# North West University Business School economist professor, Raymond Parsons, says South Africa must use the 90-day pause in US tariffs to broker a better deal. The country faced a 31-percent tariff on key exports to America. However, president Donald Trump’s across-the-board ten-percent import tariffs still apply to over 60 countries. Raymond says South Africa’s […]
# ANC secretary general, Fikile Mbalula, says the question of reconfiguration of the government of national unity can only be addressed fully if one or two partners walk away. There have been calls for the DA to be kicked out of the coalition government after voting against the adoption of the budget fiscal framework last […]
# The White House has confirmed that the tariffs imposed on Chinese goods now total 145-percent, effective immediately. President Donald Trump announced a 125-percent levy on imports from China on Wednesday. However, the White House says this is on top of an existing 20-percent fee, which Trump put in place in the opening weeks of his […]
# ANC secretary general, Fikile Mbalula, says engagements around the budget impasse have been constructive, and they are optimistic that these will produce the desired outcomes. The party has been engaging with parties including ActionSA and Build One South Africa. The budget fiscal framework was adopted in Parliament last week, but parties still want the […]
# The Independent Police Investigative Directorate has withdrawn its investigation into KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, clearing him of wrongdoing. In 2023, he was accused of abusing his power and interfering with the arrest of a senior correctional services official who was allegedly running a drug cartel at the Westville Maximum Prison in Durban. The […]
# Deputy president Paul Mashatile says the government of national unity will be reconfigured and the ANC will bring in parties that want to work together. Tensions in the coalition government are at an all-time high after the DA and Freedom Front Plus rejected the budget fiscal framework. He was speaking at the commemoration of […]
# Zimbabwe het begin met vergoedingsbetalings aan voormalige plaaseienaars kragtens die Global Compensation Deed wat in 2020 onderteken is. Daar is tot op hede 740 plase goedgekeur vir vergoeding, met die regering wat reeds ongeveer 59,3-miljoen-rand uitbetaal het vir die eerste verwerkte 378 plase. Die minister van Finansies in Zimbabwe, Mthuli Ncube, sê die vergoeding […]
# Inwoners van Kaapstad is bereid om tot tien-persent méér vir hul waterrekeninge te betaal om seewater vir die spoel van hul toilette te gebruik, solank dit nie sleg ruik of die toilette vlek nie. Dít is volgens ‘n onderoek deur die Universiteit van Kaapstad. Navorsers sê die gebruik van seewater om toilette te spoel […]
# United Africans Transformation sê hy is geskok en hartseer oor nog ʼn mislukking van die regering van nasionale eenheid om die mees basiese regte van Suid-Afrikaanse kinders te beskerm. Dit volg nadat die Departement van Basiese Onderwys die sperdatum van 31 Maart misgeloop het waarop alle puttoilette in die land vervang sou wees. UAT […]
