# The US Federal Reserve has raised interest rates for the first time since 2023 to address inflation, which remains above its two-percent target. In a unanimous decision, the Fed board voted to raise its benchmark interest rate by a quarter-percentage point to a range of 3.75-percent to four-percent. This comes despite calls from president […]
# Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, says the unilateral visa restrictions announced by the US align with the mischaracterisation of South Africa’s domestic policies by fringe groups portraying to represent “minorities” and Afrikaners. The restrictions are targeting people America considers responsible for promoting race-based discrimination, inciting violence against Afrikaners and other minority groups, […]
# Former SABC Sports presenter and music rights activist, Owen Ndlovu, was found dead in Thokoza, Ekurhuleni yesterday after being hijacked and kidnapped in Katlehong. According to police, Ndlovu was hijacked and kidnapped by three unknown armed men while fetching his wife from church on Tuesday night. His wife survived the attack, and the hijacked […]
# Qatar’s Foreign Ministry has condemned the Houthi drone attack targeting Mecca, Islam’s holiest city, describing it as a shameful act of aggression. Saudi Arabia shot down the Houthi drone on Tuesday, marking the first time in almost a decade that the Iran-backed Yemeni rebel group had targeted Mecca. The ministry says the sanctity and […]
# The Congress of South African Trade Unions says it adjourned its 15th National Congress two days early, in the interests of protecting the unity, integrity and strength of the union federation. The congress descended into chaos after affiliate unions refused to submit credentials in retaliation against the suspension of COSATU’s first president, Mike Shengange, […]
# At least 21 people have been killed, including eleven children, after a residential building damaged by Israeli strikes collapsed in Gaza City. Dozens more are feared trapped under layers of rubble. The bombed-out multi-storey building housed about 100 displaced Palestinian families. Around 1.9-million Palestinians in Gaza have been displaced during the war. The United Nations […]
# The DA has offered an additional 500-thousand-rand cash reward for information that could assist the investigation into the deaths of eight women in Kempton Park, Ekurhuleni. Police have already offered a cash reward of 400-thousand-rand. Two of the eight bodies linked to the recent investigations have been identified, while the identities of the six […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has been booked off from public engagements due to ill health. The Presidency says that after Ramaphosa’s return from the BRICS Summit in India on Monday, his medical team advised him to rest and recover. It says that, where possible, the president has asked the respective ministers to represent him at […]
# Al vier kunstenaars wat sou optree in die voorprogram van Ed Sheeran se Noord-Amerikaanse toer, het onttrek uit solidariteit met die kletsrymer Macklemore, wat verwyder is nadat hy pro-Palestynse uitlatings gemaak het. Macklemore het tydens konserte in New Jersey ‘n vrye Palestina bepleit en beelde van die verwoesting in Gaza vertoon. Finneas, Aaron Rowe, […]
