# With a ceasefire now in place, people in Gaza are facing the desperate reality of their plight after two years of relentless Israeli bombardments. The Disasters Emergency Committee has now renewed its appeal for donations to help struggling families. Desperately needed humanitarian aid is expected to increase, with trucks of supplies standing ready at […]
# Mense in Gaza trotseer hulle wanhopige werklikheid ná twee jaar van meedoënlose Israelse aanvalle, ondanks die aanvaarding van ‘n skietstilstand. Die Nood-rampkomitee het sy oproep vir skenkings hernu om sukkelende gesinne te help. Die desperate vraag na humanitêre hulp sal na verwagting toeneem terwyl volgelaaide vragmotors gereed staan by grense met lewensreddende voedsel, water, […]
# Namibia’s headline inflation climbed to 3.5-percent in September from 3.2-percent in August, mainly due to rising transport costs. The Namibia Statistics Agency says vehicle prices rose sharply, ending months of deflation in the sector. Food and housing costs also contributed to inflationary pressure. FNB Namibia economist Helena Mboti noted that transport dynamics continue to […]
# Die Withuis het die Noorweegse Nobelkomitee gekritiseer nadat hy die vredesprys aan die Venezolaanse opposisieleier, Maria Corina Machado, toegeken het en die Amerikaanse president Donald Trump oor die hoof gesien het. Direkteur van Kommunikasie van die Withuis, Steven Cheung sê op X die Nobel-komitee het bewys hulle plaas politiek bo vrede. Hy sê Trump […]
# Cosatu verwelkom die Global Gateway-beleggingspakket ter waarde van 229-miljard-rand wat die president van die Europese Unie-kommissie, Ursula von der Leyen, en president Cyril Ramaphosa aangekondig het. COSATU se woordvoerder, Matthew Parks, sê die belegging, wat fokus op energie, infrastruktuur en farmaseutiese produkte, sal werksgeleenthede, ondernemings en groei bevorder. Hy waarsku die fondse moet toelaes […]
# Israel se Ministerie van Justisie het ‘n lys van 250 gevangenes gepubliseer wat as deel van ‘n wapenstilstands-ooreenkoms met Hamas vrygelaat sal word in ruil vir gyselaars wat steeds in Gaza aangehou word. Dit is sonder die name van verskeie senior Palestynse militante leiers wat as weerstand-simbole beskou word en wie se vrylating Hamas […]
# The White House lashed out at the Norwegian Nobel Committee after it awarded the peace prize to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado and overlooked US President Donald Trump. White House Director of Communications Steven Cheung said on X the Nobel Committee proved they place politics over peace. He said Trump will continue making […]
# Cosatu has welcomed the 229-billion-rand Global Gateway Investment Package announced by European Union Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and President Cyril Ramaphosa. COSATU spokesperson Matthew Parks says the investment, focusing on energy, infrastructure, and pharmaceuticals, will boost jobs, businesses, and growth. He cautioned that the funds must come as grants, not loans, and […]
# Eerste minister Benjamin Netanyahu sê hy hoop Israel sal Maandagaand ‘n “dag van nasionale vreugde” kan begin, wanneer al die lewende en dooie gyselaars na verwagting van Gaza sal terugkeer. Hy het in ‘n televisieuitsending gesê die Simhat Torah-vakansiedag twee jaar gelede was ‘n nasionale dag van rou, maar nou, met God se hulp, […]
