# 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, […]
# Israel’s justice ministry published a list of 250 prisoners to be released in exchange for hostages still held in Gaza, as part of a ceasefire deal with Hamas. The list does not include the names of several senior Palestinian militant leaders seen as symbols of resistance and whose release Hamas has demanded. One of […]
# Die mededingingswaghond in Brittanje het die weg gebaan vir strenger regulering om Google se oorheersing van aanlyn-soektogte aan te pak onder nuwe geteikende maatreëls, met die fokus op tegnologiereuse. Die Mededingings- en Markte-owerheid het gesê hy het aan Google ‘strategiese markstatus’ toegeken wat hom aan spesiale vereistes onderwerp. ‘n Soortgelyke tegnologie-mededingingswet van die Europese […]
# Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he hoped Israel would mark a “day of national joy” starting Monday night, when all living and deceased hostages are expected to be returned from Gaza. He said in a televised statement that two years ago the Simhat Torah holiday became a day of national mourning, but now with […]
# Britain’s competition watchdog has paved the way for tougher regulation to tackle Google’s dominance in online search, under new targeted measures focused on technology giants. The Competition and Markets Authority said it has designated Google with “strategic market status”, subjecting it to special requirements. A similar tech competition law from the European Union, the […]
# Die UDM sê vrede in die Midde-Ooste sal slegs deur geregtigheid en respek vir menseregte bereik word. Die UDM se adjunkpresident, Nqabayomzi Kwankwa, sê die party salueer Nkosi Mandla Mandela, Zukiswa Wanner, Carolyn Shelver, Zaheera Soomar, Fatima Hendricks en Reaz Moola vir hul dapperheid en solidariteit met die mense van Palestina. Hy sê Hendricks, […]
# Venezuela se opposisieleier, Maria Corina Machado, het 2025 se Nobelprys vir Vrede gewen vir haar dapper stryd om demokrasie in haar land te herstel. Wêreldwye aandag rondom vanjaar se prys het ook gevolg op bespiegelings oor die Amerikaanse president, Donald Trump, se langdurige strewe om die eer te beklink. Jorgen Watne Frydnes van die […]
# Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for her courageous fight to restore democracy in her country. Global attention around this year’s prize also followed speculation about US president Donald Trump’s long-standing pursuit of the honour. The Nobel Committee’s Jorgen Watne Frydnes described Machado as a unifying […]
