# US President Donald Trump called for Americans to “be strong, courageous, and patient,” minutes before the New York stock market opened with further sharp declines forecast. He says the United States has a chance to do something that should have been done decades ago. He had this message for Americans: Don’t be Weak! Don’t […]
# Die Tuinroete-distriksmunisipaliteit in die Wes-Kaap probeer om ‘n veldbrand onder beheer te kry in die Gondwana-wildreservaat in die Mosselbaai munisipale gebied. Die Brandweerhoof, Deon Stoffels, sê dit was ‘n beheerde brand, wat daarna versprei en buite beheer geraak het. Verskeie grasdakstrukture word bedreig en brandbestrydingspanne, Werk met Vuur en lugsteun is in die gebied […]
# ActionSA het ministers veroordeel omdat hulle herhaaldelik Parlementêre vrae ontduik en oorweeg nou regstappe. Die party sê meer as 70-persent van sy 121 vrae wat hierdie jaar ingedien is, bly onbeantwoord, en sekere vrae word eenvoudig geïgnoreer. Die party beskuldig ministers, insluitend die minister van Landbou, John Steenhuisen, en die minister van Sport, Kuns […]
# Die leier van die Inkatha Vryheidsparty Velenkosini Hlabisa het die party se volle ondersteuning vir die nasionale begroting herhaal deur die voordele daarvan in plaaslike en buitelandse beleggings, die bevordering van ekonomiese groei, en werkskepping te beklemtoon. Hy het ook die verhoogde befondsing vir gesondheid en onderwys verwelkom wat die werwing van noodsaaklike personeel […]
# Die Minister van Openbare Werke en Infrastruktuur, Dean Macpherson, het die verkiesing van Zimbini Hill as voorsitter en Raymond Nkado as ondervoorsitter van die Onafhanklike Ontwikkelingstrust verwekom. Hill, voorheen die waarnemende voorsitter, het 20 jaar se uitvoerende leierskap in verskeie sektore. Nkado, voormalige dekaan van Ingenieurswese aan Wits Universiteit het al prominente posisies in […]
# Stock markets and oil prices collapsed further today as US president Donald Trump stood firm over his tariffs despite recession fears. Trading floors across Asia and Europe were overcome by waves of further selling after last week’s sharp losses. Hong Kong’s drop of 13.2-percent today was its worst in nearly three decades. Taipei stocks […]
# US buyers have begun halting orders from Bangladesh, the world’s second-biggest garment manufacturer. This follows punishing US tariffs that pushed the government in Dhaka to plead for a three-month pause to the levies. Textile and garment production accounts for about 80-percent of exports in Bangladesh and the industry has been rebuilding after it was […]
# Tajikistan has introduced 10-year prison sentences for the illegal use of electricity, as a decades-long energy crisis caused by water shortages worsens in the poor Central Asian country. Electricity consumption in Tajikistan is limited for about six months per year, as its outdated energy infrastructure struggles to keep up with rising demand. Under the […]
# Die Ahmed Kathrada-stigting het die regering van nasionale eenheid aangespoor om saam te werk vir ‘n gemeenskaplike visie vir Suid-Afrika se vooruitgang. Die stigting het ‘n erfenis-sake-ontbyt aangebied in Illovo, Gauteng, om ‘n platform te skep vir uitvoerende hoofde om sake, leierskap en vernuwing te bespreek ter ere van die ontslape anti-apartheidsaktivis se nalatenskap. […]
