# Trade, Industry and Competition minister, Parks Tau, has launched the Export Support Desk. This serves as a direct point of contact for companies affected by the 30-percent tariff hike on South African exports to the US, which is in effect from today. The desk, amongst other things, will provide updates on developments and tailored […]
# Die GOOD-party sê die besluit van die Suid-Afrikaanse Reserwebank se Monetêre Beleidskomitee om die uitleenkoers met 25 basispunte te verlaag, bring welkome maar effense verligting vir verbruikers met skuld. Handelsbanke se prima uitleenkoers daal tot 10,5-persent. GOOD se sekretaris-generaal, Brett Herron, sê die land bly vasgevang in ʼn trae ekonomie met voortslepende werkloosheid en […]
# Tennis: Third seed Lorenzo Musetti crashed out of the Canadian Open in Toronto. The Italian suffered a 3-6, 7-6, 6-4 defeat by American Alex Michelsen in the third round. Norwegian eighth seed Casper Ruud reached the fourth round with a 7-6, 6-4 victory over Portuguese Nuno Borges and will face Russia’s Karen Khachanov, who overcame American […]
# AfriForum says the ruling by the Pretoria High Court on the City of Tshwane’s new cleansing levy is a major victory for residents. The court has declared the mandatory monthly levy of 194-rand-37-cent, which was set to be imposed on nearly 260-thousand households and businesses, as unlawful and invalid. AfriForum’s Arno Roodt says this […]
# US president Donald Trump has signed an executive order modifying tariff rates for over 60 countries, as the new rates on imported goods take effect today. The duties range as high as 41-percent for Syria and 40-percent for Laos and Myanmar. Canada’s tariff rate has risen from 25 to 35-percent. The rate for South […]
# The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has urged Angolan authorities to conduct a thorough and independent investigation into the deaths, as well as the reported use of excessive force during the fuel price hike demonstrations. At least 22 people were killed, 200 injured, and over one-thousand detained following protests against a rise […]
# The Pretoria High Court has declared the City of Tshwane’s new cleansing levy as unlawful and invalid, setting it aside. The levy targeted gated communities and shopping malls that do not have existing city waste accounts but use private waste collection services, charging a monthly tariff of 194-rand-37-cents. AfriForum had approached the court to […]
# Build One South Africa welcomes the South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee’s decision to lower the interest rate by 25 basis points to seven-percent. The prime lending rate has been lowered to 10.5-percent. BOSA’s spokesperson, Roger Solomons, says this move brings much-needed relief to millions of citizens struggling under the financial noose of […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Gauteng Judge President Dunstan Mlambo as the Deputy Chief Justice. The position has been vacant since September 2024, when Chief Justice Mandisa Maya assumed her role at the apex of the judiciary. Last month, the Judicial Service Commission recommended Mlambo for the position, after interviewing three judges. Ramaphosa’s spokesperson, […]
