# Die Mediese Skema vir Staatsamptenare, GEMS, het sy hoofbeampte, Stan Moloabi, op voorsorgskorsing geplaas hangende ‘n interne administratiewe proses. Die voorsitter van die raad, Nomzamo Tutu, sê die skorsing is ‘n tussentydse maatreël om die proses onafhanklik en billik te laat voortgaan. Sy beklemtoon dit moet nie geïnterpreteer word as ‘n bevinding van wangedrag […]
# The Government Employees Medical Scheme has placed its principal official, Stan Moloabi, on precautionary suspension pending an internal administrative process. Board chairperson Nomzamo Tutu says the suspension is an interim measure to allow the process to proceed independently and fairly. She stresses it should not be interpreted as a finding of misconduct or wrongdoing. […]
# Die Rwandese president, Paul Kagame, ontken sy land is verantwoordelik vir die konflik in die Demokratiese Republiek die Kongo. Hy het op ‘n nuuskonferensie gesê die probleme is geskep deur Kinshasa en ander faktore. Kagame beskuldig naamlose partye dat hulle Rwanda ‘n sondebok maak om sekere individue te beskerm. Hy hou vol Rwanda word […]
# Widespread flooding caused by heavy rain from Typhoon Narra has intensified across southern China, with homes and shops submerged. Chinese state television reports more than 54-thousand people have been relocated in Guangxi. In the city of Chongzuo, more than 15-thousand people were evacuated after river levels exceeded a record set in 2008. Authorities have […]
# Rwandan president Paul Kagame has denied his country is responsible for the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He told the media the problems were created by Kinshasa and other external factors. Kagame accuses unnamed parties of making Rwanda a scapegoat to protect certain individuals. He maintains Rwanda has been unfairly blamed for […]
# Die Chinese Ministerie van Buitelandse Sake sê sanksies en ander vorms van druk los nie internasionale geskille op nie. Amerika het nuwe ekonomiese sanksies teen Iran ingestel, geteiken op digitale bates, tegnologie, goud, die lugvaartbedryf en skeepsvaart. Washington waarsku enige land wat finansieel saamwerk met Teheran kan uitgesluit word. Iran se grootste handelsvennote sluit […]
# Die rand het vanoggend die eerste keer in byna ses maande tot die belangrike vlak van onder 16-rand teenoor die Amerikaanse dollar versterk. Ontleders skryf dit toe aan ‘n swakker Amerikaanse dollar, stygende goud- en platinumpryse, asook sterk buitelandse belangstelling in Suid-Afrikaanse staatseffekte. Volgens Investec is sowat 63,7-miljard-rand vanjaar gebruik vir die plaaslike skuldmark, […]
# The Chinese Foreign Ministry says sanctions and pressure tactics do not resolve disputes. The US has imposed new economic sanctions on Iran, targeting digital assets, technology, gold, aviation and shipping. It has also warned any country financially partnering with Tehran would be isolated. Iran’s largest trading partners include China, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates. […]
# 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 […]
