News in South Africa 7th March: 1. Crude oil surges over $130: Crude oil prices surged nearly 10% on Sunday evening to top $130 a barrel on fears of a supply crunch. Oil’s relentless price rise comes on the back of fears about a supply crunch after American Secretary of State Antony Blinken told NBC’s “Meet […]
News in South Africa 3rd March: 1. UN condemns Russian invasion: The UN General Assembly on Wednesday overwhelmingly adopted a resolution that “demands” Russia “immediately” withdraw from Ukraine, in a powerful rebuke of Moscow’s invasion by a vast majority of the world’s nations. After more than two days of extraordinary debate which saw the Ukrainian […]
News in South Africa 28th February: 1. SA patching up relations with Russia: South Africa has scrambled to patch up relations with Russia after International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor issued an unusually strong statement calling on Russia to withdraw from Ukraine. President Cyril Ramaphosa was reported by the Sunday Times to be unhappy with the […]
