# The European Union has sanctioned four entities and three individuals, it says, who are “extremist Israeli settlers” responsible for serious and systematic human rights abuses against Palestinians in the West Bank. Under the sanctions, all individuals and entities are subject to an asset freeze and also face a travel ban. Among those designated is […]
# Standard Bank says South Africa’s agricultural sector is facing renewed financial pressure following the Reserve Bank Monetary Policy Committee’s decision to increase the repo rate by 25 basis points to seven-percent. This is amid rising inflation, higher fuel prices, and concerns over a possible El Niño. Standard Bank’s Agribusiness for Business and Commercial Banking […]
# Die Amerikaanse vise-president, JD Vance, sê Washington en Iran het goeie vordering gemaak om ʼn ooreenkoms te bereik, maar daar is nog talle kwessies wat uitgeklaar moet word. Volgens berigte sou die ooreenkoms insluit dat die skietstilstand met 60 dae verleng word, die Straat van Hormoes sou heropen en beraadslaging oor Teheran se kernprogram […]
# Israel se eerste minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, sê sy land is nie meer net ʼn streeksmag nie, maar ʼn wêreldmag. Hy het by ʼn konferensie in die Wesoewer gepraat. Netanyahu sê Israel beheer tans 60-persent van die Gaza-strook, maar hy het sy militêre magte opdrag gee om uit te brei en 70-persent van die gebied […]
# US vice president JD Vance says Washington and Iran have made good progress on reaching an agreement, but there are still several sticking points. The deal would reportedly extend the ceasefire for 60 days, reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and launch talks on the future of Tehran’s nuclear programme. Meanwhile, both Iran and the […]
# Die Amerikaanse Sentrale Bevel sê Iran se aanval op Koeweit gister was ‘n growwe skietstilstandskending. Iran se Islamitiese Rewolusionêre Wag het bevestig hy het ‘n Amerikaanse lugbasis in die streek geteiken. Dit is nadat die VSA Iranse hommeltuie oor die Straat van Hormoes afgeskiet en ‘n militêre terrein in Bandar Abbas aangeval het. Die […]
# Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country is no longer just a regional power, but a global one. He was speaking at a conference in the occupied West Bank. Netanyahu says that with Israel controlling 60-percent of the Gaza Strip, he has instructed the military to expand and take over 70-percent of the […]
# The US Central Command says Iran’s attack on Kuwait yesterday was an egregious ceasefire violation. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps confirmed that it targeted an American air base in the region. This is after the US shot down Iranian drones over the Strait of Hormuz and struck a military site in Bandar Abbas. The […]
# Home Affairs minister Leon Schreiber says a major drug bust at the Beitbridge border in Limpopo is one of the most significant successes against cross-border drug smuggling in recent years. Yesterday a truck from Zimbabwe was intercepted carrying drugs worth nearly one-billion-rand, believed to be used in the production of Mandrax. Schreiber added the […]
