# President Xi Jinping says China and the US should be partners rather than opponents. He held bilateral talks with president Donald Trump in Beijing today, which aimed to secure economic wins, maintain a fragile trade truce and navigate issues including the Iran war and arms sales to Taiwan. Meanwhile, Trump vowed that the relationship […]
# Die minister van Indiensneming en Arbeid, Nomakhosazana Meth, sê die jongste kwartaallikse arbeidsmagpeiling se uitslag skets ʼn kommerwekkende prentjie van die Suid-Afrikaanse arbeidsmark. Die land se werkloosheidsyfer het in die eerste kwartaal vanjaar met 1,3-persentasiepunte tot 32,7-persent gestyg nadat 301-duisend mense hul werk verloor het. Die ministerie se woordvoerder, Thobeka Magcai, sê hulle is […]
# Die vakverbond Cosatu sê die Parlement se ampsklagkomitee wat aangestel word om die Artikel 89-verslag oor president Cyril Ramaphosa te beoordeel, is ongrondwetlik. Die komitee sal 31 lede hê, waarvan die ANC nege kry en die DA vyf. Cosatu-woordvoerder Matthew Parks sê die Parlement se besluit oor die verteenwoordiging van partye is ongrondwetlik. Hy […]
# Aluma Capital chief economist, Frederick Mitchell, says renewed political uncertainty around president Cyril Ramaphosa and the government of national unity could see weaker investor confidence and delayed reforms. The Constitutional Court has cleared the path for a parliamentary impeachment committee to be established into Ramaphosa’s conduct in the Phala Phala saga. Mitchell says to […]
# Tennis: Three-time champion Iga Swiatek is through to the Italian Open semifinal. The Pole defeated American fifth-ranked Jessica Pegula, 6-1, 6-2, marking this her first win over a top-ten opponent this season. Swiatek has set up a clash with Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina, who fought back to beat Kazakhstani Elena Rybakina, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4. In […]
# Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he made a “secret visit” to the United Arab Emirates at the height of the Iran war, where he met president, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. He claims this led to a historic breakthrough in relations between the two countries. In May, Iran launched a series of missiles […]
# The MK Party has expressed concern about the composition of the 31-member impeachment committee. The Constitutional Court ordered Parliament to establish an impeachment committee for president Cyril Ramaphosa, to answer to prima facie evidence about foreign currency stolen from his Phala Phala farm in 2020. The ANC will have nine members on the committee. […]
# National Assembly speaker Thoko Didiza says in determining the composition of the impeachment committee for president Cyril Ramaphosa, she considered not only the constitutional principle of proportional representation but also the need for inclusivity. The committee will be composed of 31 members drawn from the 16 political parties represented in the National Assembly. The […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed 12 judges to courts across South Africa. The appointments include Justice Aubrey Ledwaba as Judge President of the Gauteng High Court, and three new judges to the Supreme Court of Appeal. The Western Cape High Court will receive five new judges, and three for the Eastern Cape High Court. […]
