# Aandelemarkte en oliepryse het vandag verder in duie gestort terwyl die Amerikaanse president, Donald Trump, vasstaan oor sy tariewe ondanks vrese vir ‘n resessie. Markte reg oor Asië en Europa is oorweldig deur golwe van verdere verkope na skerp verliese verlede week. Hongkong se daling van 13,2-persent was die ergste in byna drie dekades. […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het Mariana Mazzucato as ‘n tegniese kenner vir Suid-Afrika se G20 Presidensie aangestel. Mazzucato sal dien as die Spesiale Presidensiële verteenwoorder en sal fokus op inklusiewe ekonomiese groei, industrialisering, werkloosheid en minder ongelykheid. Mazzucato sal ook help om kunsmatige intelligensie, databeheer en innovering vir volhoubare ontwikkeling aan te spreek en sal […]
# US President Donald Trump called for Americans to “be strong, courageous, and patient,” minutes before the New York stock market opened with further sharp declines forecast. He says the United States has a chance to do something that should have been done decades ago. He had this message for Americans: Don’t be Weak! Don’t […]
# Amerikaanse kopers het begin om bestellings vanuit Bangladesj, die wêreld se tweede grootste vervaardiger van kledingstukke, te stop. Dit volg ná swaar Amerikaanse tariewe wat die regering in Dhaka gedwing het om te pleit vir die opskorting van die heffings vir drie maande. Tekstiel- en kledingstukproduksie verteenwoordig ongeveer 80-persent van die uitvoere in Bangladesj […]
# Die leier van die Inkatha Vryheidsparty Velenkosini Hlabisa het die party se volle ondersteuning vir die nasionale begroting herhaal deur die voordele daarvan in plaaslike en buitelandse beleggings, die bevordering van ekonomiese groei, en werkskepping te beklemtoon. Hy het ook die verhoogde befondsing vir gesondheid en onderwys verwelkom wat die werwing van noodsaaklike personeel […]
# Die Minister van Openbare Werke en Infrastruktuur, Dean Macpherson, het die verkiesing van Zimbini Hill as voorsitter en Raymond Nkado as ondervoorsitter van die Onafhanklike Ontwikkelingstrust verwekom. Hill, voorheen die waarnemende voorsitter, het 20 jaar se uitvoerende leierskap in verskeie sektore. Nkado, voormalige dekaan van Ingenieurswese aan Wits Universiteit het al prominente posisies in […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Mariana Mazzucato as a Technical Expert for South Africa’s G20 Presidency. Mazzucato will serve as the Special Presidential Representative focusing on inclusive economic growth, industrialisation, employment, and reduced inequality. Mazzucato will also assist in addressing artificial intelligence, data governance, and innovation for sustainable development. She will also support various […]
# Stock markets and oil prices collapsed further today as US president Donald Trump stood firm over his tariffs despite recession fears. Trading floors across Asia and Europe were overcome by waves of further selling after last week’s sharp losses. Hong Kong’s drop of 13.2-percent today was its worst in nearly three decades. Taipei stocks […]
# US buyers have begun halting orders from Bangladesh, the world’s second-biggest garment manufacturer. This follows punishing US tariffs that pushed the government in Dhaka to plead for a three-month pause to the levies. Textile and garment production accounts for about 80-percent of exports in Bangladesh and the industry has been rebuilding after it was […]
