# The rand has strengthened to under 16-rand to the US dollar for the first time in almost six months. The currency broke through the key level this morning. Analysts say a weaker US dollar, rising gold and platinum prices, and strong foreign demand for South African bonds are driving gains. Investec says about 63.7-billion-rand […]
# State-owned company Transnet has announced its intention to dispose of 15 commercial properties it owns but no longer considers core assets. These include the iconic Carlton Centre in Johannesburg, golf courses, shopping malls and other pieces of land across South Africa. Transnet bought the Carlton Centre from Anglo in 1999 for 33-million-rand. Before the […]
# Die Amerikaanse regering het Sirië amptelik verwyder van sy lys van lande wat terrorisme steun. Die land was sedert 1979 op die lys toe Washington oudpresident Hafez al-Assad se regering beskuldig het dat hulle militante groepe ondersteun. Die Amerikaanse minister van Buitelandse Sake, Marco Rubio, sê die besluit erken die positiewe stappe wat die […]
# The US government has officially removed Syria from its list of state sponsors of terrorism. The country had been on the list since 1979, when Washington accused former president Hafez al-Assad’s government of supporting militant groups. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says this move is in recognition of the positive actions taken by the […]
# Postbank has issued a final appeal to nearly 80-thousand social grant beneficiaries who have yet to migrate from SASSA gold cards to the Postbank’s black cards. The deadline is Monday. Over 1.8-million beneficiaries have already migrated to black cards since the process began last year. Postbank spokesperson Bongani Diako says additional operational measures are […]
# Die minister van Openbare Werke en Infrastruktuur, Dean Macpherson, sê Suid-Afrika versnel die lewering van infrastruktuur met 81 strategies geïntegreerde projekte wat uit 263 individuele projekte bestaan. Die projekte se gesamentlike waarde is sowat 1,9-duisend-miljard-rand. Die minister sê die afgelope 18 maande is 37 projekte van ongeveer 69-miljard-rand voltooi, terwyl nog 82 projekte, met […]
# Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Dean Macpherson says South Africa is stepping up the pace of infrastructure delivery, with 81 Strategic Integrated Projects comprising 263 individual projects. The projects’ estimated combined value is 1.9-trillion-rand. The minister says over the past 18 months, 37 projects, worth approximately 69-billion-rand, have been completed, while a further 82 […]
# Die Kanadese eerste minister, Mark Carney, sê die doel van handels-onderhandelinge met Amerika was nog altyd om die beste ooreenkoms vir die Kanadese te beding, en nooit ʼn ooreenkoms ten alle koste of teen enige tydsraamwerk nie. Amerika se 50-persent tarief op ʼn reeks Kanadese produkte het die naweek van krag geword. President Donald […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê terwyl die staat beleid moet stel, reguleer en openbare dienste lewer, is die kundigheid en hulpbronne van die private sektor van kritieke belang om ‘n veerkragtige ekonomie te bou. Die derde fase van die vennootskap tussen die regering en sakeondernemings is verlede week bekendgestel om vinniger inklusiewe ekonomiese groei te […]
