# The Paris prosecutor’s office says the two suspects arrested in connection with the theft of crown jewels from the Louvre’s Apollo Gallery have admitted involvement in the heist. Eight precious pieces worth an estimated 1.2-billion-rand were taken from the world’s most-visited museum two weeks ago, when four thieves wielding power tools broke into the building […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa and Switzerland can prove that economic growth and environmental stewardship are not adversaries but allies. Switzerland is one of South Africa’s main trading partners and a leading source of foreign direct investment. Addressing the House Parliament on Wednesday, as part of his state visit to Switzerland, Ramaphosa said […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says the 30-percent tariffs the US has imposed on South African exports have made the country diversify its trade reach. The president is on a two-day state visit to Switzerland. Switzerland remains one of South Africa’s key European trading partners, with total trade volume amounting to 18.2-billion-rand in 2024. Ramaphosa says […]
# ‘n Nuwe Oxford-studie in Nature het aan die lig gebring Afrika se ekostelsels werk teen minder as twee-derdes van hul oorspronklike energie, wat bioverskeidenheid en voortbestaan bedreig. Die hoofskrywer van Oxford se Omgewingsveranderingsinstituut, Ty Loft, sê die uitwerking van natuurlewe wat voedingstof-siklusse en saadverspreiding aanvoor, het sedert voor-koloniale tye afgeneem. Loft waarsku die verlies […]
# Die Duitse regering het ‘n verhoging van die minimumloon tot 291-rand per uur goedgekeur, die grootste verhoging sedert die land ‘n dekade gelede minimumlone ingestel het. Die verhoging sal in twee fases plaasvind. Die Minister van Arbeid, Baerbel Bas, sê ses-miljoen werknemers sal merkbaar meer ontvang en maatskappye kan die stygende koste oor twee […]
# Inwoners van ‘n krotbuurt in Rio de Janeiro het meer as 40 liggame op ‘n plein in rye neerlê ná die bloedigste polisie-operasie in die stad se geskiedenis. Daar is nog geen amptelike bevestiging of dit die 60 vermeende lede van ‘n dwelmbende insluit wat Dinsdag in ‘n reuse teendwelm-operasie in twee krotbuurte in […]
# Die Rooi Kruis sê vroeë aanduidings is dat Orkaan Melissa in die Karibiese Eilande ‘n ramp van ongekende omvang is. Alexander Pendry van die Britse Rooi Kruis sê nuus word ontvang dat hele gemeenskappe onder water is en sterk wind verwoesting gesaai het. Noodspanne mobiliseer reg oor die streek terwyl Melissa sy pad van […]
# Residents of a slum in Rio de Janeiro lined up more than 40 bodies at a plaza in their low-income neighborhood after the bloodiest police operation in the city’s history. There was no official confirmation yet about whether they were among the 60 suspected members of a drug gang who were killed during Tuesday’s […]
# A new Oxford-led study published in Nature has revealed that Africa’s ecosystems are operating on less than two-thirds of their original energy, threatening biodiversity and livelihoods. Lead author from Oxford’s Environmental Change Institute, Ty Loft, says wildlife power, the energy driving nutrient cycling and seed dispersal, has dropped since pre-colonial times. Loft warns that […]
