# National Treasury says global rating agency Standard and Poor’s latest outlook is an encouraging signal that South Africa has the potential to lift its economic growth rate higher, and reduce public debt faster. S&P affirmed the country’s long-term foreign currency sovereign credit rating at ‘BB’ and local currency rating at ‘BB+’, maintaining a positive […]
# Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention director-general Jean Kaseya says investments in pandemic preparedness must become permanent across the continent. This as the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda are battling an Ebola outbreak, with 263 reported cases and 43 confirmed deaths so far. Kaseya says epidemics weaken supply chains, trade, investment, and […]
# Rugby: The Springbok Women defeated hosts Kenya 35-20 to claim a fifth Rugby Africa Women’s Cup title in Nairobi. South Africa found themselves trailing 8-7 at halftime against a Kenyan side buoyed by passionate home support. The Bok Women fought back in the second half to claim victory and complete another successful continental campaign. […]
# The Conference of the Left adopted a historic declaration committing participating formations to rebuild the organised power of the working class and the poor. The conference brought together political parties, trade unions, student organisations, faith and religious formations, and traditional leadership structures. The South African Communist Party General Secretary, Solly Mapaila, says the conference […]
# Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has described the capture of Beaufort Castle, near the city of Nabatiyeh in southern Lebanon, as a decisive shift in its offensive against the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group. The Israeli Defence Force stated that it had launched an operation in the Beaufort Ridge and Wadi al-Saluki area of southern […]
# Rugby: Australia were crowned champions in Valladolid, Spain, after defeating South Africa 26-19 in the men’s cup final. Australia scored four tries to the Blitzboks three. Despite the result, the Springbok Sevens still sit top of the log after two of three Sevens World Championship tournaments, after they won the first event in Hong […]
# Parlement se portefeuljekomitee oor Gesondheid het die Tussentydse Raad vir Tradisionele Gesondheidspraktisyns gekritiseer omdat die Wet op Tradisionele Gesondheidspraktisyns byna twee dekades ná sy goedkeuring steeds nie volledig toegepas word nie. Voorsitter, Faith Muthambi, sê die gebrek aan regulasies, toepaslike afdwingingsmeganismes en ‘n nasionale register vir praktisyns stel gemeenskappe steeds bloot aan onveilige praktyke. […]
# Die Forum for South Africa sê ‘n besluit deur die Suid-Afrikaanse Reserwebank se Monetêre Beleidskomitee om die terugkoopkoers met 25 basispunte te verhoog, is ‘n ekonomiese straf vir die armes en die werkersklas. Die terugkoopkoers is nou sewe-persent, met die prima uitleenkoers wat van 10,25-persent tot 10,5-persent styg. FOSA se leier, Tebogo Mashilompane, sê […]
# ‘n Multidissiplinêre misdaadvoorkomingsoperasie in Atteridgeville en Laudium in Tshwane gister, het gelei tot die inhegtenisneming van 340 verdagtes. Hulle is vasgetrek vir verskeie oortredings, insluitend moord, poging tot moord en gewapende roof. Polisiewoordvoerder, Johan van Dyk, sê 49 ongedokumenteerde buitelandse burgers was ook aangehou en oorhandig aan immigrasie-owerhede vir verdere verwerking en deportasie:
