Fri 01 August 2025: Water and Sanitation Deputy Minister David Mahlobo has reaffirmed government’s commitment to tackling the growing challenge of water infrastructure sabotage and criminal activities of the so-called “water mafia”, who continue to violate citizens’ constitutional right to water access. Speaking during a webinar hosted by the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC), […]
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Fri 01 August 2025: US President Donald Trump acknowledged Thursday the extreme hunger being experienced by Palestinians in Gaza amid Israel’s ongoing restrictions on the delivery of direly-needed humanitarian assistance. “It’s terrible, what’s occurring there. Yeah, it’s a terrible thing. People are very hungry,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “It’s a terrible situation.” […]
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Thu 31 July 2025: South Africa is preparing a last-minute “enhanced” trade proposal at the urging of US officials in hopes of avoiding a 30% tariff which kicks in on Friday, its trade minister said on Thursday. South Africa initially submitted a proposed trade deal to President Donald Trump’s administration in May and revised it in June, […]
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Thu 31 July 2025: The South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has decided to reduce the repo rate by 25 basis points to 7%, with effect from the 1 August 2025. Addressing a media briefing on the MPC’s decision on the repo rate, SARB Governor Lesetja Kganyago said the decision to reduce the […]
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Thu 31 July 2025: Canada and the US are working on negotiating a trade deal by August 1, with Trump threatening a 35% tariff on Canada. United States President Donald Trump has said it will be difficult to make a trade deal with Canada after it announced that it would back Palestinian statehood, following the […]
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Thu 31 July 2025: Executive Director of the FW de Klerk Foundation and Former Executive Director at Agri SA, Christo van der Rheede, believes the looming United States tariffs on South African exports are punitive and will ultimately harm them. With President Donald Trump’s August 1st deadline for 30% tariff hikes approaching, South Africa faces […]
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Thu 31 July 2025: The Australian government has now included YouTube in its groundbreaking social media ban for children under 16. Although previously exempt, that decision has been reversed. Starting in December, children under 16 will be prohibited from creating accounts on YouTube, in addition to TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), and Snapchat. Young people will still be […]
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Thu 31 July 2025: From Lagos to Cape Town, Santiago to Seoul, people want to be cool. “Cool” is a word we hear everywhere – in music, in fashion, on social media. We use it to describe certain types of people. But what exactly makes someone cool? Is it just about being popular or trendy? […]
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Thu 31 July 2025: Nearly 50 Israeli soldiers have died by suicide since the outbreak of the Gaza war in October 2023, local media said on Wednesday. The daily Haaretz said 17 soldiers committed suicide this year, while 24 killed themselves in 2024, and 17 in 2023, including seven following the Gaza war. The newspaper […]
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Thu 31 July 2025: In a bid to salvage the two-state solution long dismissed by Israel, Arab states have urged Hamas to relinquish power in Gaza. Seventeen countries, including Arab League members, Turkiye and the European Union, have issued a joint call for Hamas to step aside and cede governance of Gaza to the Palestinian […]
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