Zelensky: We need 9.5 million people who lost their housing, who are abroad everywhere — we need them to come back to Ukraine, just to live and to build their country.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz called on US President Donald Trump on Wednesday to invite South Africa to the upcoming summit of Group of 20 leaders in Miami. tinyurl.com/2wj66mb5

The IDC has reportedly reached an agreement to buy ArcelorMittal in a R10 billion deal. businesstech.co.za/news/busi…

Of course, we are not losing this war. But we are losing people. Because of the Russian attacks, we're losing people and time. It's such a pity, because our children don't have a real life and childhood. Not only children, but all people. That's why we need to end this war as quickly as possible. I hope that our partners, Americans and Europeans, will help us. God bless, our strong soldiers stay strong on the battlefield. It helps me stay strong during any kind of negotiations.

Yes ‘misinformation’ is bad and has bad repercussions. There is no state funded white genocide is South Africa 🇿🇦.

Nick Fuentes says the “good immigrants” can blame the rest of them when we kick them ALL out.   “I am racist. I don’t think there should be Africans in Europe. They overstayed their welcome. Fuck them. They are ruining everything.”

We in serious trouble as country 🤞🏼

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The Houthis have taken Taiz, and they're pushing further — even discussing invading Saudi Arabia with a million-man army. Meanwhile, Mohammed bin Salman is reportedly hiding in bunkers. After years of siege and bombardment, Ansar Allah refuses to be beaten. Now, even a former MI6 chief admits the Houthis CANNOT be defeated.

The US State Department has asked Americans to reconsider any travel to Kenya, citing what it called the risk of health, crime, unrest and extremism. reuters.com/world/africa/us-…

🇺🇦 Zelenskyy delivers a blunt message to the United States: “Just give us Starlink back. If you refuse, Ukraine will survive. We will continue defending ourselves with or without it. But why would you restrict a country fighting for its survival? Why make it harder for us to defend our people? I simply cannot understand the reasoning behind this decision. It is a mistake.” Ukraine isn’t asking America to fight its war. It’s asking America not to stand in the way of its defense.

🇺🇦 Zelenskyy delivers a blunt message to the United States: “Just give us Starlink back. If you refuse, Ukraine will survive. We will continue defending ourselves with or without it. But why would you restrict a country fighting for its survival? Why make it harder for us to defend our people? I simply cannot understand the reasoning behind this decision. It is a mistake.” Ukraine isn’t asking America to fight its war. It’s asking America not to stand in the way of its defense.

SOUTH AFRICA’S AGRICULTURE HAS A PLAN TO UNLEASH GROWTH, AND IT MUST BE IMPLEMENTED Good morning, South Africa’s farming sector still has the potential to expand and increase its output. Government land, now being released with title deeds, is one such avenue for expansion. But it will require capital injection into those farms and training for some of the new commercial farmers. For this reason, partnerships between government, organised agriculture, agribusinesses, and labour, among other social partners, remain more important than before. The farming sector has spent years refining various partnership models, with the most recent being the Agriculture and Agro-Processing Master Plan (AAMP), launched in May 2022. The AAMP not only prioritised inclusion but also identified key areas that constrain growth across the sector and, when addressed, would unlock broader growth. The AAMP was never fully implemented. Still, a closer look at it and consideration of what it proposes continue to convince us that it remains a viable pathway for partnership in the sector. Of course, as time has passed and implementation has remained incomplete, some fatigue has set in. When various stakeholders begin to doubt whether it can take off, that doesn’t mean they are despondent about its promise, but about the social partners’ commitment to it. At a time like today, where the avenues to grow agriculture are clear and include boosting exports, addressing port congestion and delays, embracing new seed cultivars, partnering on land reform, addressing the animal and plant health challenges, and fighting stock theft and crime, the room for partnership across the various commodities is essential. The spirit of collaboration also needs to extend beyond Pretoria, as it has been, and be channelled to provincial and local structures. The most efficient way to do this is to revitalise the focus on the AAMP, not abandon it. A fresh start to any new plan may take more time and, most importantly, end up with the same conclusions as the existing AAMP. The current document isn’t ideologically driven and wasn’t created by a single stakeholder. It was a collaborative, extensive process with broad consultation. It is also backed by academic insights and deep value-chain insights for each commodity, outlining the challenges that slow growth and how to address them. What remained missing was sustained, focused commitment from all stakeholders, particularly the document’s signatories. To convince those still unconvinced about the AAMP, we need results. Stakeholders will then see that their views and challenges are reflected in implementation efforts.

Ghana plans to ban exports of unprocessed minerals by 2030 as Africa’s biggest gold producer seeks to capture more value from its natural resources and spur domestic industrialization, President John Mahama said bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

JUST IN: 🇺🇦🇺🇸 President Zelensky says Ukraine may stop targeting Russian oil refineries in exchange for US Patriot missiles.

Access to electricity in South Africa 🇿🇦 increased from 58.1% in 1996 to 94.7% in 2022 through the national grid.

Gen Z is rising up worldwide Eight major protests are unfolding right now — driven largely by cost-of-living pressures, education funding cuts, and housing crises

The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) plans to launch a pilot project for unbranded, white-label ATMs in January 2027 as part of a major overhaul of the country's cash and payments infrastructure. National rollout is expected by the end of 2027. A central bank-owned company will manage cash distribution, processing, and migrate cash centres The initiative is managed under the SARB’s Payments Ecosystem Modernisation (PEM) programme to lower the estimated R88.5-billion annual cost of cash handling in South Africa and improve access in underserved rural and urban areas The SARB aims to provide free transactions below a set threshold and eliminate extra charges (such as SASWITCH and rival bank disloyalty/interchange fees) for low-value actions, though the exact free transaction thresholds are still under discussion.