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Ukraine to produce drones in Norway, Oslo says
OSLO, April 14 (Reuters) – Norway and Ukraine will strengthen their bilateral defence cooperation, including by producing Ukrainian drones in the Nordic country, the Norwegian government said on Tuesday.
South African president chooses Roelf Meyer as next ambassador to U.S.
JOHANNESBURG, April 14 (Reuters) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has chosen Roelf Meyer, a chief negotiator during the talks to end white minority rule in the 1990s, to be his country’s next ambassador to the United States.
Ramaphosa picks ex-National Party MP as South Africa’s ambassador to United States
Ramaphosa has named Roelf Meyer, a former National Party negotiator and ex-member of Parliament, as South Africa’s envoy to the United States.
MUNICIPAL DYSFUNCTION: Burnt, looted and abandoned — how NMB storage depot went to rack and ruin
Security failures left Despatch’s roads and stormwater depot unsecured, leading to multiple thefts and arson of assets worth more than R403,000 and disrupting disposal processes.
GANGSTERISM ANALYSIS: Western Cape army deployment — a plaster on gaping gang gunshot wounds
Soldiers have been deployed to gang hotspots in the Western Cape to help police quell violence. They may serve as a visual deterrent, but do little to deal with the hold gangsterism has on communities and ongoing suspicions of state collusion.
Ramaphosa set to name new ambassador to the United States
President Cyril Ramaphosa is poised to tap veteran political negotiator Roelf Meyer as the country’s next envoy to the US, as Pretoria seeks to steady relations with Washington after a turbulent year.
Right of reply: Governance, integrity are central to Wilgenhof reckoning, so Stellenbosch council chair had to go
Demanding that the council chair step down does not shut down a crucial conversation about ‘a transformative institutional culture’. If we do not publicly demand and then secure trustworthy leadership, any transformation will founder on crumbling foundations.
EPWP funding to eThekwini halted over ‘jobs for sex’ and ghost beneficiaries scandal
Public Works Minister Dean Macpherson has suspended EPWP funding to eThekwini after an Auditor-General report exposed ghost beneficiaries, irregular payments and allegations of “jobs for sex” corruption
News24 | Elon Musk’s father seeking Russian refuge for SA farmers
The father of tech billionaire Elon Musk is working on a project to grant refugee status in Russia to South African farmers, he told AFP on Tuesday, a project similar to one by the US government.
CASE EXPANDS: Insurance broker joins client in dock as Nxuba funeral policy fraud case deepens
A Nxuba insurance broker has joined his client in the dock as a funeral policy fraud case widens, with the pair now facing dozens of charges linked to allegedly fraudulent policies worth nearly R900,000.
Not in our name — an Iranian response to war, from within the diaspora
Iranians in South Africa are united against war propaganda. They reject foreign intervention, emphasising that pro-war voices do not represent their views. Together, they advocate for peace and Iranian sovereignty.
Here’s how to make drug addiction a health issue, not a criminal one
Experts say South Africa’s contradictory approach to drugs — treating addiction as both a disease and a crime — is fuelling a worsening crisis in places like Westbury, where illicit drugs plague the community
DRIER STRAITS: Hundreds of jobs at risk as Selby businesses struggle through Joburg’s water crisis
The water crisis in Selby, an industrial suburb of Joburg, has deepened as businesses have been forced to spend thousands on acquiring water privately, with little communication from Johannesburg Water.
News24 | Lebanon, Israel start direct talks as Hezbollah launches new attacks
Washington’s top diplomat urged Israel and Lebanon to seize a “historic opportunity” for peace as direct talks between the two opened on Tuesday despite objections from Hezbollah, which announced fresh attacks on Israel just as negotiations got under way.
WeBuyCars founders get green light to take over South African property giant
The Competition Commission has approved AttBid’s bid to acquire RMB Holdings, paving the way for the Van der Walt brothers to gain control of the company.
News24 | PODCAST | The Lead: Bribes for debt wipes? Slain Emfuleni whistleblower tipped officials
Seasoned broadcast journalist Graeme Raubenheimer brings you The Lead, News24’s definitive podcast for in-depth reporting.
‘Tick-box democracy’: Joburg’s Integrated Development Plan meetings are failing residents — Here’s how to contribute meaningfully
Johannesburg is urging residents to help shape its development priorities through the Integrated Development Plan – but behind the public meetings lies a process many say is opaque, poorly structured and increasingly ineffective.
BUSINESS REFLECTION: After the Bell: Many of Joburg’s informal settlements are a legacy of mining’s exploitative history
There is a growing underclass that is the consequence of the South Africa’s once-vast mining migrant labour system, which once employed almost 500,000 foreign workers who were subjected to ruthless exploitation for decades.