# FNB sê die Suid-Afrikaanse Reserwebank se Monetêre Beleidskomitee se besluit om rentekoerse te verlaag, dui op ʼn groter fokus op basiese plaaslike kwessies. Die komitee het die koers met 25 basispunte gesny wat die terugkoopkoers afbring tot 7,25-persent en die prima uitleenkoers tot 10,75-persent. FNB se produkhoof vir geïntegreerde advies, Ester Ochse, sê hulle […]
# Hamas will reportedly reject the latest US proposal for a new Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal. The proposal, which Israel has accepted, calls for the release of ten living hostages and 18 deceased hostages in Gaza, the release of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, as well as a 60-day ceasefire. A senior Hamas official […]
# North West University Business School economist, professor Raymond Parsons, says the South African Reserve Bank Monetary Policy Committee’s decision to resume its interest rate-easing cycle is right. The committee has cut the interest rates by 25 basis points. This brings the repo rate down to 7.25-percent and the prime lending rate to 10.75-percent. Parsons […]
# Cricket: The Royal Challengers Bengaluru are through to their first Indian Premier League final since 2016 after an eight-wicket victory against the Punjab Kings. Josh Hazlewood and Suyash Sharma took three wickets each as Punjab were bowled out for 101 in 14.1 overs. In reply, Phil Salt scored an unbeaten 56 off 27 balls […]
# Limpopo police have launched an investigation following the killing of a South African National Defence Force member at Lulekani township outside Phalaborwa. According to police, the man was shot multiple times while on his way to work at the 7-SAI battalion in Phalaborwa on Thursday morning. Five empty cartridges were found at the scene, […]
# Canadian prime minister Mark Carney has welcomed the court ruling that has blocked US president Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs. A three-judge panel at the US Court of International Trade ruled that Trump overstepped his authority when he used an emergency law to impose tariffs on nearly every country. Carney says the ruling is […]
#Reach For A Dream turned the dream of 14-year-old Sacha Willemse from Upington in the Northern Cape into a reality. The gifted young swimmer living with a life-threatening illness recently got to meet his sporting idol, Olympic gold medallist Chad le Clos, in Cape Town. With today being Slipper Day, Reach For A Dream’s head […]
# Rugby: South Africa’s Griffin Colby and Quinton Immelman have been included in the list of match officials for the upcoming Under-20 Rugby Championship in Italy. Colby will do duty as a match referee whilst Immelman will be involved as a television match official. The match official panel includes ten referees and five TMOs. The […]
# A staff member from Laerskool Dalmondeor in the south of Johannesburg has been arrested for the alleged sexual assault of a Grade 2 girl learner. Gauteng Education Department’s spokesperson, Steve Mabona, says the learner’s mother alleges that her child was sexually assaulted by the general assistant last Wednesday in one of the school’s cloakrooms. […]
