# Union federation Cosatu calls on South Africa, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, and Namibia to review their revenue-sharing formula. South Africa will host the Southern Africa Customs Union’s summit of heads of state and government in Cape Town tomorrow. They will deliberate on key issues affecting regional economic integration, industrial development and trade cooperation. Cosatu’s Zanele […]
# Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, has called for an investigation into what he calls anti-Israel bias at the UN. A commission found Israeli authorities and security forces deliberately targeted Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, resulting in genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. Danon says the […]
# The United Nations says child protection must be integrated across all peace, security and post‑conflict processes. A report has revealed soldiers and government forces were responsible for more grave violations against children in armed conflict than non-state armed groups last year. It verified 38-thousand-558 grave violations, affecting 24-thousand-174 children. UN special representative for Children […]
# Minstens 32 mense is dood en meer as 700 beseer nadat twee aardbewings Venezuela se hoofstad, Caracas, getref het. Die dodetal gaan na verwagting styg. Die skuddings van 7,2 en 7,5 het 40 sekondes na mekaar voorgekom. Geboue het ingetuimel en die land se belangrikste lughawe is gesluit. Venezuela se tussentydse president, Delcy Rodríguez, […]
# At least 32 people have been killed and over 700 were injured after two earthquakes struck the Venezuelan capital of Caracas, with the death toll expected to rise. The quakes, which had magnitudes of 7.2 and 7.5, were just 40 seconds apart, collapsing buildings and prompting the closure of the country’s main airport. Venezuela’s interim […]
# Die Withuis het die kongres versoek om ʼn bykomende 1,45-duisend-miljard-rand goed te keur, onder meer vir die oorlog teen Iran. Die meeste fondse sal na die Departement van Verdediging gaan vir bedryfskoste om voorrade aan te vul. Die befondsingsversoek wat by die Withuis se kantoor vir bestuur en begroting ingedien is, sluit ook sowat […]
# The White House has requested that Congress approve an additional 1.45-trillion-rand in spending, including for the US-Israel war on Iran. The bulk of the funding is earmarked for the Department of Defence for operational costs to rebuild stocks. The funding request submitted by the Office of Management and Budget in the White House also […]
# Twee kragtige aardbewings van 7,2 en 7,5 het Venezuela se hoofstad, Caracas, binne enkele sekondes na mekaar getref en geboue laat ineenstort. Noodwerkers probeer mense uit die puin en beskadigde geboue red, en waarsku inwoners om hul huise te verlaat en buite te wag weens moontlike naskokke. Die regering het regstreekse gasverbindings na sekere […]
# Die Internasionale Atoomenergie-agentskap sal binnekort inspeksies in Iran uitvoer ná ʼn tussentydse vredesooreenkoms tussen Amerika en Teheran. Dit is ten spyte van teenstrydige verklarings van Iran en Washington. Iran se ministerie van Buitelandse Sake hou vol toegang tot sy beskadigde kernfasiliteite en kernmateriaal kan slegs binne die raamwerk van ʼn finale ooreenkoms hanteer word. […]
