# The agriculture organisation TLU SA has welcomed the historic stone fruit trade protocol between South Africa and China. The agreement opens the Chinese market for the first time to five types of South African stone fruit, namely apricots, peaches, nectarines, plums, and prunes. The opening of the Chinese market could unlock approximately 400-million-rand for the […]
# United Nations secretary general, António Guterres, is calling on the world to build food systems that nourish people and protect the planet. Today is World Food Day under the theme, Hand-in-hand for Better Foods and a Better Future, a call for solidarity across borders, sectors, and communities. An estimated 673-million people still go to bed […]
# Health minister Aaron Motsoaledi says South Africa will receive two-billion-rand over six months from the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. This is to sustain existing HIV and Aids programmes in the country. The cuts in the United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief in February this year have created a massive […]
# Amerika se minister van Verdediging, Pete Hegseth, vra vrede deur mag om die konflik in Oekraïne te beëindig, en dat Rusland sy onnodige bloedvergieting staak. NAVO se ministers van Verdediging wat reeds meer hommeltuie aan Oekraïne beloof het, het gister in Brussel vergader. Hegseth sê as daar op die kort termyn geen weg na […]
# Limpopo se premier, Phophi Ramathuba, sê pogings gaan voort om die slagoffers van Sondag se noodlottige busongeluk naby Louis Trichardt uit te ken. Drie-en-veertig mense is in die ongeluk dood. Die meeste passasiers was burgers van Zimbabwe en Malawi wat van die Oos-Kaap na Harare gereis het. Ramathuba sê hulle werk saam met Zimbabwiese […]
# Hamas says it has handed over the remains of all the deceased Israeli hostages that it can reach. Two further bodies were handed over late on Wednesday, after the militant group had already returned the remains of seven of 28 known deceased hostages, along with an eighth body which Israel said was not that […]
# US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth is calling for peace through strength to help end the conflict in Ukraine, and for Russia to stop what he says is the needless bloodshed. NATO’s defence ministers, who have already pledged more drones for Ukraine, met in Brussels on Wednesday. Hegseth says if there is no path to […]
# The DA has welcomed the signing of a landmark stone fruit trade protocol between South Africa and China, saying this is a breakthrough for the agriculture sector. The agreement opens the Chinese market for the first time to five types of South African stone fruit, namely apricots, peaches, nectarines, plums, and prunes. The DA’s […]
# Limpopo premier Phophi Ramathuba says efforts are underway to identify the victims of Sunday’s bus crash that claimed the lives of 43 people near Louis Trichardt. Most of the passengers on board were Zimbabwean and Malawian nationals who were en route to Harare from the Eastern Cape. Ramathuba says they are working closely with authorities […]
