# Die Withuis sê Rusland en Oekraïne het ingestem tot ʼn skietstilstand in die Swartsee wat veilige handelsvaarte sal verseker. Die Oekraïnse president Volodymyr Zelensky sê die ooreenkoms is ʼn stap in die regte rigting, maar enige beweging deur die Russiese vloot sal die ooreenkoms verbreek. Rusland sê intussen sekere sanksies op banke, versekeraars en […]
# The Congress of South African Trade Unions has called on Parliament to exercise its legislative authority and amend the 2025/2026 budget to scrap the value-added tax hike. In his budget speech earlier this month, Finance minister Enoch Godongwana proposed a 0.5 percentage point VAT hike in 2025/2026 and again in 2026/2027. Cosatu’s, Matthew Parks on […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says the decision by US president Donald Trump’s administration to terminate USAID foreign funding is a wake-up call for South Africa to be self-reliant. The US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, among those hit by the funding cuts, supported numerous programmes focusing on prevention, counselling, and monitoring, and amounted to […]
# The White House says Russia and Ukraine have agreed on a ceasefire in the Black Sea, ensuring the safe passage for commercial shipping. Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the deal is a step in the right direction, but any movement of Russian naval vessels would be a violation of the agreement. Meanwhile, Russia says […]
# UNAIDS waarsku die besnoeiings in Amerikaanse buitelandse hulp kan ‘n drastiese toename in Vigsverwante sterftes en besmettings veroorsaak en 25 jaar se vooruitgang tot niet maak. UNAIDS se hoof, Winnie Byanyima, dring aan dat die hulp onmiddellik herstel moet word en waarsku oor ‘n moontlike 6,3-miljoen bykomende sterftes en 8,7-miljoen nuwe besmettings binne vier […]
# UNAIDS has warned that cuts in US foreign aid could cause a drastic rise in AIDS-related deaths and infections, reversing 25 years of progress. UNAIDS chief Winnie Byanyima urged immediate restoration of aid, warning of 6.3-million additional deaths and 8.7-million new infections in four years. She warns that the cuts threaten low-income countries in […]
# Die premier van Gauteng, Panyaza Lesufi, en die burgemeester van Tshwane, Nasiphi Moya, sal na verwagting vandag die gedenkdiens bywoon van die ses gemeenskapspatrolleerders wat in die Marry Me informele nedersetting in Soshanguve dood is. Ongeïdentifiseerde mans het die patrollielede Saterdag in die vroeë oggendure aangeval. Lesufi en Moya sal ná die gedenkdiens ‘n […]
# Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi and Tshwane mayor Nasiphi Moya, are today expected to attend the memorial service of six community patrollers who died in the Marry Me informal settlement in Soshanguve. The patrollers were attacked by unidentified men in the early hours of Saturday morning. Lesufi and Moya will also host a community imbizo […]
# Perdewedrenne: Renperde gaan in die toekoms in Brittanje getoets word vir gene-opkikkers as deel van ‘n teen-opkikkerprogram. Die Britse Perdewedren-owerheid het die aankondiging gedoen nadat hy byna 50-miljoen-rand belê het in omvattende navorsing oor opsporingsmetodes. Die liggaam sê daar is geen bewyse van gene-opkikkergebruik in die sport nie, maar hy wil waak teen toekomstige […]
