# Die DA sê hy ondersteun die veiligheidshervorming van Suid-Afrikaanse grense terwyl dit handel en ekonomiese groei bevorder. Meer as 600-duisend individue is onlangs uit die land gesit, óf omdat hulle probeer het om die land onwettig binne te kom óf omdat hulle reeds onwettig in die land was. Adrian Roos van die DA sê doeltreffende […]
# The Prudential Authority of South Africa says it will be derecognising Moody’s Investors Service South Africa as an eligible external credit assessment institution. This follows the Financial Sector Conduct Authority cancelling Moody’s registration earlier this month, after it had voluntarily renounced its registration in the country. This move will not impact South Africa’s sovereign […]
# US president Donald Trump says the negotiations to end the war with Iran are currently happening telephonically, citing the long travel hours required to send a delegation to Islamabad, Pakistan. According to reports, Pakistani mediators could receive Iran’s revised peace proposal by today, which will include de-escalation in the Gulf without immediately placing restraints […]
# Soccer: Arsenal and Atlético Madrid played to a 1-1 draw in the first leg of their Champions League semifinal in Madrid. Viktor Gyökeres’ first-half penalty gave the Gunners the lead. Atletico responded through Julian Alvarez’s penalty. Arsenal could have taken the lead again in the 78th minute after referee Danny Makkelie awarded a penalty when […]
# Three of South Africa’s largest law firms, Bowmans, Webber Wentzel and Werksmans, will challenge the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Legal Sector Code of Good Practice in the Gauteng High Court next week. The code was published by the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition in September 2024, and was designed to address the legacy injustices […]
# South Africa says it remains committed to the establishment and maintenance of a world without nuclear weapons. The country is participating in the 11th Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons at the United Nations in New York. The Department of International Relations and Cooperation’s Xolisa Mabhongo says South Africa will […]
# Tennis: World number one Jannik Sinner is through to the Madrid Open semifinals for the first time, continuing his bid for a fifth consecutive ATP Masters One-thousand title. The Italian beat 19-year-old Spaniard Rafael Jodar, 6-2, 7-6. Sinner will face Arthur Fils after the Frenchman defeated Jiri Lehecka of the Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-4. In the […]
# The US Federal Reserve has decided to keep interest rates unchanged between 3.5 to 3.75-percent for a third time this year. The central bank has held steady on interest rates, citing uncertainty from president Donald Trump’s administration’s policies and the conflict in the Middle East. Trump has repeatedly called on the Federal Reserve to […]
# The ANC has formally withdrawn its application for leave to appeal a court interdict that stopped its 10th elective conference in the Eastern Cape. Three Buffalo City members approached the courts to stop the conference on the eve of its sitting, arguing that the conference was in breach of both the ANC constitution and […]
