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At an official ceremony held by the Chinese government in Beijing on January 30, diplomats lined up to present their credentials to President Xi Jinping. Among the 309 diplomats, there were some surprising participants. After more than two years of negotiations, China has approved former Taliban spokesman Bilal Karimi as the official special envoy to Beijing, making the Xi administration the world's first special envoy since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in 2021. It became. China has been making inroads into Afghanistan through investments and projects since the United States withdrew its troops from Afghanistan in 2021, causing the…

robot moon The lander, built by Houston-based aerospace company Intuitive Machines, is scheduled to lift off early Wednesday on a NASA mission that will carry out the first U.S. moon landing in more than half a century and by a privately owned vehicle. was. The company's Nova-C lander, Odysseus, was scheduled to lift off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket just before 8 a.m. PT from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The weather forecast said there was a 95% chance of good weather conditions. The launch comes shortly after another private company, Astrobotic Technology's lunar lander, was…

Jordan Phillips, a learner from Whale School Kempton Park, will represent SA at the World Championships of Performing Arts, to be held in California, USA from 24 June to 10 July. “I am very honored to have been selected to participate in this World Championship,” Phillips said. Jordan became interested in guitars and music from an early age and got his first toy guitar when he was one and a half years old. “I took my guitar to the South African Performing Arts Competition and competed in different genres: contemporary, classical, variety, original, jazz and open, and was selected to…

Accountancy firm PwC said South Africa's National Treasury may need to increase value-added tax on some goods and services to bring in new revenue. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana signaled in November that he would announce new tax measures to raise an additional 15 billion rand ($783 million) in the February 21 budget. The country faces soaring debt and growing spending needs, which could worsen with an election that risks the ruling African National Congress losing its national majority for the first time since coming to power in 1994. “From a corporate tax perspective, we really don't have any room,” PwC…

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian voters chose new president The world's third-largest democracy on Wednesday aims to become a global economic power, a quarter of a century after shaking off a brutal dictatorship. The frontrunner, Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto, is the only candidate with ties to the Suharto era. The then-special forces commander has been accused of human rights atrocities, charges he vehemently denies. Two former state governorsAnees Baswedan and Gunjal Pranowo are also vying to succeed him. President Joko Widodo is extremely popular., he is serving the last of two terms. Widodo's rise to the presidency from a riverside…

Phronfo Kekana had a brilliant career in Mamelodi Sundownsbut could easily end up orlando pirates. Read | Kaiser manager eyes promotion of 15-year-old striker Kekana was part of a hugely successful Sundowns era, winning trophies but terrorizing Pirates in the process. Read | Orlando Pirates Ivorian striker! However, in another world, Kekana could have moved to Pirates instead when he left Bloemfontein Celtic in 2011. Instead, he chose Sundowns and later revealed why he chose that path. Kekana reveals why he rejected Pirates from Sundowns “I had my own reasons. [to reject Pirates]. At the time, I felt it was…

SA Rugby chairman Mark Alexander, who appeared here on the Springboks' World Cup Trophy tour last year, must quell smoldering discontent within the URC franchise. (Photo by Ashley Vlotman/Gallo Images) Smoldering tensions between SA Rugby and the country's top teams follow growing concerns over the local authority's ongoing negotiations with America's Ackerley Sports Group (ASG) over a potential share deal. There is a risk of boiling.The Seattle-based inventory company announced last week that it was in discussions on a “partnership agreement to invest in South African rugby at all levels,” citing a catalog of issues that are not being effectively…

CNN — Voting began in vast Indonesia on Wednesday, with more than 200 million voters voting to elect a new president in what is said to be the world's largest single-day election. The world's third-largest electoral democracy and largest Muslim-majority country, the vast Southeast Asian country has experienced remarkable development since the fall of dictator Suharto's dictatorship in 1998. It has transformed into one of Asia's most vibrant democracies and economies. Organizing a vote in the world's largest archipelagic nation is a huge undertaking. The country is larger in area than the United States and spans three time zones. It…

On the same day that Tshwane Mayor Cilliers Brink vowed to pull the Metro out of its deepening financial crisis by improving metro collections by R1 billion a month, the National Treasury awarded city manager Johan Mettler a conditional grant. announced its intention to reduce the payment to R629. a million. This represents about a quarter of the city's capital budget. advertisement Continue reading below In July, council approved a total budget of R46.9 billion, including R44.5 billion for operating costs and R2.4 billion for capital projects. The bold move by the national treasury, which deals a devastating blow to…

More than 1,200 doctors, nurses and other health workers in the Western Cape have signed an open letter to Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana, Prime Minister Alan Winde and Treasurer Mireille Wenger, calling for a “catastrophic crisis” in the provincial sector. ” called for an end to budget cuts. National Treasury has cut the health budget at the beginning of 2023/24, introduced further cuts midway through the year and recommended a freeze on recruitment for new posts. Local ministries were also directed to absorb the costs of public sector wage increases for which they do not have the financial resources. advertisement…