van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging, Parks Tau, en die minister van Landbou, John Steenhuisen het met die Amerikaanse handelsverteenwoordiger-ambassadeur Jamieson Lee Greer, in Washington vergader. Amerika is Suid-Afrika se tweede grootste handelsvennoot ná China. Steenhuisen sê die vergadering het gefokus op die versekering van oop en wedersyds voordelige toegang vir landbouprodukte wat […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê hy sien uit na ‘n baie goeie en positiewe ontmoeting vandag met die Amerikaanse president Donald Trump. Hy het gister die Suid-Afrikaanse ambassade in Washington besoek, waar hy ‘n strategiese inligtingsessie deur sy ministers bygewoon het. Die regering het die langverwagte gesprekke as ‘n geleentheid bestempel om verhoudings te herstel. […]
# The EFF has condemned reports that the government is set to offer regulatory assurances to Elon Musk’s Starlink, saying this move is unconstitutional. The government is reportedly planning to offer Musk a workaround of local black ownership laws for his Starlink internet service to operate in South Africa. The EFF says they are not […]
# Tech billionaire Elon Musk has criticised South Africa’s Black Economic Empowerment laws. He claims the Starlink internet service was barred from operating in the country because he is not black. To operate in South Africa, Starlink needs to obtain network and service licences, which both require 30-percent ownership by historically disadvantaged groups. Government is […]
# Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition Parks Tau, together with minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen, met with US Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson Lee Greer in Washington. America is South Africa’s second-biggest trade partner after China. Minister Steenhuisen says the meeting centred on ensuring open and mutually beneficial access for agricultural products that create jobs […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says he is looking forward to a really good and positive meeting with US president Donald Trump today. He visited the South African embassy in Washington on Tuesday, where he received a strategic briefing from his ministers. The government has labelled the much-anticipated talks an opportunity to reset relations. Ramaphosa says a […]
# Lede van die Wêreldgesondheidsorganisasie het gister ‘n ooreenkoms aanvaar om voorbereiding vir moontlike toekomstige pandemies te verbeter na die onsamehangende wêreldwye reaksie op Covid-19. Na drie jaar van onderhandelinge is die wettige verdrag deur die Wêreldgesondheidsvergadering in Genève aangeneem. Die verdrag word beskou as ‘n oorwinning vir lede van die wêreldgesondheidsagentskap in ‘n tyd […]
