# Standard Bank says the Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee’s decision to keep interest rates unchanged has provided welcome relief for the agricultural sector. This is despite inflation ticking higher to five-percent last month. Standard Bank’s Brendan Jacobs has cautioned the agricultural sector continues to face significant external risks, particularly from ongoing geopolitical tensions in […]
# President Donald Trump van Amerika se administrasie stel tariewe van tussen 10- en 12,5-persent in teen 60 handelsvennote, insluitend Suid-Afrika. Die rede is die lande se versuim om maatreëls doeltreffend toe te pas om die invoer van goedere wat deur dwangarbeid vervaardig is, te keer. Die tariewe raak belangrike ekonomiese vennote soos die Verenigde […]
# Die Britse regering sê hy is gereed om homself te verdedig teen Iranse missielaanvalle. Dit volg op ‘n dreigement van die Islamitiese Revolusionêre Wagkorps nadat Amerikaanse B-1 bomwerpers vir die eerste keer hierdie week Iranse teikens vanaf RAF Fairford in die suidweste van Engeland aangeval het. Die besluit kom van die nuwe eerste minister […]
# US president Donald Trump’s administration is imposing new tariffs ranging from ten-percent to 12.5-percent on 60 trading partners, including South Africa. This is for their failure to adopt and effectively enforce a prohibition on the importation of goods produced with forced labour. The tariffs target key economic partners, including the UK, China, the EU, […]
# The UK government says it is ready to defend itself against Iranian missile attacks. This follows a threat from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, after American B-1 bombers launched strike missions against Iranian targets from RAF Fairford, in southwest England, for the first time this week. The decision came under new prime minister Andy […]
# Die Amerikaanse Huis van Verteenwoordigers het die Oorlogsmagte-resolusie aanvaar wat president Donald Trump beveel om die weermag aan die konflik met Iran te onttrek. Vier Republikeine het saam met die Demokrate ten gunste van die maatreël gestem, wat die stemme op 214 teenoor 208 gebring het. Die Senaat het ook ʼn poging aangewend om […]
# Terwyl die gewapende konflik tussen die VSA en Iran steeds toeneem, het oliepryse gister vir die eerste keer sedert Mei een-duisend-679-rand-39-sent per vat bereik. Brent-ruolie, die wêreldwye olie-maatstaf, het met meer as ses-persent gestyg. Pryse het gestyg nadat die Houthi-militante in Jemen twee Saoedi-Arabiese olietenkskepe in die Rooi See aangeval het, dae nadat die […]
# The US House of Representatives has passed the War Powers resolution, directing president Donald Trump to withdraw the military from the conflict with Iran. Four Republicans voted with Democrats in support of the measure, with the vote being 214 to 208. Meanwhile, the Senate voted on its own effort to advance a measure to […]
# As renewed strikes between the US and Iran continue to escalate, oil prices hit one-thousand-679-rand-39-cents a barrel for the first time since May yesterday. Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, rose more than six-percent. Prices spiked after the Houthi militants based in Yemen struck two Saudi Arabian oil tankers in the Red Sea, days after […]
