# Credit rating agency Moody’s views South Africa’s Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement, tabled by minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana in Parliament last week, as positive for the country’s credit profile. It cited tighter monetary policy and continued fiscal consolidation, despite higher oil prices and weaker nominal gross domestic product, which affected fiscal ratios. Moody’s expects […]
# The Inter-Ministerial Committee on Migration says its meeting with the organisers of protests targeting Home Affairs offices was cordial and frank, with very critical issues raised. Violent protests erupted in Durban and Johannesburg earlier this month, following widespread misinformation about a Home Affairs directive on how asylum seekers should be processed. In July, the […]
# US president Donald Trump remains a central factor in the upcoming midterm elections, even though he is not on the ballot. According to a new CBS poll, 41-percent say their vote for Congress is to oppose Trump, while only 26-percent is to support him. For most who are backing Democrats, their motivation is more […]
# Rugby: The Springbok Women have climbed to ninth in the World Rugby rankings, their highest position ever, a year after they first broke into the top ten. South Africa have won eight of their 12 Tests this year, underlining their progress on the international stage. They have one more match to play, against fifth-ranked Ireland, […]
# Minister of Water and Sanitation Pemmy Majodina says government is auditing water treatment works to assess their condition, with particular attention to Gauteng because of its large population and unreliable water supply in some areas. This comes as the gastrointestinal illness cases linked to contaminated water in the Bronkhorstspruit area in Tshwane have risen to […]
# ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa has dismissed polls and recent studies suggesting the party will lose more ground to the DA in the local government elections. According to Ipsos, support for the ANC is set to slip further to just 31-percent, down from 45.6-percent in 2021. The DA’s internal polling data suggests it could emerge […]
# Israel will hold its first election today since the deadly Hamas attack on October 7, 2023 , that plunged the Middle East into turmoil. The election could end prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s long grip on power. Israelis vote for parties rather than directly electing a prime minister, with the 120 seats in the Knesset, […]
# Die Minister van Justisie en Staatkundige Ontwikkeling, Mmamoloko Kubayi, het ’n beroep op vroue en gemeenskappe gedoen om korrupsie, intimidasie, geweld en misdadige aktiwiteite sonder vrees aan te meld. Die minister het gister in Durban aangesluit by vroueleiers, politieke groeperings, geloofsgebaseerde organisasies en die burgerlike samelewing tydens die KwaZulu-Natal-verkiesingsvredesgebed vir 2026. Die departement se […]
# Rugby: Fidji se nuwe afrigter, Jake White, glo hulle kan ‘n gedugte krag wees in volgende jaar se Wêreldbekertoernooi in Australië mits hy beheer en struktuur by hul natuurlike aanvoeling kan voeg. Hulle het Japan Saterdag 34-28 geklop in sy eerste wedstryd in beheer. Japan word afgerig deur Eddie Jones, wat White se tegniese […]
