# Israeli forces bombed Beirut’s southern suburbs, marking the first strike in the Lebanese capital since the beginning of the US-brokered ceasefire with armed group Hezbollah last month. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he had personally approved the strike, which targeted a commander of the group’s elite Radwan Force. He says the Radwan terrorists are responsible […]
# Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Parks Tau, says broad-based black economic empowerment will continue to be the lever government uses to free South Africans. This as Business Leadership South Africa has warned that the department’s proposed amendments to the B-BBEE regulations risk undermining years of industrial development. Tau says B-BBEE must be strengthened […]
# Die minister van Landbou, John Steenhuisen, sê ‘n span Suid-Afrikaanse dieregesondheidkundiges sal Brasilië later die maand besoek vir kennisuitruiling oor bek-en-klouseer, naspeuring en toesigmetodes. Hy sê hierdie vennootskap kan die weg baan vir ‘n voorgestelde Brasilië-Suid-Afrika Biosekuriteitskorridor, wat biosekuriteit as handelsversperring in ‘n brug vir ekonomiese groei sal omskep. Steenhuisen sê Suid-Afrika se strategie […]
# Krieket: Die vyfmalige kampioen, Chennai Super Kings, het Delhi Capitals met agt paaltjies afgeransel en kan steeds die uitspeelrondes van die Indiese Premierliga haal. Tristan Stubbs en Sameer Rizvi het ʼn vennootskap van 65-lopies om die sesde paaltjie behaal om Capitals tot 155 vir sewe te neem. Sanju Samson het daarna ʼn onoorwonne 87 […]
# President Donald Trump sê “Projek Vryheid”, die vlootoperasie om kommersiële skepe deur die Straat van Hormoes te lei, sal vir ‘n kort tydperk onderbreek word. Hy sê dit is om te kyk of ‘n ooreenkoms tussen die VSA en Iran gefinaliseer kan word. In ‘n plasing op Truth Social het Trump beklemtoon die Amerikaanse […]
# Die minister van Gesondheid, Aaron Motsoaledi, verwerp kommer oor die finansiële lewensvatbaarheid en instelling van Nasionale Gesondheidsversekering. Die Konstitusionele Hof hoor hierdie week ʼn saak aan om te bepaal of die openbare konsultasieproses voor die NGV-wet aanvaar is, grondwetlik voldoende was. Die Raad van Gesondheidsorgbefondsers en die Wes-Kaapse regering het dit aanhangig gemaak. Motsoaledi […]
# Minister of Agriculture, John Steenhuisen, says a team of South African animal health experts will visit Brazil later this month for an intensive knowledge exchange on foot-and-mouth disease, traceability, and surveillance methods. He says this partnership could pave the way for a proposed Brazil–South Africa Biosecurity Corridor, which would turn biosecurity from a trade […]
# US president Donald Trump says “Project Freedom,” the naval effort aimed at guiding commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, will be paused for a short period. He says this is to see if an agreement between the US and Iran can be finalised. On a post on Truth Social, Trump emphasised that the […]
# Cricket: Five-time champions the Chennai Super Kings defeated the Delhi Capitals by eight wickets to keep their Indian Premier League playoff hopes alive. Tristan Stubbs and Sameer Rizvi constructed a 65-run partnership for the sixth wicket to propel the Capitals to 155 for seven. In reply, Sanju Samson anchored the chase with an unbeaten 87 […]
