# The S&P Global South Africa Purchasing Managers’ Index rose to 50.8 in May from 50 in April, indicating growth for the first time since November last year. A PMI reading above 50 indicates growth, while below 50 points to a contraction. The index showed a marginal improvement in the private sector’s health, with companies […]
# The UN Refugee Agency reports the number of people who have fled Sudan since the beginning of its civil war in 2023 has surpassed four-million, adding that many survivors faced inadequate shelter due to funding shortages. A spokesperson, Eujin Byun, told a press briefing in Geneva, the four-million people is a devastating milestone in […]
# Europe’s largest car manufacturer is considering opening an assembly plant in Egypt. The VW Group’s managing director for Africa, Martina Biene told Engineering News it is part of a plan to tap new African markets in the face of slower demand in Europe. Volkswagen could first establish an assembly unit by using existing facilities. […]
# Chinese airlines might order up to 300 narrow-body and wide-body Airbus passenger aircraft as soon as next month when European leaders visit Beijing. Bloomberg News quotes industry sources saying China has frequently timed large jet orders to coincide with state visits, but caution negotiations are not guaranteed to result in a deal amid volatility […]
# Rugby: Die Springbok-vroue se veelsydige voorspeler, Lerato Makua, sê sy is vasbeslote om ‘n impak te maak in die Afrika-vrouebeker in Madagaskar wat Saterdag begin. Suid-Afrika wil hulle titel teen Uganda, Kenia en die gasvroue Madagaskar by die Stade Makis in Antananarivo verdedig. Makua, wat na ‘n kniebesering terugkeer, sê dit is ‘n geleentheid […]
# Krieket: Protea-snelbouler Kagiso Rabada sê hy is gereed vir Australië se berugte slegsê-taktiek en voeg by dit sal hom net meer motiveer. Die twee nasies takel mekaar volgende week in die Wêreld-toetskampioenskap-eindstryd op Lord’s in Engeland. Die laaste keer wat die 30-jarige Rabada in Augustus 2022 op die heilige grond teen Engeland gespeel het, […]
# Gholf: Die Suid-Afrikaner Erik van Rooyen het sy plek bespreek in die 125ste Amerikaanse Ope wat volgende week by die Oakmont-buiteklub plaasvind. Die 35-jarige speler het rondes van 64 en 67 voltooi om op 13 onder 131 eerste klaar te maak by ʼn kwalifiserende toernooi by die Kinsale-gholfklub in Columbus, Ohio. Van Rooyen, ʼn […]
# Die Minister van Samewerkende Regering en Tradisionele Sake, Velenkosini Hlabisa, het ‘n beroep op alle inisiasieskole gedoen om te verseker dat hulle behoorlik geregistreer is en voldoen aan die vereistes voor die winterinisiasieseisoen. Met die bekendstelling van die Veilige Bewusmakingsveldtog oor Gewoonteregtelike Inisiasie oor die naweek het Hlabisa gevra vir nul-sterftes, na 90 sterftes […]
# Die United Civic Society in Action het die minister van Handel, Parks Tau, se besluit veroordeel om Ithuba Holdings ‘n tydelike Nasionale Lotery-lisensie van 12 maande toe te staan. Hierdie stap volg op ‘n hofuitspraak wat so ‘n verlenging ongrondwetlik verklaar en dit tot vyf maande beperk. Tau het teen die besluite geappelleer en […]
