# China has accused President Donald Trump of fanning the flames in the mounting conflict between Iran and Israel, after the US leader warned Tehran residents to “immediately evacuate”. The sudden flare-up in hostilities has sparked fears of a wider conflict, with Trump urging Iran back to the negotiating table after Israel’s attacks derailed ongoing […]
# Die Wits-universiteit het 22-miljoen-rand se noodbefondsing onmiddellik beskikbaar gestel om nagraadse studente en belangrike navorsingspersoneel in die Fakulteit Gesondheidswetenskappe te ondersteun. Dit volg nadat die Amerikaanse regering internasionale navorsingsbefondsing vir die mediese veld onverwags gestaak het. Wits sê hierdie fondse sal sowat 75 nagraadse studente in staat stel om hul graad te voltooi, en […]
# The University of the Witwatersrand has made available 22-million-rand in emergency funding to immediately support postgraduate students and key research staff in the Faculty of Health Sciences. This is in response to the sudden termination of major international health research funding from the US government. Wits says this emergency funding will assist approximately 75 postgraduate […]
# Die maatskaplike sekerheidsagentskap Sassa gaan Oos-Kaapse gesinne wat in die dodelike vloede geraak is ondersteun met kos, kontantbewyse, komberse en ander noodsaaklikhede. Die uitvoerende hoof, Themba Matlou, het die agentskap se ingryping deur sy maatskaplike verligting van noodtoelaag bevestig. Vloede in die OR Tambo- en die Amathole-distrik het 78 lewens geëis en honderde mense […]
# Die Europese Unie se hoof van Buitelandse Beleid, Kaja Kallas, het beide kante versoek om selfbeheersing toe te pas nadat Israel Iran se kernprogram en militêre leierskap geteiken het. Kallas het in ‘n plasing op X die situasie in die Midde-Ooste as gevaarlik bestempel. EU-amptenare sê hy het vroegoggend met die Israelse minister van […]
# The SA Social Security Agency will provide support to Eastern Cape families affected by deadly floods with food, cash vouchers, blankets, and essentials. CEO Themba Matlou confirmed the agency’s intervention through its Social Relief of Distress programme. Floods in OR Tambo and Amathole districts claimed 78 lives and displaced hundreds. Matlou says teams are active […]
# The European Union’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, called for all sides to exercise restraint after Israeli strikes targeted Iran’s nuclear programme and military leadership. Kallas wrote on X that the situation in the Middle East is dangerous. EU officials said Kallas spoke to Israeli Foreign minister Gideon Saar in the “early hours” of […]
# ‘n Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner het neergestort minute nadat dit van Ahmedabad in die weste van Indië opgestyg het onderweg na die Gatwick-lughawe in Londen. Daar was 242 mense aan boord, insluitend 11 kinders. Die passasiers sluit 169 Indiese burgers, 53 Britte, sewe Portugese en ‘n Kanadees in. Dit het teen ‘n hostel […]
# Die Automobiel-Assosiasie van Suid-Afrika is deur die Top Employers Institute as die voorste werkgewer vir 2025 aangewys. Die vereniging se woordvoerder, Eleanor Mavimbela, beklemtoon die organisasie se verbintenis tot uitsonderlike menslike hulpbronpraktyke en ‘n beter werkende wêreld. Mavimbela sê die AA sluit aan by meer as twee-duisend-400 wêreldwye organisasies in 125 lande en is […]
