# Cosatu het die Suid-Afrikaanse Reserwebank dringend versoek om die repokoers te verlaag vir ‘n blaaskans aan miljoene werkers wat sukkel om weens die stygende lewenskoste te oorleef. Die Reserwebank het sedert die aanvang van die siklus van koersverlagings verlede September koerse kumulatief met 125 basispunte verlaag, en daarmee die terugkoopkoers van 8,25-persent tot 7-persent […]
# Die minister van Justisie en Grondwetlike Ontwikkeling, Mmamoloko Kubayi, sê die wreedaardige moorde op aanklaers is ‘n gruwelike aanval op die regstelsel en die oppergesag van die reg. Die minister sê vyf aanklaers is die afgelope vyf jaar in die Wes-Kaap, KwaZulu-Natal en die Oos-Kaap doodgeskiet. Kubayi sê hierdie aanvalle op mense in die […]
# Die Forum for South Africa sê hy loof KwaZulu-Natal se polisiekommissaris, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, vir sy dapperheid en eerlikheid om op te staan teen korrupsie en politieke inmenging. Mkhwanazi het gister voor die Madlanga-kommissie getuig waar hy sy bewering herhaal het dat die taakspan oor politieke moorde onwettig in opdrag van die huidig geskorste Polisieminister, […]
# Filmmaker Spike Lee, Warner Bros. CEO Pamela Abdy, film composer Nicholas Britell, and screenwriter Will Tracy are some of this year’s Montclair Film Festival Honours. Lee will be honoured with the Filmmaker Tribute, while Adby will receive the Visionary Award, focusing on her career by highlighting films such as Sinners and Weapons. Britell will […]
# Ratings agency Moody’s expects South Africa’s economy to grow by less than 1.5-percent a year over the next two-years. This is below the nearly five-percent forecast for Sub-Saharan Africa. Moody’s says it only expects changes in US tariffs to have some modest impact in the country, while softer demand from key trading markets such […]
# King Charles has emphasised the deep connections between the UK and the US and the need to maintain cultural, trading and military links. He hosted president Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, at a lavish banquet at Windsor Castle yesterday evening. Trump is on his historic second state visit to the country, where he […]
# Soccer: Paris Saint-Germain made a winning start to their Champions League title defence as they beat Atalanta 4-0. Captain Marcos Aoás Corrêa and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia gave PSG a 2-0 halftime lead, and Nuno Mendes put the tie beyond Atalanta early in the second half before Gonçalo Ramos added a fourth in stoppage time. Last […]
# The Hawks conducted a raid at the offices of the Polokwane Municipality yesterday, following allegations of tender irregularities involving contracts worth 225.5-million-rand. Mayor John Mpe and municipal manager Thuso Nemugumoni allegedly awarded tenders to their close friends and some foreign-owned companies. Municipal funds were also allegedly used to fund the Makoro Foundation, which belongs […]
# The deputy minister of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation, Alvin Botes, says South Africa has secured 149-million-rand in sponsorships to support its G20 presidency. Ahead of the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Gauteng in November, 90 of the 133 scheduled meetings have taken place. Botes told Parliament’s portfolio committee on International Relations and Cooperation that […]
