# Mineral and Petroleum Resources minister, Gwede Mantashe, has reiterated that developing South Africa’s oil and gas potential could be a game changer for economic growth. Exploration has found that South Africa’s coastal and adjoining waters hold approximately nine-billion barrels of oil and a further 11-billion barrels of oil equivalent of natural gas. Mantashe says […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse lugredery Airlink brei sy streeksbedrywighede uit. Vanaf 1 April sal ‘n nuwe roete in werking tree tussen Kaapstad en Gaborone in Botswana, met vlugte drie keer per week. Vlugte tussen Johannesburg en Nairobi in Kenia sowel as tussen Johannesburg en Lusaka in Zambië sal vanaf 30 Maart vermeerder. Die bykomende vlugte na […]
# South African airline Airlink is expanding its regional operations. From 1 April, a new Cape Town-Gaborone in Botswana route will launch, operating three times a week. Additionally, flights between Johannesburg and Nairobi in Kenya, as well as Johannesburg and Lusaka in Zambia, will increase from 30 March. The added Nairobi flights will include night […]
# Oudpresident Kgalema Motlanthe het Suid-Afrika aangemoedig om sy gespanne verhouding met Amerika te herstel en bande met die Europese Unie te versterk. Hy het ‘n eredoktorsgraad in Filosofie van die Universiteit van Johannesburg ontvang ter erkenning van sy leierskap in die bestendiging van die regering tydens sy presidentskap in 2008 tot 2009, en sy […]
# Former president Kgalema Motlanthe has urged South Africa to repair its strained relationship with the US and strengthen ties with the European Union. He was speaking at the University of Johannesburg on Tuesday, where he received an honorary doctorate in Philosophy, recognising his leadership in stabilising government during his 2008-2009 presidency, and his ongoing […]
# Dutch King Willem-Alexander has addressed human rights concerns during his state visit to Kenya, amid growing allegations of abuses. This visit comes despite over 20-thousand Kenyans signed a petition urging the visit’s cancellation, citing arrests of critics and state-linked abductions and over 300 appeals to cancel. Speaking in Nairobi, he emphasised the importance of […]
# Die kreatiewe hoofdirekteur van die Italiaanse luukse-modehuis Versace, Donatella Versace, gaan ná bykans 30 jaar uittree. Sy het in 1997 die pos by haar broer, Gianni, oorgeneem ná sy opspraakwekkende moord voor sy huis in Miami, Florida. Gianni het die modehuis in 1978 gestig. Die 69-jarige Donatella word opgevolg deur Dario Vitale, wat ‘n […]
# Italian luxury fashion house Versace’s chief creative director, Donatella Versace, is stepping down after nearly 30 years. She took over in 1997 following the highly publicised murder of her brother, Gianni, outside his Miami Beach mansion. He founded the company in 1978. Sixty-nine-year-old Donatella will be replaced by Dario Vitale, who is a former […]
# Die DA se oorsese netwerk, DA Abroad, verwelkom die Onafhanklike Verkiesingskommissie se versekering dat oorsese aanlyn registrasie die naweek in werking sal tree. Dit volg nadat die OVK se adjunk uitvoerende hoof van verkiesingsbedrywighede, Masego Sheburi, dié week aan die Parlement bevestig het dat die aanlyn registrasiestelsel vir buitelandse kiesers nou gereed is. Ludré […]
